Privacy Policy
Terms and conditions
The following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) govern the use of BDO BRAZIL’s website (“website”). This website is provided by BDO BRAZIL (“BDO BRAZIL” or “we”). We may change the Terms and Conditions from time to time and at any time without prior notice by posting such changes on this website. By using this website, you accept and agree to these Terms and Conditions applicable to its use. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you may not access or use this website.
Use of the website
This website provides general information on certain topics. The disclosed information does not correspond to a thorough treatment of these matters nor is it intended to establish a business or professional services relationship of any kind. The information contained herein does not constitute any kind of advisory or professional services. The matters discussed here should not be used without resorting to specialized advisory that can properly respond to their effective needs.
The use of this website and the information contained herein is at the sole responsibility and risk of the user.
Before making any decision or taking any action that may affect your finances and your business, always seek the support of qualified professionals.
Property rights
The documents, contents and creations contained in this website belong to their creators. The authorship of the contents, materials and images displayed is regulated and protected by national and international laws, they may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way without prior written authorization of BDO BRAZIL or the respective rights holders.
The name of the website, www.bdo.com.br, its logo, the domain name for Internet access, as well as all the characteristic elements of the technology developed and presented here, in the form of articulation of databases, comprise trademarks and private intellectual property and all rights arising from their registration are guaranteed by law. The trademarks of BDO BRAZIL may only be used publicly with express authorization.
Privacy Policy
Introduction
BDO BRAZIL, composed of the companies within BDO RCS group (BDO RCS Auditores Independentes, BDO RCS Gestão Empresarial, BDO RCS Controladoria e Contabilidade), its branches and affiliates, is the Brazilian member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and is part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO BRAZIL serves clients through 27 offices in the main cities of Brazil. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of BDO member firms.
Each member firm is a separate legal entity and is not responsible for the acts or omissions of other firms. No element in the rules of BDO network shall constitute or imply a partnership between BDO BRAZIL and the other member firms.
This privacy policy applies only to the website www.bdo.com.br (“website”) provided by companies registered in Brazil (referred to as “we”, “our”, or “BDO Brazil”) and not to the several individual websites, referring to the several locations where BDO is placed, which are susceptible of redirection.
By using this website, you agree to our use of personal information submitted to and/or collected by us within the scope and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Consent
By providing any personal information through this website, you understand and unequivocally accept the transfer, storage and processing of such information as set forth in this Privacy Statement.
Please note that, in other countries, specific websites contained on www.bdo.com.br are provided by applicable BDO member companies, third parties or related entities that manage them and are not the responsibility of BDO BRAZIL. Such websites, as well as other websites that may be linked to this website, are not governed by this Privacy Policy. We encourage visitors to review each of the privacy policies of these other websites before disclosing any personal information.
What kind of personal information is collected when you visit www.bdo.com.br?
You do not need to register to access this website, however, if you access or participate in any of the services offered by this website, we will collect personal information to manage the services offered, such as: name, date of birth, email address, company, profession, domicile, country, city, phone number.
We do not collect any kind of sensitive information. Sensitive information includes data such as: race or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or other similar beliefs; physical or mental health; sexual orientation or criminal record. Whenever you voluntarily provide sensitive information, we assume your explicit consent to use that information in connection with the purpose for which it was provided.
Technical information
When you access this website, we collect technical information about your browsing, such as IP (Internet Protocol) address, pages visited and browser used to view the website.
This website collects technical data to improve its effectiveness and diagnose problems with our server, to manage and analyze the source of traffic and to identify our users. We may also collect other information such as website usage preferences, also known as profile data. In this context, we may use cookies to manage this information. For more information about cookies, please see our Cookies Policy.
When is your personal information stored by BDO BRAZIL through its contact channels?
Your personal information is stored in the following circumstances:
• When you subscribe to our newsletters to receive news and publications from BDO;
• When you send an email to an email address with dpo@bdo.com.br in the end;
• When you hand a business card to one of our professionals;
• When you register to participate in a course;
• When you register to attend seminars and other events; or
• When you contact us to request more information.
We store the minimum information necessary to manage your request. We indicate the type of information of voluntary or mandatory completion. We usually only ask for additional information to provide the most appropriate response to your request.
Visitors will also be able to send emails through the website. Each message will contain the user's name and email address, as well as additional information that the user considers important to include in the message. Since our website also serves as a recruitment tool, a visit to it may result in the user's resume being sent to a BDO BRAZIL recipient.
