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Privacy Policy

Voz Sergipana respects its visitors' privacy and recognizes the importance of protecting personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when browsing or contacting our website, why it may be processed, when it may be shared, and how individuals can exercise their rights under applicable data protection laws.

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Voz Sergipana, available at https://vozsergipana.online/, is an independent digital news and information portal dedicated to the Brazilian state of Sergipe.

We respect the privacy of our readers, visitors, and everyone who contacts the portal.

This Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be processed in connection with our digital activities, taking into account Brazil's General Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 13,709/2018), known as the LGPD, and other applicable laws.

Our approach to personal data is guided by principles such as purpose limitation, necessity, transparency, security, and accountability.

1. Who Is Responsible for the Portal?

Voz Sergipana is an independent project conceived and developed by José Jeferson Dantas de Meneses Júnior.

For questions concerning privacy, personal data, or the operation of the portal, you may contact us at:

Email: contato@vozsergipana.online

Website: https://vozsergipana.online/

This contact channel may also be used to submit requests concerning personal data protection rights.

The legal identity of the data controller must correspond to the individual or organization that actually determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2. Information We May Process

The categories of personal information processed may vary according to how visitors interact with the portal.

Technical and Browsing Information

When visitors access our website, the systems supporting its operation may process:

  • IP address.

  • Date and time of access.

  • Pages and resources requested.

  • Browser type and device information.

  • Operating system.

  • Technical information required for website security and operation.

  • Data associated with cookies and similar technologies, where applicable.

Information Voluntarily Provided

When visitors contact the portal, we may receive:

  • Name or other identification provided.

  • Email address.

  • Message subject and content.

  • Documents or information voluntarily submitted.

  • Details necessary to respond to the request.

We ask visitors not to submit unnecessary sensitive personal information or confidential documents.

Information Processed by Integrated Services

If audience analytics, advertising, or third-party embedded features are enabled, these providers may process additional information according to their functions and privacy policies.

3. Purposes of Data Processing

Personal information may be processed for legitimate purposes related to operating the portal, including:

  • Providing access to news articles, pages, and other content.

  • Maintaining the website's performance, availability, and security.

  • Identifying and preventing abusive access, fraud, or security incidents.

  • Responding to messages, inquiries, and story suggestions.

  • Reviewing requests for corrections or updates.

  • Understanding website performance when analytics tools are enabled.

  • Managing browsing preferences and consent where applicable.

  • Complying with legal obligations and valid requests from competent authorities.

  • Supporting advertising and commercial features when they are actually enabled.

Personal information must not be used for unrestricted or unrelated purposes without an appropriate legal basis.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

The processing of personal data must rely on an applicable legal basis under the LGPD, according to the specific purpose and circumstances.

Potential legal bases include:

Legitimate Interests: Where applicable and balanced against individuals' rights, for proportionate activities involving security, abuse prevention, and legitimate operational needs.

Compliance with Legal Obligations: When processing is required by applicable laws or regulations.

Consent: When required for particular tracking technologies, personalized advertising, or other specific activities.

Establishment, Exercise, or Defense of Legal Rights: When processing is necessary in judicial, administrative, or arbitration proceedings.

The appropriate legal basis must be assessed for each actual processing activity.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files or identifiers used by websites and digital services to support functionality, store preferences, and, in some cases, understand visitor behavior.

Voz Sergipana may use the following categories:

Essential Cookies

These support basic website functionality, security, and essential technical operations.

Preference Cookies

These may remember selected languages, browsing preferences, and other user settings.

Analytics Cookies

When enabled, these may help us understand visits, traffic sources, page usage, and content performance.

Advertising Cookies

When advertising services are enabled, cookies may support ad delivery, measurement, and, where permitted, personalization.

Non-essential cookies and similar technologies must be used in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Where consent is required, visitors should receive clear information and effective options to accept, reject, or withdraw their consent.

Visitors may also manage or delete cookies through their browser settings. Some choices may affect website functionality.

6. Advertising and Affiliate Programs

To support its operations, Voz Sergipana may use digital advertising, commercial promotions, and affiliate programs.

When enabled, these services may display advertisements or links to products and services offered by third parties.

Google AdSense Advertising

If Google AdSense is integrated into the portal, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user's previous visits to this website or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this and other websites, subject to applicable permissions and settings.

