Terms of Use for Embrapa's Web Portal

Embrapa may publish specific rules for each service or product, under the Data, Information and Knowledge Governance Policy; the Privacy Statement; or the provisions of contracts. 

By registering and using the services or products, the user confirms that they have read, understood and agreed to the conditions and responsibilities set forth in the present Terms of Use.

Users have the option of not agreeing to grant any of this information, which may make it impossible to access certain Embrapa web portal resources.

Embrapa guarantees the exercise of the rights established in the legislation to the holder at any time, as stipulated in the item Rights of Holders.

Definitions

For the purposes of the present terms of use, we consider the following definitions:

  • User: citizen, client, partner, employee, or end user of our products and services;
  • Rights holder: natural person to whom the personal data to be processed refer;
  • Personal data: information related to an identified or identifiable natural person;
  • Processing: all operations carried out with personal data, such as those related to the collection, production, reception, classification, use, access, reproduction, transmission, distribution, processing, archiving, storage, deletion, evaluation or control, modification, communication, transfer, dissemination or extraction of information;
  • Public agent: any person who has mandate, job, employment or position in government agencies and bodies, even temporarily or without remuneration, through an election, appointment, assignment, hire or any other form of admission;
  • Third party: a person or entity who does not participate directly in a contract, legal act or business, or who, in addition to the parties involved, may have an interest in a legal proceeding;
  • Partner: National or international public or private institution, or natural or legal person that can be qualified as Embrapa's partner in relation to  Cooperation Agreements or Technology Transfer Agreements in which it appears as an interested party in the implementation of an RD&I project and its introduction into the production and social environment;
  • Licensee: A natural or legal person who through a legal instrument acquires for free or at a cost the right to use a particular brand, image or protected or non-protected intellectual and artistic property owned or controlled by Embrapa in products, services or others, for a limited time.

Description of service or product

These Terms of Use apply to the web portal www.embrapa.br, called Embrapa Portal therein, under Embrapa's responsibility, which collects personal data at the time of registration or use, such as: name; email; nationality; CPF (for Brazilian citizens); date of birth; sex; country of residence; state of residence (for inhabitants of Brazil); city of residence (for inhabitants of Brazil); address (for inhabitants of Brazil); telephone; schooling; profile; employment (in the case of an technical assistance or rural extension professional); place of employment (in the case of an TARE professional); city(ies) of operation (in the case of TARE professionals); and IPs (Internet Protocol). The collected IPs are not associated with the registration data, so they do not generate affiliation with the identified or identifiable natural person.

Collection and use of information

Embrapa may collect personal data required for the access and operation of the services or products made available to citizens.

Some of your data is collected upon:

  • Registration; 
  • Enrollment in courses and events; 
  • Subscription to newsletters sent by email;
  • Requesting information through contact channels; 

Embrapa will use your personal data for legitimate and specific purposes that are lawful and related to the institution's mission, in compliance with current legislation, and rights holders may request the deletion of the information from the database maintained by the institution at any time.

Embrapa may use the information collected on its service platforms or products to provide a better experience, meeting their needs and expectations, and for the purpose of communication with rights holders and users. This way, they may be sent notices and information on research, products or services developed by Embrapa.

With the data collected through its own channels, Embrapa may:

Learn the user profile; 
Inform about products, services, courses, events and opportunities;
Respond to information requests;
Perform studies to improve products and services;
Monitor user activities and trends;
Measure interactions and audience of services;
Perform audits;
Promote, support and encourage projects, business and initiatives that promote new knowledge, most of which is translated into products, processes, services, methodologies, systems as well as practices aimed at the agricultural sector. 

Data sharing

Embrapa may, at any time, supply data or information relating to rights holders to meet judicial or police demands, or by request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, and also in accordance with Law 13.709/2018 or related legislation.
Embrapa will not pass on the information collected for access to services or products made available to society to third parties. In the event of a commercial negotiation, the data shared with our partners and licensees are those necessary to perform the activities, in compliance with the safeguards and limits of contracts, agreements or similar instruments pursuant to current legislation.
Any and all information about the holders will only be passed on with their full approval or according to legal hypotheses or court order.

Rights of rights holders

Embrapa as a public institution must provide services that suit its purpose, based on guidelines such as respect, equality, accessibility, compliance with deadlines, transparency and lawfulness, ensuring rights holders the rights stipulated by current legislation.

The holder is entitled to obtain from Embrapa, in relation to the data processed by Embrapa, at any time and upon request:

  • Confirmation of the existence of data processing or treatment; 
  • Access to data; 
  • Correction of incomplete, inaccurate or outdated data; 
  • Anonymization, blocking, or deleting unnecessary data or data that was processed in non-compliance with Brazilian Law 13,709; 
  • Portability of data to another service provider or product, upon explicit written request and as long as commercial and industrial secrecy is observed, in accordance with the regulations of the controlling agency; 
  • Deletion of personal data processed with the consent of the rights holder, except in the cases established in Art 16 of Law 13,709;
  • Information of public and private entities with which data was shared;
  • Information on the possibility of not giving consent and on the consequences of denying it;
  • Withdrawal of consent, pursuant to paragraph 5 of Art 8 of Law 13,709.

Rights request

At any time, rights holders may request information about the processing, rectification or deletion of their data, upon a clear and complete request indicating the source of the data, through the Integrated Platform of Ombudsmanship and Access to Information, option SOLICITAÇÃO [request]: https://falabr.cgu.gov.br

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of rights holders

The rights holder is responsible for the accuracy, veracity and up-to-dateness of the data provided, as well as for the consequences on the omission or errors in the personal information registered. In case of login and password access, these can only be used by the registered user. They must maintain the confidentiality of the password, which is personal and non-transferable, and it is not possible to claim misuse after the act of sharing them, in any case.

Embrapa cannot be held responsible for the following events: 

  • Computer equipment infected or hacked by attackers;
  • Computer equipment damaged as a service is consumed;
  • Computer security;
  • Protection of information based on users' computers;
  • Abuse in the use of users' computers;
  • Clandestine computer monitoring of users;
  • Vulnerabilities or instabilities in users' systems;
  • Insecure perimeter.

Embrapa's responsibilities

Embrapa, in the role of custodian of personal information, undertakes to comply with all laws concerning the protection of the privacy of citizens' personal data used in platforms of services or products.

Embrapa is not responsible for malicious practices or personal misuse of content, not even for the malicious exploitation of data security flaws or illegalities committed by third parties. 

Embrapa is committed to ensuring best practices regarding the security of services offered on its service platforms or products.

Updating terms of use

Embrapa is responsible for publishing and reporting future changes to the Terms of Use through the address: https://www.embrapa.br/acessoainformacao/lei-geral-de-protecao-de-dados-lgpd

Contact Embrapa

Contact Embrapa through the Integrated Ombudsmanship and Access to Information Platform at: https://falabr.cgu.gov.br

Forum

Any disputes or controversies arising from any acts committed in connection with the use of the services and/or applications by the holders, even in relation to non-compliance with the Terms of Use or by the violation of the rights of the Federal Public Administration, other holders and/or third parties, including intellectual property rights, confidentiality and personality, will be processed in the District of Brasilia/DF.