How is your personal data used?
We only use the personal information you provide to manage your request and the services we offer through this website, as described in this Privacy Policy.
We use your personal data only to respond to the requests you submit to us and the use you make of the company's website, in order to allow us to provide you with the best and most pleasant browsing conditions when using the services available, to choose not to receive other information from BDO BRAZIL, to request that your personal data be deleted from our systems, or the portability of it, at any time via email address dpo@bdo.com.br. We handle all situations in accordance with applicable local legislation.
You may choose not to receive promotional or marketing electronic correspondence from us by sending an email to dpo@bdo.com.br, indicating the email address you want to remove from our distribution list. Your choice not to receive promotional or marketing electronic correspondence from us does not prevent us from contacting you, by email or in any other way, as a means of managing your existing relationship with us.
About making personal data available to third parties
We may hire other companies or individuals to manage your request for information, maintain this website or carry out our business activities. We may, therefore, give these companies access to your personal data, but always for the purposes for which it was collected and always under our direction and responsibility. We may also share your personal information with other companies in the BDO network, as long as it is for the same purposes for which it was collected.
We may make your information available to third parties in response to a court order, summon, government investigation, or otherwise required or allowed by law.
We do not make your information available to third parties for their own marketing purposes and we do not carry out marketing operations for third parties.
We may, as result of a sale, merger, consolidation, change of management, transfer of assets, reorganization or liquidation of our companies (“Organizational Event”), transfer your personal data to third parties involved in this Organizational Event.
How long do we store your personal data?
We will keep your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. The data will be deleted in accordance with our data retention policy and/or local legislation.
Is your data safe?
We implement accepted technology and security standards to protect the loss, misuse, change or destruction of personal information. We require confidentiality of any personal information from all our employees and only authorized personnel have access to this information.
International transfers
Your personal information may be transferred, filed or processed in a country other than the country where it was collected and where the data holders originate. In these cases, data transfer is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD) and other data protection legislation.
If you would like to have more detailed information on the mechanisms and provisions used in the transfer of personal data, please contact us using the following address: dpo@bdo.com.br
Privacy Policy Update
This Privacy Policy may be changed at any time. The last change date can be checked in this statement. Changes are effective as of the last change date indicated. Refer to this privacy policy regularly to check for any changes in the way we use your personal information.
Contact
If you have any concerns about the way we use your personal information, you have the right to file this complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
For any questions you may have about this privacy policy, please contact us at the following address: dpo@bdo.com.br
Cookies Policy
1. Introduction
This website is intended to provide general information about the BDO network, BDO BRAZIL and the professional services and solutions provided by member firms around the world.
We collect information from users of this website, automatically, or when you choose to provide information to us, for example, by filling in a form. This information is securely treated and is only used by BDO BRAZIL in accordance with the conditions set out in our Privacy Policy.
We may use cookies to maintain and sometimes track information about you.
2. Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or run an app. Your Internet browser (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome) sends these cookies back to the website or app on each subsequent visit so that your usage preferences can be identified. Cookies do not damage your system. You can set your Internet browser to refuse any cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being placed on your computer.
We use cookies for the purposes of management and analysis of our systems to improve the services on this website, and provide a better browsing experience.
We do not share this information with third parties.
Our cookies do not store sensitive information, nor your name or address. Cookies allow us to monitor your actions on the website in order to improve your browsing experience. You can restrict, block or inhibit the use of cookies, from this or any other website, through your Internet browser. Each browser is different so you should check the “help” menu of your specific browser to find out what steps you should take to change your preferences about the use of cookies.
3. How to control cookies
The use of cookies can be set in several ways. These settings change the behavior regarding the use of cookies for all visited websites, unless the settings are applied to specific websites.
4. Management of cookies in the browser.
Your browser settings will allow you to:
• View the cookies placed on your computer and delete them individually;
• Block cookies from third-party websites;
• Block cookies from specific websites;
• Block all cookies;
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
The option to delete cookies implies that all your preferences, when accessing the websites you usually visit, will be deleted. Please note that, by blocking all cookies, many websites will no longer work correctly as some of their features will not be available.
