Privacy Policy
This policy is provided in accordance with Law No. 18,331 on the Protection of Personal Data of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and EU Regulation 679/2016, directly applicable as of May 25, 2018 – General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter, the Privacy Code and GDPR are collectively referred to as the “Applicable Law”) and applies to the website www.ituy.com.uy (“Website”). It does not apply to other websites that may be accessed via external links.
ITUY Law Firm informs you that the processing of your data will be carried out in accordance with the principles of lawfulness, fairness, transparency, accuracy, purpose limitation, storage limitation, data minimization, integrity, and confidentiality. Your personal data will be processed in compliance with the legislative provisions of the Applicable Law and the confidentiality obligations contained therein.
Data Controller
The Data Controller of the personal data collected through the Website is ITUY Law Firm, with its registered office in Montevideo, Luis Alberto de Herrera 1248, World Trade Center Tower II, Office 710, 11300.
Before providing any personal data, ITUY Law Firm invites you to carefully read this Privacy Policy, as it contains important information about the protection of personal data and the security measures adopted to ensure confidentiality and full compliance with the Applicable Law.
Purpose of Processing
Browsing data is used solely to obtain anonymous statistical information on the use of the Website and to verify its proper functioning; such data will be deleted immediately after processing. Data may be used to ascertain liability in the event of potential computer crimes to the detriment of the Website; aside from this circumstance, web contact data is currently not stored for more than seven days.
Personal data provided by users who submit their CVs, request information from ITUY Law Firm regarding events and initiatives, send contact requests, or request the services of ITUY Law Firm will be used solely to respond to and fulfil such requests, and will be disclosed to third parties only when necessary for that purpose. The “legal basis” under the Regulation allowing the collection and processing of personal data consists of the performance of the service expressly requested by users.
Personal data provided by those who subscribe to ITUY Law Firm’s client alerts will be used, including through automated means, to manage the subscription and to publicize and keep them informed about news, activities, and projects carried out by ITUY Law Firm. In this case, processing will be based on the legal ground of performing the service requested by the user.
Personal data may be transferred abroad, for the purposes mentioned above, to ITUY Law Firm’s external professional partners. In such cases, the user will have the opportunity to express a preference regarding such transfer of their data.
Methods of Processing
Personal data will be processed by automated means, based on logics strictly related to the purposes of the processing, and for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which the data was collected. The information collected will be stored in a secure location.
The processing related to the web services provided by this Website is carried out by ITUY Law Firm staff appointed as “Data Processors”, as well as by external parties acting as “Processors” or “Controllers” in relation to specific activities they perform.
The differentiated role assumed by ITUY Law Firm’s partners with respect to the entrusted data processing is strictly related to the specific activity carried out. Personal data will not be disclosed.
Optional Provisional of data
Apart from the information specified above concerning web browsing data, the user is free to provide personal data in order to request informational material or to apply for any professional position at ITUY Law Firm. Failure to provide such data may make it impossible to obtain the requested information or to evaluate the submitted application.
Categories, Types, and Purposes of Processed Data
ITUY Law Firm will process selected personal data of users interacting with the Website’s services.
Web Browsing Data
These are navigation data that computer systems acquire automatically during the use of the Website, such as IP addresses, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses, along with details of requests sent to the Website’s server, enabling navigation. Browsing data may also be used to compile anonymous statistics that allow understanding of how the Website is used and to improve its structure.
Lastly, browsing data may also be used to check for unlawful operations, such as computer crimes, detrimental to the Website.
Data Provided by the User
Any communication sent to the contacts listed on the Website entails storing the sender’s email address and any other personal data contained in the communication.
Data Retention
ITUY Law Firm will process your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes described above (for example, ITUY Law Firm will process your Personal Data for sending newsletters until you decide to unsubscribe). Apart from this, ITUY Law Firm will retain your Personal Data for the time necessary or permitted to comply with the Applicable Law.
Recipients
Your personal data may be disclosed only to:
Parties necessary for fulfilling requests for the services offered through the Website, such as email delivery and data analysis, which typically process Personal Data on behalf of ITUY Law Firm as data processors.
Persons authorized by ITUY Law Firm to process Personal Data, who are committed or legally obliged to confidentiality (e.g., ITUY Law Firm employees and lawyers).
Law enforcement and public authorities when required by applicable law.
Data Subject’s Rights
We inform you that the EU Data Protection Regulation grants the data subject certain specific rights. In particular, at any time the data subject may obtain:
Confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning them exists, even if not yet recorded, and its communication in intelligible form;
The indication of the origin of the personal data, the purposes and methods of processing, as well as the logic applied in case of processing carried out with electronic means;
The identification details of the controller and of the processors, as well as the persons or categories of persons to whom the personal data may be communicated or who may become aware of it;
The updating, rectification, and integration of data, as well as the erasure, anonymization, or blocking of data processed unlawfully, including data whose retention is unnecessary for the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently processed;
Certification that the operations mentioned above have been notified, including with regard to their content, to those to whom the data has been communicated or disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves the use of means manifestly disproportionate to the protected right.
In accordance with Article 7 of the Applicable Law, the data subject also has the right to object, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of their personal data, even if pertinent to the purpose of collection, as well as to the processing of personal data for sending promotional communications or conducting market research.
All the above rights may be exercised by writing to: secretaria@ituy.com.uy.
Changes
The Website’s privacy policy may be updated periodically.
Cookies
The Website does not collect users’ personal data through cookies. Such files are stored on the user’s computer to facilitate future access to our Website. Cookies are not used to transmit personal information. No persistent cookies or user tracking systems are used. The use of so-called session cookies (which are not stored permanently on the user’s computer and are deleted upon closing the browser) is strictly limited to transmitting session identifiers (consisting of random numbers generated by the server) necessary to enable safe and efficient Website browsing. Users may block the receipt of cookies from this Website at any time by changing their browser settings.
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Cookies
El sitio web no recoge datos personales de los usuarios mediante el uso de cookies. Dichos archivos se almacenarán en la memoria del ordenador del usuario para facilitar cualquier acceso posterior a nuestro sitio web. Las cookies no se utilizan para transmitir información personal. No se utilizan cookies persistentes ni sistemas de seguimiento de usuarios. El uso de las denominadas cookies de sesión (que no se almacenan de forma permanente en el ordenador del usuario o que se pierden al cerrar el navegador) se limita estrictamente a la transmisión de los datos de identificación de la sesión (consistentes en números casuales generados por el servidor) necesarios para permitir la exploración segura y eficiente del sitio web. La recepción de las cookies de este sitio web puede ser interrumpida por el usuario en cualquier momento cambiando la configuración de su navegador.
