Privacy Policy

5forests.com collects some Personal Data from its Users.

This document contains a section dedicated to Users in the United States and their privacy rights.

This document contains a section dedicated to Users in Switzerland and their privacy rights.

This document contains a section dedicated to Brazilian Users and their privacy rights.

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Owner and Data Controller

5forests

Owner contact email: [email protected]

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that 5forests.com collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Trackers; Usage Data; number of Users; session statistics; device information; first name; last name; company name; email address; various types of Data; website; geographic position; IP address; job position; job title; work history; job skills; industry; education history; academic background; interests; country; geography/region; city; ZIP/Postal code; state; province; county; latitude (of city); longitude (of city); metro area; app information; device logs; operating systems; browser information; language; launches; number of sessions; session duration; scroll-to-page interactions; mouse movements; scroll position; keypress events; motion sensor events; touch events; video views; clicks; browsing history; search history; page views; interaction events; page events; custom events; Application opens.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using 5forests.com.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by 5forests.com is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for 5forests.com to provide its services. In cases where 5forests.com specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by 5forests.com or by the owners of third-party services used by 5forests.com serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through 5forests.com.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of 5forests.com (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Retention time

Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Analytics, Tag Management, Heat mapping and session recording, Advertising, Contacting the User, Data transfer outside the EU, Displaying content from external platforms, Infrastructure monitoring, Managing contacts and sending messages, Remarketing and behavioral targeting, Spam and bots protection and Traffic optimization and distribution.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

Advertising

This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on 5forests.com, possibly based on User interests. This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below. Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside 5forests.com. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services. Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.

Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)

Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on 5forests.com. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) (LinkedIn Corporation)

LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) is an analytics and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects data from the LinkedIn advertising network with actions performed on 5forests.com. The LinkedIn Insight Tag tracks conversions that can be attributed to LinkedIn ads and enables to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of 5forests.com.

Users may opt out of behavioral targeting features through their device settings, their LinkedIn account settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.

Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

LinkedIn Ads (LinkedIn Corporation)

LinkedIn Ads is an advertising service provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of 5forests.com, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.

In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.

Personal Data processed: number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sharing in California

Contacting the User

Contact form (5forests.com)

By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes 5forests.com to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

Personal Data processed: company name; email address; first name; last name; various types of Data; website.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

Displaying content from external platforms

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of 5forests.com and interact with them. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

YouTube video widget (Google LLC)

YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows 5forests.com to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

Heat mapping and session recording

Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of 5forests.com that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior. Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.

Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation)

Microsoft Clarity is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft processes or receives Personal Data via Microsoft Clarity, which in turn may be used for any purpose in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Statement, including improving and providing Microsoft Advertising.

Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

Managing contacts and sending messages

This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User. These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.)

Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.

Personal Data processed: email address.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

Remarketing and behavioral targeting

This type of service allows 5forests.com and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of 5forests.com by the User. This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity. Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists. Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.

Facebook Remarketing (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)

Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited that connects the activity of 5forests.com with the Meta Audience Network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

Google Ads Remarketing (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google Ireland Limited that connects the activity of 5forests.com with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.

Users can opt out of Google’s use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

LinkedIn Matched Audiences (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company)

LinkedIn Matched Audiences is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company that connects the activity of 5forests.com with the LinkedIn advertising network.

Users can opt out of LinkedIn’s use of Trackers for ads personalization by adjusting their LinkedIn Ads settings.

Personal Data processed: academic background; company name; country; education history; geographic position; geography/region; industry; interests; IP address; job position; job skills; job title; Trackers; Usage Data; work history.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; employment related information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States
a Sharing in California
Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

LinkedIn Website Retargeting (LinkedIn Corporation)

LinkedIn Website Retargeting is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects the activity of 5forests.com with the LinkedIn advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

X Ads remarketing (X Corp.)

X Ads remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by X Corp. that connects the activity of 5forests.com with the X advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

X Custom Audiences (X Corp.)

X Custom Audiences is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by X Corp. that connects the activity of 5forests.com with the X advertising network.

Users can opt out from interest-based ads by going to: Personalization and Data.

Personal Data processed: email address; Trackers.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

Spam and bots protection

This type of service analyzes the traffic of 5forests.com, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from unwanted parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as spam or protecting it from malicious bots activities.

Cloudflare Bot Management (Cloudflare, Inc.)

Cloudflare Bot Management is a malicious bot protection and management service provided by Cloudflare, Inc.

