Privacy Policy | Ipanema International
Last updated: July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Ipanema International collects, uses, stores and protects personal data when you visit our website, contact us or use our services.
We process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR — Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and, where applicable, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais — LGPD, Law No. 13,709/2018).
1. Data Controller
Company Name: Ipanema International
Chamber of Commerce: 97934704
VAT number: NL005298613B84
Registered address: Staverdenplein 4, 1107 LG Amsterdam, Netherlands
Email: contact@ipanemainternational.com
Phone: +31 6 19632118
Ipanema International is responsible for the processing of personal data described in this Privacy Policy.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of personal data:
Identification data:
Name and surname.
Contact data:
Email address, telephone number and company name.
Enquiry data:
Information you provide when contacting us, including details about your business, plans, questions or challenges relating to Brazil.
Website and technical data:
Information about how you use our website, such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and general website usage information. Where applicable, this information is collected through cookies and similar technologies, as described in our Cookie Policy.
We only collect information that is reasonably necessary for the purposes described below.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We may use your personal data to:
- Respond to enquiries and requests for information.
- Discuss and assess potential business engagements.
- Provide our business development, business management and legal and regulatory services.
- Communicate with you regarding an existing or potential business relationship.
- Manage contractual, administrative, accounting and legal obligations.
- Understand how visitors use our website and improve its content and functionality.
- Protect the security and integrity of our website and services.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Depending on the circumstances, we process personal data on the following legal bases under the GDPR:
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Responding to enquiries and requests | Consent and/or pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(b) GDPR) |
| Providing services and managing client relationships | Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) |
| Complying with legal, tax and accounting obligations | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) |
| Website analytics | Consent, where required (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) |
| Protecting our website and legitimate business interests | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), where applicable |
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
5. Website Analytics and Cookies
We use Google Analytics, implemented through Google Site Kit, to understand how visitors use our website and to improve its content and performance.
Analytics cookies and related technologies are managed through our cookie consent platform, Complianz. Where consent is required, Google Analytics is only activated after you have given the relevant consent.
You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings available on our website.
For more information about the cookies we use and how to manage your preferences, please see our Cookie Policy.
6. Sharing Your Personal Data
We do not sell or rent your personal data.
We may share personal data with trusted third parties where this is necessary to operate our website, provide our services or comply with legal obligations. These may include:
- Website hosting and infrastructure providers, including Hostinger.
- Website analytics providers, including Google Analytics and Google LLC.
- Professional advisers, such as legal, tax or accounting advisers, where necessary.
- Public authorities, where disclosure is required by law.
Where third parties process personal data on our behalf, we take appropriate measures to ensure that the processing is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
7. International Data Transfers
Some service providers we use, including Google, may process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we rely on appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection law. These may include an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission, Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), or other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Where we have an ongoing business relationship with you, we may retain relevant information for the duration of that relationship and for any additional period required to comply with legal, tax, accounting or other statutory obligations.
Enquiry data that does not result in a business relationship will generally not be retained longer than necessary to handle the enquiry and any reasonable follow-up.
Analytics data is retained in accordance with the applicable settings and retention periods configured for Google Analytics.
9. Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, destruction or other unlawful processing.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. Your Rights
Under applicable data protection law, including the GDPR and, where applicable, the Brazilian LGPD, you may have the following rights:
Access — request access to the personal data we hold about you and information about how we process it.
Rectification — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Erasure — request deletion of your personal data where applicable, subject to legal retention requirements and other exceptions provided by law.
Restriction — request restriction of processing in circumstances provided by applicable law.
Data portability — request to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, where applicable.
Objection — object to certain processing of your personal data where permitted by applicable law.
Withdraw consent — withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
To exercise your rights, contact us at:
contact@ipanemainternational.com
We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
11. Complaints
If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
In the Netherlands, the relevant supervisory authority is the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).
If the Brazilian LGPD applies to the processing of your personal data, you may also have the right to submit a complaint or data subject petition to Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados — ANPD)
12. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal data.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, website, legal requirements or data processing practices.
The latest version will always be available on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.
14. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process personal data, please contact us:
Ipanema International
Staverdenplein 4
1107 LG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Email: contact@ipanemainternational.com
Phone: +31 6 19632118