Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data within the Territory of Brazil

4shared is committed to compliance and adherence to Personal Data privacy and protection laws, rules and regulations, including:

  • Law 13,709/2018 of the Brazilian Congress (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD), General Data Protection Law, "GDPL"),
  • any of the applicable regulatory and self-regulatory guidelines.

If there is any conflict between the Terms of Use or other policies described in this Privacy Policy, the Policies covered in this Section shall govern.

Data Retention

Retention of Personal Data of 4shared Users within the territory of Brazil will be handled in accordance with 4shared Data Retention policy (see Section 6 of the Privacy Policy).

Personal Rights of 4shared Users within the Territory of Brazil

Pursuant to Law 13,709/2018 of the Brazilian Congress, 4shared Users within the territory of Brazil have the right to:

  • request access, update and/or correction to their Personal Data processed;
  • request anonymization, restriction or deletion of unnecessary and/or excessive Personal Data or Data processed not in accordance with the provisions of the GDPL;
  • request the copy of Personal Data;
  • revoke any consent previously given and request the deletion, at any time, of their Personal Data which they've previously consented to be processed.

To exercise any of these rights, please send us a corresponding email inquiry to our Data Protection Officer, Constantine Boitsov, at pi@4shared.com.

4shared is committed to resolving complaints about our collection or use of your Personal Data.

Brazilian individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy should first contact the 4shared Data Protection Officer, Constantine Boitsov, at pi@4shared.com.

Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties, Onward Transfer

4shared may transfer Personal Data processed within the territory of Brazil to third parties, as described above in this Privacy Policy. The disclosed Personal Data will be used for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.

You may request disclosure, notification of the intended purpose, correction, addition, deletion, and cessation of disclosure to third parties of your Personal Data by emailing our Data Protection Officer, Constantine Boitsov, at pi@4shared.com.

Notifying Third Parties about Personal Data Rectification, Erasure, Restriction

Where 4shared has disclosed Personal Data of its User to any third parties, and the User has subsequently exercised any of the rights of rectification, erasure or blocking, 4shared will promptly notify those third parties of the User's exercising of those rights. In no case 4shared shall be liable for the failure of any third party to comply with such User's request.

4shared is exempt from this obligation if it is impossible or would require disproportionate effort.

Collection and Use of Sensitive or Special Categories of Personal Data

4shared does not knowingly collect, store or in any other way process Sensitive or Special Categories of User Data, such as: Personal Data, revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership; Data concerning health or sex life and sexual orientation; genetic data or biometric data; Personal Data of Children below the age of 18 years.

If 4shared is made aware that it has received (a combination of) such Sensitive Personal Data elements, we will use reasonable efforts to remove this Data from our records.



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