Personal Data processed: app information; Application opens; browser information; browsing history; city; clicks; country; county; custom events; device information; device logs; geography/region; interaction events; IP address; keypress events; language; latitude (of city); launches; longitude (of city); metro area; motion sensor events; mouse movements; number of sessions; operating systems; page events; page views; province; scroll position; scroll-to-page interactions; search history; session duration; session statistics; state; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data; video views; ZIP/Postal code.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; inferences drawn from other personal information.

Tag Management

This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on 5forests.com in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users’ Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google Ireland Limited.

Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

Traffic optimization and distribution

This type of service allows 5forests.com to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance. Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between 5forests.com and the User’s browser. Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.

Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.)

Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc. The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through 5forests.com, i.e., communication between 5forests.com and the User’s browser, while also allowing analytical data from 5forests.com to be collected.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.

Cookie Policy

5forests.com uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.

Further Information for Users

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Further information about retention time

Therefore:

Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:

Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.

Transfer of Personal Data outside of the European Union

Data transfer to countries that guarantee European standards

If this is the condition for Data transfer, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries is carried out according to an adequacy decision of the European Commission. The European Commission adopts adequacy decisions for specific countries whenever it considers that country to possess and provide Personal Data protection standards comparable to those set forth by EU data protection legislation. Users can find an updated list of all adequacy decisions issued on the European Commission’s website.

Data transfer abroad based on standard contractual clauses

If this is the condition for Data transfer, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries is carried out by the Owner according to “standard contractual clauses” provided by the European Commission. This means that Data recipients have committed to process Personal Data in compliance with the data protection standards set forth by EU data protection legislation. For further information, Users are requested to contact the Owner through the contact details provided in the present document.

Further information for Users in Switzerland

This section applies to Users in Switzerland, and, for such Users, supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy.

Further details regarding the categories of Data processed, the purposes of processing, the categories of recipients of the personal data, if any, the retention period and further information about Personal Data can be found in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.

The rights of Users according to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data within the limits of law, including the following:

right of access to Personal Data;
right to object to the processing of their Personal Data (which also allows Users to demand that processing of Personal Data be restricted, Personal Data be deleted or destroyed, specific disclosures of Personal Data to third parties be prohibited);
right to receive their Personal Data and have it transferred to another controller (data portability);
right to ask for incorrect Personal Data to be corrected.

How to exercise these rights

Further information for Users in Brazil

This section of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the entity running 5forests.com and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
This section applies to all Users in Brazil (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), according to the “Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” (the “LGPD”), and for such Users, it supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in the LGPD.

The grounds on which we process your personal information

We can process your personal information solely if we have a legal basis for such processing. Legal bases are as follows:

your consent to the relevant processing activities;
compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that lies with us;
the carrying out of public policies provided in laws or regulations or based on contracts, agreements and similar legal instruments;
studies conducted by research entities, preferably carried out on anonymized personal information;
the carrying out of a contract and its preliminary procedures, in cases where you are a party to said contract;
the exercising of our rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures;
protection or physical safety of yourself or a third party;
the protection of health – in procedures carried out by health entities or professionals;
our legitimate interests, provided that your fundamental rights and liberties do not prevail over such interests; and
credit protection.

To find out more about the legal bases, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in this document.

Categories of personal information processed

To find out what categories of your personal information are processed, you can read the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.

Why we process your personal information

To find out why we process your personal information, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this document.

Your Brazilian privacy rights, how to file a request and our response to your requests

Your Brazilian privacy rights

You have the right to:

obtain confirmation of the existence of processing activities on your personal information;
access to your personal information;
have incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information rectified;
obtain the anonymization, blocking or elimination of your unnecessary or excessive personal information, or of information that is not being processed in compliance with the LGPD;
obtain information on the possibility to provide or deny your consent and the consequences thereof;
obtain information about the third parties with whom we share your personal information;
obtain, upon your express request, the portability of your personal information (except for anonymized information) to another service or product provider, provided that our commercial and industrial secrets are safeguarded;
obtain the deletion of your personal information being processed if the processing was based upon your consent, unless one or more exceptions provided for in art. 16 of the LGPD apply;
revoke your consent at any time;
lodge a complaint related to your personal information with the ANPD (the National Data Protection Authority) or with consumer protection bodies;
oppose a processing activity in cases where the processing is not carried out in compliance with the provisions of the law;
request clear and adequate information regarding the criteria and procedures used for an automated decision; and
request the review of decisions made solely on the basis of the automated processing of your personal information, which affect your interests. These include decisions to define your personal, professional, consumer and credit profile, or aspects of your personality.

You will never be discriminated against, or otherwise suffer any sort of detriment, if you exercise your rights.

