Privacy Policy

Academia Podcast Brasil is committed to protecting the privacy of users of our online platform and services. This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our site and services, including online courses on podcast creation, audio editing workshops, scriptwriting training, podcast production training, monetisation guidance, distribution guidance, equipment recommendations, and live Q&A sessions. By accessing or using our service, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us when you register for an account, enroll in courses or workshops, make a purchase, participate in forums or interactive areas of the service, fill out a form, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. This information may include your name, email address, payment information, and any other information you choose to provide.

We also automatically collect certain information when you access and use our service, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, links clicked, and other usage data. We may also collect information about your interactions with our content and services. This information helps us analyze how our site is used and improve our services.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

- To provide, operate, and maintain our service and deliver the courses, workshops, and training you enroll in.

- To process transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.

- To communicate with you, respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer service.

- To send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.

- To personalize your experience on our site and provide content and features that match your interests.

- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our service.

- To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Academia Podcast Brasil and others.

- To comply with our legal obligations.

Legal Basis for Processing (for users subject to GDPR)

We process personal data based on the following legal grounds:

- Performance of a contract: We process your data to provide the services you request, such as access to courses and workshops.

- Your consent: We may process your data for specific purposes with your explicit consent, such as sending you marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

- Legitimate interests: We may process your data for our legitimate business interests, provided these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights, such as improving our services, preventing fraud, and ensuring the security of our platform.

- Legal obligation: We may process your data to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances:

- With service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and customer service. These third parties are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

- In response to a legal process or a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process.

- In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.

- With your consent or at your direction.

- We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Data Security

We implement reasonable measures to help protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

- The right to access the personal data we hold about you.

- The right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.

- The right to request erasure of your personal data where there is no longer a legitimate reason for us to process it.

- The right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

- The right to request restriction of processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

- The right to data portability, allowing you to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

- The right to withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

- The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal data infringes applicable law.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the address provided below.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. By using our service, you understand that your information may be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than your country. Where data is transferred from the European Economic Area (EEA) or Brazil to countries not deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection, we implement appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or other relevant authorities to protect your data.

Children's Privacy

Our service is not directed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so that we can delete the data.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide additional notice. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our information practices.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us by mail at:

Academia Podcast Brasil
1538 Rua Augusta
9th Floor
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01305-100
Brazil