Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

Aleph Group respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

DATA SECURITY

DATA RETENTION

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

GLOSSARY

 

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Aleph Group collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up to our newsletter or purchase a product or a service or sign up for one of our events or webinars.

This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

It is important that you read this privacy policy so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.

 

1.1 CONTROLLER

Aleph Group Inc. is the holding company of different legal entities.  This privacy policy is issued on behalf of Aleph Group so when we mention »Aleph«, »we«, »us«, or »our« in this privacy policy, we are referring to the relevant company in the Aleph Group responsible for processing your data. Aleph Group, Inc. is the controller and responsible for this website.

We have appointed a Data Protection Manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the Data Protection Manager using the details set out below.

 

1.2 CONTACT DETAILS

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact our Data Protection Manager in the following way:

Email address: [email protected].

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to your country’s supervisory authority. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the supervisory authority so, please contact us in the first instance.

 

1.3 CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on February 7th, 2024. Historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

 

1.4 THIRD PARTY LINKS

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. For example we use Typeform and Mailchimp for the contact forms on the website, occasionally we embed videos from our youtube channel and we might link to content on our partner’s websites or other similar sites. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

 

2. PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, date of birth, gender.

Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone number.

Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, default language you choose to navigate our website and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

Profile Data includes your username and password, feedback and survey responses.

Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products, services.

Marketing and Communication Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

Institutional data includes your place of employment, organization you represent or institution you receive education at and your role at such institutions.

Geographical data includes your country and city of residence.

Image includes video and photographic material obtained during our events you participate in.

Customer testimonials include your feedback in written, audio or video format that you provide to us about the services received from us.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data, such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses.

 

2.1 IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

 

3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

We use different methods to collect personal data about you including through:

Direct interactions. You may give us your personal data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you;

• Create an account on our website;
• Receive our Digital Ad Certificate or take any of our Digital Ad Courses;
• Subscribe to our newsletter;
• Request marketing to be sent to you;
• Enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
• Give us feedback or contact us.

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies.

Third parties or publicly available sources. We will receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:

Technical Data from the following parties:

a. Analytics providers
b. Advertising networks
c. Search information providers
d. Social media interactions with any of our channels

 

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

 

4.1 PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA 

We have set out below a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your personal data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Purpose/Activity	Type of data	Lawful basis for processing
To manage our relationship with you which will include: Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy Asking you to leave a review or take a survey	Identity Contact Profile Marketing and Communications	Performance of a contract with youNecessary to comply with a legal obligation Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services
To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey	Identity Contact Profile Usage Marketing and Communications	Performance of a contract with you Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business)
To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data	Identity Technical	Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganization exercise) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To deliver relevant website content and advertisement to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you	Identity Contact Profile Usage Marketing and Communications Technical Institutional data Geographical data	Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationship experience	Technical Usage	Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To promote our services	Image (group setting only and without Identity)	Necessary for our legitimate interests (to promote our products/services) In accordance wit
To promote our services	Customer testimonials Image Identity	Consent

 

4.2 MARKETING

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.

 

4.3 PROMOTIONAL OFFERS FROM US

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. 

 

4.4 THIRD PARTY MARKETING

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.

 

4.5 OPTING OUT

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting us at any time.

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a service experience or other transactions.

 

4.6 COOKIES

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. 

 

4.7 CHANGE OF PURPOSE

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

 

5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table “Purposes for which we will use your personal data” above.

• Internal Third Parties [see Glossary].
• External Third Parties [see Glossary].
• Specific Third Parties, such as our Partners, for the purpose of direct communications or quality assessments.
• Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets.
• Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

 

6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

We share your personal data within the Aleph Group.

 

6.1 TRANSFERRING PERSONAL DATA OF RESIDENTS IN THE EU/EEA, THE UK AND SWITZERLAND

In some specific cases we will have to transfer personal data of an EU visitor also outside the EU.

Also some of our external third parties are based outside the EU so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EU.

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EU, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
• Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved for use in the EU which give personal data the same protection it has in the EU.
• Using also Standard Contractual Clauses.

Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EU.    

 

6.2 TRANSFERRING DATA OF BRAZILIAN RESIDENTS

We are allowed to transfer your personal information outside of the Brazilian territory in the following cases:

• when the transfer is necessary for international legal cooperation between public intelligence, investigation and prosecution bodies, according to the legal means provided by the international law;
• when the transfer is necessary to protect your life or physical security or those of a third party;
• when the transfer is authorized by the ANPD;
• when the transfer results from a commitment undertaken in an international cooperation agreement;
• when the transfer is necessary for the execution of a public policy or legal attribution of public service;
• when the transfer is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation, the carrying out of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract, or the regular exercise of rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures.

 

7. DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

8. DATA RETENTION

 

8.1 HOW LONG WILL YOU USE MY PERSONAL DATA FOR?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

You can request details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal data by contacting us.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see your legal rights below for further information.

In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

 

9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

9.1.1 IF YOU ARE A VISITOR FROM EU

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:

• Request access to your personal data;
• Request correction of your personal data;
• Request erasure of your personal data;
• Object to processing of your personal data; 
• Request restriction of processing your personal data;
• Request transfer of your personal data;
• Right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at: [email protected].