How to file your request

You can file your express request to exercise your rights free from any charge, at any time, by using the contact details provided in this document, or via your legal representative.

How and when we will respond to your request

We will strive to promptly respond to your requests.
In any case, should it be impossible for us to do so, we’ll make sure to communicate to you the factual or legal reasons that prevent us from immediately, or otherwise ever, complying with your requests. In cases where we are not processing your personal information, we will indicate to you the physical or legal person to whom you should address your requests, if we are in the position to do so.

In the event that you file an access or personal information processing confirmation request, please make sure that you specify whether you’d like your personal information to be delivered in electronic or printed form.
You will also need to let us know whether you want us to answer your request immediately, in which case we will answer in a simplified fashion, or if you need a complete disclosure instead.
In the latter case, we’ll respond within 15 days from the time of your request, providing you with all the information on the origin of your personal information, confirmation on whether or not records exist, any criteria used for the processing and the purposes of the processing, while safeguarding our commercial and industrial secrets.

In the event that you file a rectification, deletion, anonymization or personal information blocking request, we will make sure to immediately communicate your request to other parties with whom we have shared your personal information in order to enable such third parties to also comply with your request — except in cases where such communication is proven impossible or involves disproportionate effort on our side.

Transfer of personal information outside of Brazil permitted by the law

We are allowed to transfer your personal information outside of the Brazilian territory in the following cases:

when the transfer is necessary for international legal cooperation between public intelligence, investigation and prosecution bodies, according to the legal means provided by the international law;
when the transfer is necessary to protect your life or physical security or those of a third party;
when the transfer is authorized by the ANPD;
when the transfer results from a commitment undertaken in an international cooperation agreement;
when the transfer is necessary for the execution of a public policy or legal attribution of public service;
when the transfer is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation, the carrying out of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract, or the regular exercise of rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures.

Further information for Users in the United States

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running 5forests.com and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).

The information contained in this section applies to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are residents in the following states: California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana.

For such Users, this information supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.

This part of the document uses the term Personal Information.

Notice at collection

The following Notice at collection provides you with timely notice about the categories of Personal Information collected or disclosed in the past 12 months so that you can exercise meaningful control over our use of that Information.

While such categorization of Personal Information is mainly based on California privacy laws, it can also be helpful for anyone who is not a California resident to get a general idea of what types of Personal Information are collected.

Internet or other electronic network activity information

Personal Information collected or disclosed: Trackers, Usage Data, number of Users, session statistics, device information, first name, last name, company name, email address, various types of Data, website, geographic position, IP address, job position, job title, work history, job skills, industry, education history, academic background, interests, country, geography/region, city, ZIP/Postal code, state, province, county, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), metro area, app information, device logs, operating systems, browser information, language, launches, number of sessions, session duration, scroll-to-page interactions, mouse movements, scroll position, keypress events, motion sensor events, touch events, video views, clicks, browsing history, search history, page views, interaction events, page events, custom events, Application opens

Purposes:

Analytics
Tag Management
Heat mapping and session recording
Advertising
Contacting the User
Displaying content from external platforms
Infrastructure monitoring
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Spam and bots protection

Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

Sold or Shared: Yes

Targeted Advertising: Yes

Third-parties: Google Ireland Limited, Microsoft Corporation, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, LinkedIn Corporation, Google LLC, Web Performance, Inc., LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, X Corp., Cloudflare, Inc.

Service providers or contractors: 5forests.com

Identifiers

Personal Information collected or disclosed: first name, last name, company name, email address, various types of Data, website, Trackers, Usage Data, geographic position, IP address, job position, job title, work history, job skills, industry, education history, academic background, interests, country, geography/region, city, ZIP/Postal code, state, province, county, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), metro area, device information, app information, device logs, operating systems, browser information, language, launches, number of sessions, session duration, scroll-to-page interactions, mouse movements, scroll position, keypress events, motion sensor events, touch events, video views, clicks, browsing history, search history, session statistics, page views, interaction events, page events, custom events, Application opens, various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

Purposes:

Contacting the User
Data transfer outside the EU
Managing contacts and sending messages
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Spam and bots protection
Traffic optimization and distribution

Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

Sold or Shared: Yes

Targeted Advertising: Yes

Third-parties: Intuit Inc., LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, X Corp., Cloudflare, Inc.