5. What kind of cookies do we use?
Our cookies have different functions:
• Essential cookies - Some cookies are essential to enter specific areas of our website. They allow browsing on the website and the use of its applications, as well as using secure areas of the website through login. Without these cookies, services that require them cannot be provided;
• Analytical cookies - We use these cookies to analyze how users use the website and monitor its performance. This allows us to provide high-quality experience by personalizing our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that may arise. These cookies are used only for statistical creation and analysis purposes, without ever collecting personal information;
• Functional cookies - We use functional cookies to allow us to remember user preferences. For example, cookies prevent typing the user's name each time they access the website. In short, functional cookies store the user's preferences regarding the use of the website, so that it is not necessary to reset the website each time they visit it;
• Third-party cookies - They measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising;
• Advertising cookies - They target advertising according to the interests of each user, allowing to limit the number of times of viewing the same ad. These cookies help measure the effectiveness of advertising. However, they do not identify the user.
6. Cookies active on this website
Category: Necessary
| COOKIE | DESCRIPTION | PROVIDER | EXPIRY |
| ak_bmsc | Description: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website in order to generate valid reports on website usage. | us20.list-manage.com | 1 day |
| ARRAffinity | Description: It is used to distribute traffic to the website across multiple servers to optimize response times. | bdo.com.br | Log |
| ARRAffinity | Description: It is used to distribute traffic to the website across multiple servers to optimize response times. | mediabs.bdo.global | Log |
| ASP.NET_SessãoId | Description: It preserves the visitor's log status across page requests. | bdo.com.br | Log |
| CMSCsrfCookie | Description: It ensures the security of visitor browsing, preventing forgery of requests between websites. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and the visitor. | bdo.com.br | Log |
| CookieConsent | Description: It stores the user's cookies consent status for the current domain. | bdo.com.br | 1 year |
Category: Preferred
| COOKIE | DESCRIPTION | PROVIDER | EXPIRY |
| _AVESTA_ENVIRONMENT | Description: the cookie is set when the user subscribes to a MailChimp email service. | mc.us20.list-manage.com | Log |
| bm_sv | Description: the cookie is set when the user subscribes to a MailChimp email service and uses Masterpass payment methods | us20.list-manage.com | 1 day |
| bm_sz | Description: Identification of MailChimp anti-bot JavaScript library | list-manage.com | 1 day |
| _abck | Description: Identification of MailChimp anti-bot JavaScript library | list-manage.com | 1 year |
| CMSPreferredCulture | Description: the cookie determines the visitor's preferred language and country setting - This allows the website to show content most relevant to that region and language. | bdo.com.br | 1 year |
| CMSPreferredCulture | Description: the cookie determines the visitor's preferred language and country setting - This allows the website to show content most relevant to that region and language. | bdobrazil.com.br | 1 year |
| CMSCookieLevel | Description: It specifies which cookies are allowed by the visitor. | bdo.com.br | 1 year |
Category: Marketing
| COOKIE | DESCRIPTION | PROVIDER | EXPIRY |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Description: It stores the user's video player preferences using the embedded YouTube video. | youtube-nocookie.com | Log |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Description: It stores the user's video player preferences using the embedded YouTube video. | youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent |
| yt-remote-device-id | Description: It stores the user's video player preferences using the embedded YouTube video. | youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Description: It stores the user's video player preferences using the embedded YouTube video. | youtube-nocookie.com | Log |
| yt-remote-Sessão-app | Description: It stores the user's video player preferences using the embedded YouTube video. | youtube-nocookie.com | Log |
| yt-remote-Sessão-name | Description: It stores the user's video player preferences using the embedded YouTube video. | youtube-nocookie.com | Log |
7. More information about cookies and how to manage them.
If you want to know more about cookies in general and how to manage them in particular, visit www.aboutcookies.org *
* Website in English. Please note that we cannot be responsible for the content of external websites.
Date of the last update of the information contained on this page: 05/12/2020
Privacy Notice - Subscription to Newsletters
1. Introduction
BDO BRAZIL, composed of the companies of the BDO RCS group (BDO RCS Auditores Independentes, BDO RCS Gestão Empresarial, BDO RCS Controladoria e Contabilidade), its branches and affiliates, is the Brazilian member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and is part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO BRAZIL serves clients through 23 offices in the main cities of Brazil. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of BDO member firms.
Each member firm is a separate legal entity and is not responsible for the acts or omissions of other firms. No element in the rules of BDO network shall constitute or imply a partnership between BDO BRAZIL and the other member firms.