 

9.1.2 IF YOU ARE A VISITOR FROM BRAZIL

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the entity running this website and, if the case may be, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users who reside in Brazil, according to the “Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” For such Users, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.

This part of the document uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD).

 

9.2.1 THE GROUNDS ON WHICH WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We can process your personal information solely if we have a legal basis for such processing. Legal bases are as follows:

• your consent to the relevant processing activities;
• compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that lies with us;
• the carrying out of public policies provided in laws or regulations or based on contracts, agreements and similar legal instruments;
• studies conducted by research entities, preferably carried out on anonymized personal information;
• the carrying out of a contract and its preliminary procedures, in cases where you are a party to said contract;
• the exercising of our rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures;
• protection or physical safety of yourself or a third party;
• the protection of health – in procedures carried out by health entities or professionals;
• our legitimate interests, provided that your fundamental rights and liberties do not prevail over such interests; and
• credit protection.

To find out more about the legal bases, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in this document.

 

9.2.2. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION PROCESSED

To find out what categories of your personal information are processed, you can read the section titled “The Data We Collect About You” within this document.

 

9.2.3. WHY WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

To find out why we process your personal information, you can read the sections titled “Purposes for which we will use your personal data” within this document.

 

9.2.4 YOUR BRAZILIAN PRIVACY RIGHTS, HOW TO FILE A REQUEST AND OUR RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUESTS

You have the right to: 

• obtain confirmation of the existence of processing activities on your personal information;
• access to your personal information;
• have incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information rectified;
• obtain the anonymization, blocking or elimination of your unnecessary or excessive personal information, or of information that is not being processed in compliance with the LGPD;
• obtain information on the possibility to provide or deny your consent and the consequences thereof;
• obtain information about the third parties with whom we share your personal information;
• obtain, upon your express request, the portability of your personal information (except for anonymized information) to another service or product provider, provided that our commercial and industrial secrets are safeguarded;
• obtain the deletion of your personal information being processed if the processing was based upon your consent, unless one or more exceptions provided for in art. 16 of the LGPD apply;
• revoke your consent at any time;
• lodge a complaint related to your personal information with the ANPD (the National Data Protection Authority) or with consumer protection bodies;
• oppose a processing activity in cases where the processing is not carried out in compliance with the provisions of the law;
• request clear and adequate information regarding the criteria and procedures used for an automated decision; and
• request the review of decisions made solely on the basis of the automated processing of your personal information, which affect your interests. These include decisions to define your personal, professional, consumer and credit profile, or aspects of your personality.

You will never be discriminated against, or otherwise suffer any sort of detriment, if you exercise your rights.

 

9.2.5. HOW TO FILE YOUR REQUEST

You can file your express request to exercise your rights free from any charge, at any time, by using the contact details provided in this document, or via your legal representative.

 

9.2.6. HOW AND WHEN WE WILL RESPOND TO YOUR REQUEST

We will strive to promptly respond to your requests.

In any case, should it be impossible for us to do so, we’ll make sure to communicate to you the factual or legal reasons that prevent us from immediately, or otherwise ever, complying with your requests. In cases where we are not processing your personal information, we will indicate to you the physical or legal person to whom you should address your requests, if we are in the position to do so.

In the event that you file an access or personal information processing confirmation request, please make sure that you specify whether you’d like your personal information to be delivered in electronic or printed form.

You will also need to let us know whether you want us to answer your request immediately, in which case we will answer in a simplified fashion, or if you need a complete disclosure instead.

In the latter case, we’ll respond within 15 days from the time of your request, providing you with all the information on the origin of your personal information, confirmation on whether or not records exist, any criteria used for the processing and the purposes of the processing, while safeguarding our commercial and industrial secrets.

In the event that you file a rectification, deletion, anonymization or personal information blocking request, we will make sure to immediately communicate your request to other parties with whom we have shared your personal information in order to enable such third parties to also comply with your request – except in cases where such communication is proven impossible or involves disproportionate effort on our side.

 

9.3 NO FEE USUALLY REQUIRED

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. 

 

9.4 WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM YOU

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

 

9.5 TIME LIMIT TO RESPOND

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

 

GLOSSARY

LAWFUL BASIS

Legitimate interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.

Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.

Comply with a legal obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.

 

THIRD PARTIES

INTERNAL THIRD PARTIES

Other companies in the Aleph Group acting as joint controllers or processors and who are based in EU and non-EU countries and provide services, such as IT and Legal internal support.

 

EXTERNAL THIRD PARTIES

Service providers acting as processors who provide IT and system administration services.

Professional advisers acting as processor or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.

Regulators and other authorities acting as processors or joint controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

Meta Platforms inc. (Meta), only if you have chosen to participate in “Anti-corruption training for third parties”. In this case, upon Meta’s request, we will share your Name, Surname, Institutional Data and e-mail with Meta for the purpose of affirming to Meta  that a participant from your organization has completed the training.

 

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

You have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
• Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
• Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
• Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
• Request restrictions of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:

 

 – If you want us to establish the data´s accuracy.
 – Where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it.
 – Where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
 – You have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
 – Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
 – Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.