Service providers or contractors: 5forests.com

Commercial information

Purposes:

Contacting the User
Remarketing and behavioral targeting

Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

Sold or Shared: Yes

Targeted Advertising: Yes

Third-parties: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company

Service providers or contractors: 5forests.com

Geolocation data

Personal Information collected or disclosed: Trackers, Usage Data, geographic position, IP address, job position, job title, work history, job skills, company name, industry, education history, academic background, interests, country, geography/region, city, ZIP/Postal code, state, province, county, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), metro area, device information, app information, device logs, operating systems, browser information, language, launches, number of sessions, session duration, scroll-to-page interactions, mouse movements, scroll position, keypress events, motion sensor events, touch events, video views, clicks, browsing history, search history, session statistics, page views, interaction events, page events, custom events, Application opens

Purposes:

Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Spam and bots protection

Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

Sold or Shared: Yes

Targeted Advertising: Yes

Third-parties: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Cloudflare, Inc.

Employment related information

Purposes:

Remarketing and behavioral targeting

Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

Sold or Shared: Yes

Targeted Advertising: Yes

Third-parties: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company

Inferences drawn from other personal information

Purposes:

Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Spam and bots protection

Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

Sold or Shared: Yes

Targeted Advertising: Yes

Third-parties: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Cloudflare, Inc.

You can read the definitions of these concepts inside the “Definitions and legal references section” of the privacy policy.

To know more about your rights in particular to opt out of certain processing activities you can refer to the “Your privacy rights under US state laws” section of our privacy policy.

For more details on the collection of Personal Information, please read the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” of our privacy policy.

We won’t process your Information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to and compatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent.

What are the sources of the Personal Information we collect?

We collect the above-mentioned categories of Personal Information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use 5forests.com.

For example, you directly provide your Personal Information when you submit requests via any forms on 5forests.com. You also provide Personal Information indirectly when you navigate 5forests.com, as Personal Information about you is automatically observed and collected.

Finally, we may collect your Personal Information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of 5forests.com and features thereof.

Your privacy rights under US state laws

You may exercise certain rights regarding your Personal Information. In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have:

the right to access Personal Information: the right to know. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your Personal Information. You also have the right to access such Personal Information;
the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information we maintain about you;
the right to request the deletion of your Personal Information. You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information;
the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information. We will provide your Personal Information in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible;
the right to opt out from the Sale of your Personal Information; We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
the right to non-discrimination.

Additional rights for Users residing in California

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in California, you have

The right to opt out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
The right to request to limit our use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to only that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods, as is reasonably expected by an average consumer. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our service.

Additional rights for Users residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska and Montana you have

The right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for Targeted Advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you;
The right to freely give, deny or withdraw your consent for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.

Additional rights for users residing in Utah and Iowa

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Utah and Iowa, you have

The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for Targeted Advertising;
The right to opt out of the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.

How to exercise your privacy rights under US state laws

To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.

For us to respond to your request, we must know who you are. We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the Personal Information in our possession relates to you. You are not required to create an account with us to submit your request. We will use any Personal Information collected from you in connection with the verification of your request solely for verification and shall not further disclose the Personal Information, retain it longer than necessary for purposes of verification, or use it for unrelated purposes.

If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.

How to exercise your rights to opt out

In addition to what is stated above, to exercise your right to opt-out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising you can also use the privacy choices link provided on 5forests.com.

If you want to submit requests to opt out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising activities via a user-enabled global privacy control, such as for example the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request in a frictionless manner.

How and when we are expected to handle your request

We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases within the timeframe required by applicable law. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need.

Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial (where envisaged by applicable law you may then contact the relevant authority to submit a complaint).

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive and in all other cases where it is permitted by the applicable law. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind them.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of 5forests.com or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User’s Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, 5forests.com may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, 5forests.com and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with 5forests.com (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within 5forests.com and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data) / Personal Information (or Information)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Sensitive Personal Information

Sensitive Personal Information means any Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals information considered sensitive according to the applicable privacy law.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through 5forests.com (or third-party services employed in 5forests.com), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use 5forests.com, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.

User

The individual using 5forests.com who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Processor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of 5forests.com. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of 5forests.com.

5forests.com (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by 5forests.com as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

Sale

Sale means any exchange of Personal Information by the Owner to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the applicable law, does not constitute a Sale of your Personal Information.

Sharing

Sharing means any sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s Personal Information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a business and a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged, as defined by the California privacy laws. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the California privacy laws, does not constitute sharing of your Personal Information.

Targeted advertising

Targeted advertising means displaying advertisements to a consumer where the advertisement is selected based on Personal Information obtained from that consumer’s activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict such consumer’s preferences or interests, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

Work history

Provides access to work history.

Education history

Provides access to education history.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations.

This privacy policy relates solely to 5forests.com, if not stated otherwise within this document.

Latest update: August 14, 2024.
Latest review: April 1, 2025.