Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how Editora Aurora ("we", "us", or "our"), located at 985 Rua Bela Cintra, São Paulo, São Paulo, 01415-000, Brazil, collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our online platform, including our site and related services. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant legislation.
Information We Collect
We may collect different types of information from you when you interact with our service:
Information you provide to us: This includes information you give us directly, such as when you register for an account, purchase services, submit a manuscript, sign up for newsletters, or contact us. This information may include your name, contact details (like address, although we do not ask for electronic contact here), payment information, and details about your manuscript or interests related to our services.
Information we collect automatically: When you visit our site, we may automatically collect information about your device and how you use our service, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, referring URLs, and dates/times of visits. This information is typically collected using cookies and similar technologies.
Information from other sources: We may receive information about you from third parties, such as business partners or service providers, to supplement the information we have already collected.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes related to providing and improving our services:
To provide and manage our services: This includes processing manuscript submissions, handling editorial development, managing printing and distribution liaison, processing sales, administering accounts, and providing author representation and rights licensing services.
To communicate with you: We may use your information to respond to your inquiries, send you updates about your submissions or services, and provide information about our company and services.
To process transactions: We use payment information to process payments for services rendered.
To improve our service: We analyze usage data to understand how our platform is used, identify areas for improvement, and develop new features and services.
For marketing purposes: With your consent, we may send you promotional materials and information about our publications and services that may be of interest to you.
For legal and security purposes: To comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, protect our rights and property, and prevent fraud and illegal activities.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds as permitted by applicable law:
Performance of a contract: We process your data when necessary to fulfill a contract with you, such as processing your manuscript submission or providing author representation.
Legitimate interests: We may process your data based on our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services, marketing (where not based on consent), preventing fraud, and ensuring the security of our platform. We balance our interests against your rights and freedoms.
Compliance with a legal obligation: We may process your data when required by law, such as for tax or accounting purposes.
Consent: We may process your data based on your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period, 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 requirements.
Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:
Service providers: We may share information with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service. These providers are obligated to protect your information.
Business partners: We may share information with business partners with whom we collaborate on specific projects or services, such as co-publishers or distributors.
Legal requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
With your consent: We may share your information with third parties when you have provided your consent.
International Data Transfers
As Editora Aurora is based in Brazil, your data may be processed outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). When transferring data outside the EEA, we take steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable data protection laws, such as by implementing appropriate safeguards like standard contractual clauses or relying on adequacy decisions.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Right to access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller under certain conditions.
Right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the physical address provided below. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to your request.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies on our site to collect information about your browsing activities. Cookies are small text files placed on your device. We use cookies for various purposes, including operating our service, analyzing site usage, and potentially for marketing. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to other websites not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
Children's Privacy
Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Any changes will be effective when posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us in writing at:
Editora Aurora
985 Rua Bela Cintra,
São Paulo, São Paulo,
01415-000, Brazil