This Privacy Policy is intended to demonstrate Columbia's commitment to your privacy and the protection of your personal data, ensuring transparency regarding the processing of your personal data.

Definitions  

• “Personal Data”: information related to an identified or identifiable natural person;
• “Sensitive Personal Data”: personal data on racial or ethnic origin, religious conviction, political opinion, membership of a trade union or organization of a religious, philosophical or political nature, data relating to health or sexual life, genetic or biometric data, when linked to a natural person;
• “Data Holder”: natural person to whom the personal data that is subject to processing refers;
• “Processing”: any operation carried out with personal data, such as those relating to collection, production, reception, classification, use, access, reproduction, transmission, distribution, processing, archiving, storage, elimination, evaluation or control of information, modification , communication, transfer, diffusion or extraction;
• “Controller”: natural or legal person, governed by public or private law, who is responsible for decisions regarding the processing of personal data;

Columbia is the controller of the personal data it collects on its website. This means that the company is responsible for making decisions about how personal data will be treated, in accordance with the terms set out below.  

Type of personal data collected 

 We collect and process the following personal data:   

• Personal registration data:full name; email; telephone; address; CPF; date of birth; sex; profession; office; company; activity; segment.
  
  
• Personal data collected automatically:aggregated statistical information.
  
  

How we collect personal data  

 Your personal data may be collected by Columbia through the following means:  

• Personal data provided by the user: through voluntary registration on our website; by downloading e-books or similar; by registering for webinars or events.
• Data collected automatically: through analytical cookies. For more details, we recommend reading our Cookies Policy.  
  
  

Purposes  

 The personal data collected will be used for the following purposes: 

• Personal registration data: to send newsletters, mailings and personalized mailings for prospecting and offering products and content produced by Columbia, and in events with the participation of partners, personal data may be shared with them;  
• Data collected automatically: to improve the presentation and navigation on our website. 

Sharing of Personal Data 

 We only share personal data in situations where it is strictly necessary to fulfill the purposes listed above. Therefore, we may share information with third parties to make it possible to provide our services.
Furthermore, personal data may be shared with judicial and administrative authorities whenever there is a legal or regulatory determination in this regard. 
It is worth remembering that, when accessing the website, you may be taken, via link, to other portals that may collect your personal data. In this case, it will be up to you to read and accept the respective Privacy Policies. We are not responsible for the Policies of third parties, nor for the content of any sites or services linked to environments other than those of Columbia.  

How we store your personal data  

Your personal data will be stored securely on our systems and servers for the period necessary to carry out our activities. When the processing purposes have been achieved, we will delete your personal data in accordance with our internal policies and in compliance with legal and/or regulatory obligations. 

Period of retention of personal data and disposal 

We retain your personal data as long as processing is necessary to perform our services, as well as to meet legal or regulatory requirements. After completion of processing, your personal data will be securely disposed of.   

Security measures   

During the entire processing of your personal data, technical and administrative measures are used to keep them secure and prevent any unauthorized access, accidental or unlawful situations of destruction, loss, alteration, communication or any form of inappropriate or unlawful processing. 

Changes to the Privacy Policy

Columbia is committed to keeping this Policy updated in accordance with new regulations and activities incorporated into the provision of services. Therefore, you may update this Policy from time to time. To access the new version, simply visit our page periodically to stay informed about any updates.