Visitors can manage personalized advertising through Google's Ad Settings:

https://adssettings.google.com/

Additional information is available in Google's privacy policies.

Affiliate Links

The portal may also feature affiliate links to physical products, digital products, and online services.

When visitors follow an affiliate link, the destination provider may use cookies or tracking identifiers to attribute visits or purchases to a referring partner.

Data processing on the destination website is governed by that provider's own privacy practices.

The presence of affiliate links does not mean that Voz Sergipana receives full payment details or personal checkout information.

7. Sharing Personal Data

Where necessary and supported by an appropriate legal basis, personal information may be shared with service providers involved in operating the portal, such as:

  • Website hosting, infrastructure, and security providers.

  • Email and communication services.

  • Website analytics providers, when used.

  • Advertising platforms, when integrated.

  • Other technical service providers required for enabled features.

Information may also be disclosed where required by law or a valid order from a competent authority.

Any sharing should be limited to what is necessary for the relevant purpose.

Directly selling lists of readers' personal information is not part of the portal's proposed activities.

8. Third-Party Websites and External Links

Our content may include links to government agencies, businesses, cultural organizations, e-commerce platforms, and other external websites.

When visitors follow these links, they enter services operated by third parties.

Voz Sergipana does not control the privacy practices of those external websites.

We encourage visitors to review the relevant privacy policies before submitting personal information.

9. Data Storage and Security

Personal information should be protected through technical and organizational measures appropriate to the risks involved.

Such measures may include access controls, system protection, security updates, restricted permissions, and safeguards against unauthorized access.

No internet-connected system can guarantee absolute security.

Security measures should therefore be reviewed and improved as operational needs evolve.

If a personal data security incident occurs, the measures and notifications required by applicable law must be observed.

10. Data Retention

Personal information should be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was processed, subject to legal requirements and other lawful retention grounds.

Retention may vary according to the type of information:

  • Technical and security logs: according to operational needs and applicable requirements.

  • Contact messages: as needed to handle inquiries and related obligations.

  • Cookies and preferences: according to each technology's purpose, configuration, and validity period.

  • Legally required records: for the period prescribed by applicable law.

Once retention is no longer justified, personal information should be deleted or anonymized, except where lawful retention is permitted.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

Under the LGPD, individuals may exercise rights, subject to applicable legal requirements, including:

  • Confirming whether their personal data is being processed.

  • Requesting access to their personal data.

  • Requesting correction of inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated data.

  • Requesting anonymization, blocking, or deletion of unnecessary, excessive, or unlawfully processed data.

  • Requesting data portability where applicable.

  • Obtaining information about data sharing.

  • Withdrawing previously granted consent.

  • Requesting deletion of data processed based on consent, subject to legal exceptions.

  • Objecting to certain processing activities in circumstances established by law.

  • Requesting review of decisions based solely on automated processing that affect their interests, where applicable.

To exercise your rights, please contact:

contato@vozsergipana.online

We may request information strictly necessary to verify the requester's identity and prevent unauthorized access to another person's information.

Individuals may also contact Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), following the applicable procedures.

12. International Data Transfers

Some hosting, security, analytics, communication, or advertising services may use infrastructure located outside Brazil.

Where these arrangements involve international transfers of personal data, the applicable requirements and lawful transfer mechanisms under the LGPD must be observed.

Providing content in Portuguese, English, and Spanish does not, by itself, mean that visitors' personal data is transferred internationally.

13. Children and Teenagers

Voz Sergipana is a general information portal about Sergipe and is not primarily intended to collect personal data from children or teenagers.

Where personal data concerning minors is processed, applicable laws and their best interests must be respected.

We encourage minors not to submit unnecessary personal information through our communication channels.

Situations requiring additional safeguards should be assessed and handled appropriately.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect changes in the portal's operations, applicable legislation, or technologies and service providers used.

Significant changes should be communicated transparently through this page.

The published policy should accurately reflect the personal data processing activities actually carried out by Voz Sergipana.

15. Privacy Contact Information

For questions, concerns, or requests related to personal data protection, please contact:

Voz Sergipana

Project Founder and Developer: José Jeferson Dantas de Meneses Júnior

Email: contato@vozsergipana.online

Website: https://vozsergipana.online/

Our commitment is to handle personal information responsibly, transparently, and with respect for individual rights.

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