Privacy policy
1. Privacy and Security Policy
The following information about our Privacy Policy reflects the commitment of the INSTITUTE OF AGROCHEMISTRY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY (IATA-CSIC), (hereinafter the Entity), as the data controller, to maintaining and guaranteeing secure commercial relationships by protecting personal data, ensuring the right to privacy of each of the users of our services. In this document, we explain how we use personal data when you use our services.
2. Definition of personal data
“Personal Data” refers to any information concerning an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, among other things, first and last names, postal and email addresses, and telephone numbers.
3. Processing and purposes of the data collected
Any personal data you provide when visiting our website will be treated in accordance with data protection regulations and will only be collected, processed, and used for lawful, legitimate, and informed purposes. Therefore, we detail all the purposes for which the INSTITUTE OF AGROCHEMISTRY AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY (IATA-CSIC) uses personal data:
– By submitting contact forms or emails:
- Purpose: To be able to respond to the inquiries raised and contact the user to resolve the doubts or questions posed.
- Legitimation: The legitimate basis on which the data will be processed lies in the execution of the requested pre-contractual measures and/or the consent given.
- Retention periods: The data will be kept for the time necessary to respond to the questions posed.
The Entity will inform all users that the collection of certain personal data is not mandatory, except in fields where otherwise indicated. However, failure to provide such data may prevent the Entity from providing all Services related to such data, releasing us from any liability for the non-provision or incomplete provision of these Services.
It is the user’s responsibility to provide accurate data and keep it up to date, and the Company reserves the right to exclude from the services and proceed to cancel the service for any user who has provided false data, without prejudice to any other actions that may be applicable under the law.
Your personal data will NOT be communicated to any other company. In the event that it is necessary to communicate your information to another entity, your express consent will be requested before doing so.
It is the user’s responsibility to provide accurate data and keep it up to date, and the Company reserves the right to exclude from the services and proceed to cancel the service for any user who has provided false data, without prejudice to any other actions that may be applicable under the law.
Your personal data will NOT be communicated to any other company. In the event that it is necessary to communicate your information to another entity, your express consent will be requested before doing so.
4. Security of your personal data
The Entity is particularly concerned with ensuring the security of your personal data. Your data is stored in our information systems, where we have adopted and implemented security, technical, and organizational measures to prevent any loss or unauthorized use by third parties. For example, our websites use HTTPS data encryption protocols.
5. Information about the use of cookies
Simply visiting this website or using the Entity’s services does not automatically record any personal data that identifies a User. However, we inform you that while browsing the Website, “cookies” are used, which are small data files generated on the user’s computer that allow us to obtain the following analytical information:
- The date and time of access to the Web, allowing us to know the hours of highest traffic, and make the precise adjustments to avoid saturation problems during our peak hours.
- The number of daily visitors to each section, allowing us to know the most successful areas and to increase and improve their content, in order for users to obtain a more satisfactory result and to improve the content design.
- The date and time of the last time the user visited the Website to perform analytical and statistical studies on the use of the web.
- Security elements involved in the access control to restricted areas.
For more information visit our cookies policy.
6. User Rights
All users may exercise any of the rights granted by data protection regulations, such as the right of access, rectification, limitation of processing, erasure, data portability, and opposition, by writing to the email address of our Data Protection Officer info@iata.csic.es. And, if they deem it appropriate, they may file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
7. Do you not wish to receive information from us or would you like to revoke your consent?
Any user may object to the use of their information for advertising purposes, market research, or the development of satisfaction surveys, as well as revoke their consent at any time (without retroactive effect). To do so, you must send an email to the address gaspar.perez@iata.csic.es. When you receive advertising by email, you may also object from said email, by clicking on the link included in it and following the instructions provided.
8. Changes to the Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy may undergo updates, due to legal changes and requirements, as well as due to improvements and changes included in the way we offer and provide our services. Therefore, we recommend that you visit and access our Privacy Policy periodically, to be able to access and know the latest changes that may have been incorporated. In the event that such changes are related to the consent provided by the user, in such case an independent and separate notification will be sent to you to collect it again.
If while reading you have had any doubts or questions about our Privacy Policy, or you wish to exercise any right or action related to your personal data, please contact us at the following email address gaspar.perez@iata.csic.es.