This privacy notice describes how BDO BRAZIL collects and processes information about your personal data; how it will use and protect this information and the choices you can make about the way BDO BRAZIL may use your personal data. This privacy notice applies to all people who sign up to receive our newsletters, which may be sent through any type of media and/or means of communication.
2. Terms and conditions
By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive our emails and/or other institutional notices through other available means of communication. The purpose of our newsletter service is to send news and publications from BDO. Subscription to our newsletter service is not mandatory.
3. Frequence
The frequency of newsletters will, by standard, be daily unless technical issues and/or issues of importance to the customer require us to do otherwise.
4. Collection of information
BDO BRAZIL collects personal information using the registration form, accessible through the company's website.
In order to comply with all obligations, the processing of personal information is necessary so that we can formalize your registration in our database to send publications. The lack of this information may prevent, delay or block the registration process and, consequently, the sending of publications.
5. Information we request from you
The categories of information we may request include:
• Identification data – Mandatory: (Name);
• Contacts - Mandatory: (Email);
• Other optional personal information (company, profession and country).
6. Reasons we use your personal information
We use your personal information because of your subscription to:
• Disclosure of updated and relevant information on tax, accounting, corporate matters, among others;
• Keep subscribers up to date with legislation applicable to most sectors of activity;
• Keep subscribers up to date with BDO BRAZIL Services; and
• Disclosure of general actions of our company.
7. Your rights regarding your personal data
Thank you for informing us of any changes to the information we have about you so that we can have correct and current information in our systems. You can enter and update your personal information through option “manage your registration/your data”, available in the notices sent.
You can object, at any time, to the processing of personal data, and the processing will cease. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the legality of processing previously carried out based on consent or other legally required processing activities.
You can also request the limitation of the processing of personal data, whenever:
• You dispute the accuracy of personal data;
• The processing does not occur for the purposes communicated in this privacy notice;
• The Company no longer needs the data, for example because it has suppressed publications;
• If you object to processing.
The subscriber has the right to delete their information from the publication subscribers’ database by unsubscribing from newsletters, which may occur at any time.
To exercise the rights indicated, please inform us using the contact details indicated below: dpo@bdo.com.br
8. Information sharing
As a rule, BDO BRAZIL does not transfer or share information relating to personal data with third parties, unless it is required to do so by legal or regulatory requirements.
The company may outsource service providers for situations where there is such a need or where it considers to be an appreciation. This prerogative implies the need to share information relating to personal data. The company will take all necessary measures to ensure that service providers offer all guarantees of safeguarding, security and confidentiality of shared personal data. They act exclusively in accordance with instructions given to them by this company, which implies the regulation of the existing relationship by contract.
9. Personal data security
The company constantly makes efforts to use the best techniques, organizational and security measures to protect personal information, preventing its loss, misuse, change or destruction, guaranteeing its integrity, availability and confidentiality. To this end, all employees are required to keep personal data confidential. Only authorized personnel bound by the duty of secrecy and confidentiality should have access to this information.
The data will be kept for the period strictly necessary for the purposes of its processing or by legal or regulatory decision. During the retention period, integrity and access to data is guaranteed.
10. Information transfer
Personal information may be transferred, filed or processed in a country other than the country where it was collected and where the data holders originate. In these cases, data transfer is carried out in accordance with the requirements of LGPD. When personal data is transferred to a country outside Brazil, adequate guarantees will always be provided through the use of binding rules with legal force, such as clauses close to those approved by Brazilian legislation. When the transfer is made to other companies in the Group, it is always made based on the group's privacy policy and, if applicable, based on Corporate rules, binding on data controllers and subcontractors. If you would like to have more detailed information on the mechanisms and provisions used in the transfer of personal data, please contact us using the contacts listed in item 12.
11. Conservation of personal data
The data will be kept for the period necessary for the purpose communicated in this notice and will be deleted when you unsubscribe or if you exercise your rights of opposition and limitation.
12. Our contact information
For any questions related to the processing of your data, please contact us using the following contact details:
BDO BRAZIL
Address: Rua Major Quedinho, 90 - Consolação - São Paulo - SP - Brazil - CEP: 01050-030
Telephone: (11) 3848-5880
Toni Hebert
Email: dpo@bdo.com.br
The company is committed to collaborating in finding the best and fairest resolutions for complaints regarding the processing of personal data that you may present. If you consider that the company was not competent in resolving the complaints presented, you have the right to file that complaint to the competent control authority.