Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy - Affected

Affected, a private legal entity, values your privacy and ensures the security and protection of the data of its customers, partners, suppliers, and users of the domain https://weaffected.com/, as well as any other site, store, or application operated by the entity.

This Privacy Policy aims to inform you about how we use and disclose the information collected during your visits to our store and in the communications exchanged.

This policy applies exclusively to information collected through the store.

BY ACCESSING THE STORE, SENDING COMMUNICATIONS, OR PROVIDING ANY TYPE OF PERSONAL DATA, YOU DECLARE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN AND AGREE TO THE PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH DESCRIBES THE PURPOSES AND WAYS OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA THAT YOU PROVIDE IN THE STORE.

This Privacy Policy provides an overview of our privacy practices, the choices you can make, and the rights you can exercise regarding the Personal Data processed by us. If you have any questions about the use of Personal Data, please contact us at info@affected.ca.

Additionally, the Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party applications, products, services, websites, or social media features that may be offered or accessed through the store. Accessing these links will take you out of our site and may result in the collection or sharing of information about you by third parties. We do not control, endorse, or make representations about third-party websites or their privacy practices, which may differ from ours. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of any site you interact with before allowing the collection and use of your Personal Data.

If you provide us with Personal Data about other individuals, you declare that you have the competence to do so and have obtained the necessary consent to authorize the use of such information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Section 1 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • "Personal Data": means any information that, directly or indirectly, identifies or can identify a natural person, such as name, CPF, date of birth, IP address, among others;

  • "Sensitive Personal Data": means any information that reveals, in relation to a natural person, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, political opinions, affiliation with a union or organization of a religious, philosophical, or political nature, data regarding health or sexual life, genetic or biometric data;

  • "Processing of Personal Data": means any operation carried out in the scope of Personal Data, by automatic or non-automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or, alternatively, provision, harmonization or association, restriction, erasure, or destruction. Processing of Personal Data also includes any other operation provided for by applicable law;

  • "Data Protection Laws": means all legal provisions that regulate the Processing of Personal Data, including, but not limited to, Law No. 13,709/18, General Data Protection Law ("GDPR").

Section 2 - Use of Personal Data

We collect and use Personal Data to manage your relationship with us and provide you with better service when purchasing products and/or services in the store, personalizing and improving your experience. Examples of how we use data include:

  • Facilitating the purchase of products and/or services in the store;

  • Confirming or correcting the information we have about you;

  • Sending information we believe may be of interest to you;

  • Personalizing your user experience in the store;

  • Contacting you through a phone number and/or email address provided. We may contact you personally, by voice message, through automated dialing equipment, by text message (SMS), by email, or by any other means of communication your device can receive, as permitted by law and for reasonable business purposes.

Additionally, the Personal Data provided may also be used as we consider necessary or appropriate: (a) according to Data Protection Laws; (b) to comply with legal requirements; (c) to comply with judicial decisions, regulatory decisions, or decisions of competent authorities, including authorities outside the country of residence; (d) to enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, and security, yours, or those of third parties; (g) to detect and prevent fraud; (h) to allow us to use available actions or limit the damages we may suffer; and (i) in other ways permitted by law.

Section 3 - Non-Provision of Personal Data

You are not obliged to share the Personal Data we request. However, if you choose not to share it, in some cases, we may not be able to provide you with full access to the store, some specialized features, or the necessary assistance, as well as facilitate the delivery of the product or provide the service contracted by you.

Section 4 - Data Collected

The general public can browse the store without the need to register or submit Personal Data. However, some store functions may depend on registration and submission of Personal Data to complete the purchase/service hiring and/or facilitate product delivery/service provision by us.

In contact with the store, we may collect:

  • Contact information: name, surname, phone number, address, city, state, and email address;
  • Submitted information: data you submit through forms (questions, complaints, suggestions, criticisms, compliments, etc.).

During general browsing in the store, we may collect:

  • Location data: geolocation data when you access the store;
  • Preferences: information about your preferences and interests regarding products/services (when you communicate them to us or when we deduce them from what we know about you);
  • Browsing data in the store: information about your visits and activities, including the content (and any ads) you view and interact with, information about the browser and device you are using, your IP address, your location, the website address from which you arrived. Some of this data is collected through our Automatic Data Collection Tools, which include cookies, web beacons, and embedded web links. For more