The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Source: Translation and adaptation for Brazilian Dental Science 

This website is maintained and operated by Brazilian Dental Science.

We collect and use some personal data belonging to those who use our website. In doing so, we act as the data controller and are subject to the provisions of Federal Law No. 13,709/2018 (General Personal Data Protection Law - LGPD).

We care about the protection of your personal data and, therefore, provide this Privacy Policy, which contains important information about:

• Who should use our website;
• What data we collect and what we do with it;
• Your rights regarding your personal data; and
• How to contact us.

1. Who should use our website?

Our website is intended for use only by individuals over eighteen years of age. Therefore, children and adolescents should not use it.

2. Data We Collect and Reasons for Collection

Our website collects and uses some personal data from our users, in accordance with the provisions of this section.

1. Sensitive Data

Sensitive data will not be collected from our users, as defined in Articles 11 et seq. of the LGPD. Therefore, there will be no collection of data regarding racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, political opinions, union membership, or organization of a religious, philosophical, or political nature, data relating to health or sexual life, genetics, or biometric data, when linked to a natural person.

2. Cookies

Cookies are small text files automatically downloaded to your device when you access and browse a website. They are primarily used to identify users' devices, activities, and preferences.

Cookies do not allow any files or information to be extracted from the user's hard drive, nor can they access personal information other than that of the user or how the user uses the website's features.

Website Cookies

Website cookies are those sent to the user's computer or device and managed exclusively by the website.

The information collected through these cookies is used to improve and personalize the user experience, and some cookies may, for example, be used to remember user preferences and choices, as well as to offer personalized content.

Cookie Management

The user may object to the registration of cookies through the website by simply disabling this option in their browser. More information on how to do this in some major browsers can be found at the following links:

Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/en/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Safari:
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

Google Chrome:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

Mozilla Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer

Opera:
https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/

Disabling cookies, however, may affect the availability of some website tools and features, compromising their correct and expected operation. Another possible consequence of doing this is the removal of any saved user preferences, negatively impacting their experience.

Collection of Data Not Expressly Provided

Other types of data not expressly provided for in this Privacy Policy may be collected, provided they are provided with the user's consent, or if the collection is permitted based on another legal basis.

In any case, the resulting data collection and processing activities will be communicated to website users.

3. Sharing Personal Data with Third Parties

We do not share your personal data with third parties. However, we may do so to comply with a legal or regulatory requirement, or even to comply with an order issued by a public authority.

4. How Long Your Personal Data Will Be Stored

Personal data collected by the website is stored and used for a period that corresponds to the time necessary to achieve the purposes listed in this document and that takes into account the rights of its data subjects, the rights of the website controller, and the applicable legal or regulatory provisions.

Once the personal data storage periods expire, they are removed from our databases or made anonymous, except in cases where storage is possible or necessary due to legal or regulatory requirements.

5. Legal Basis for Personal Data Processing

Each personal data processing operation must have a legal basis, which is simply a justification authorizing it, as provided for in the General Personal Data Protection Law.

All our personal data processing activities have a legal basis.

Among those permitted by law. More information about the legal bases we use for specific personal data processing operations can be obtained through our contact channels, listed at the end of this Policy.

6. User Rights

Website users have the following rights, granted by the Personal Data Protection Law:

• Confirmation of the existence of processing;
• Access to data;
• Correction of incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated data;
• Anonymization, blocking, or deletion of unnecessary, excessive data, or data processed in a way that does not comply with the provisions of the law;
• Portability of data to another service or product provider, upon express request, in accordance with the regulations of the national authority, subject to classified commercial and industrial information;
• Erase of personal data processed with the data subject's consent, except in cases provided for by law;
• Information from public and private entities with which the controller shared data;
• Information about the possibility of withholding consent and the consequences of such refusal;
• Revocation of consent.

It is important to note that, under the LGPD, there is no right to erase data processed based on legal grounds other than consent, unless the data is unnecessary, excessive, or processed in violation of the law.

How the data subject can exercise their rights

To ensure that the user wishing to exercise their rights is, in fact, the data subject of the personal data subject to the request, we may request documents or other information that may assist in their correct identification, in order to safeguard our rights and the rights of third parties. However, this will only be done if absolutely necessary, and the applicant will be provided with all related information.

7. Security Measures for Processing Personal Data

We employ technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access and situations that lead to the destruction, loss, or alteration of such data.

The measures we use consider the nature of the data, the context and purpose of the processing, the risks that a potential breach would pose to the user's rights and freedoms, and the standards currently used in the market by companies like ours.

Among the security measures we adopt, we highlight the following:

• Password storage using cryptographic hashes;
• Database access restrictions;
• Monitoring physical access to servers.

Even though we take every effort to prevent security incidents, it is possible that a problem may arise solely due to third parties—such as hacker or cracker attacks, or even in cases of the user's sole fault, which occurs, for example, when they themselves transfer their data to third parties. Therefore, while we are generally responsible for the personal data we process, we are exempt from liability in the event of an exceptional situation such as this, over which we have no control.

In any case, in the event of any type of security incident that may create significant risk or harm to any of our users, we will notify those affected and the National Data Protection Authority of the incident, in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Law.

8. Complaint to a Supervisory Authority

Without prejudice to any other means of administrative or judicial redress, data subjects who feel they have been harmed in any way may file a complaint with the National Data Protection Authority.

9. Changes to this Policy

The current version of this Privacy Policy was last updated on May 19, 2021.

We reserve the right to modify these regulations at any time, in particular to adapt them to any changes made to our website, whether by making new features available or by deleting or modifying existing ones.

Whenever there is a change, our users will be notified.

10. How to Contact Us

To clarify any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the personal data we process, please contact our Personal Data Protection Officer through any of the channels listed below:

Brazilian Dental Science 
Sergio Eduardo de Paiva Gonçalves
Editor-In-Cheaf
Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP
Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia
São José dos Campos, SP - Brazil