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Privacy Policy
1. Basic information on data protection
| Data controller | Valentín Pérez Herranz |
|---|---|
| Purpose | To manage enquiries received through the contact form, respond to requests for information, collaboration or communication related to the ReWAdd project, and maintain the necessary communication with interested users. |
| Legal basis | The user’s consent when submitting the contact form and legitimate interest in responding to communications received. |
| Recipients | Data will not be disclosed to third parties unless required by law or when necessary for the management of the project, always in accordance with applicable regulations. |
| Rights | Access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction of processing, data portability and withdrawal of consent. |
| Contact | vperez@iqn.upv.es |
2. Data controller
The data controller responsible for the personal data collected through the website https://rewadd.eu/ is:
- Name: Valentín Pérez Herranz
- Spanish ID number: 22553934L
- Address: c/ Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- Telephone: 626 006 671
- Email: vperez@iqn.upv.es
3. Personal data collected
The following personal data may be collected through the website’s contact form:
- Name.
- Email address.
- Telephone number, when voluntarily provided by the user.
- Content of the message sent by the user.
- Technical browsing data, where cookies or analytics tools are used.
The user guarantees that the data provided is truthful, accurate, complete and up to date, and undertakes to notify any changes to such data.
4. Purposes of processing
The personal data provided by users may be processed for the following purposes:
- To respond to enquiries, requests for information or collaboration proposals received through the contact form.
- To manage communications related to the ReWAdd project.
- To provide information about project activities, progress, meetings, results or publications when requested by the user or when necessary to respond to their enquiry.
- To manage relationships with entities, researchers, institutions, companies or individuals interested in the project.
- To comply with applicable legal obligations.
- To analyse the use of the website and improve its operation, provided that analytics tools are used and the user has given consent where required.
5. Legal basis for processing
The legal basis for the processing of personal data is:
- User consent: when the user voluntarily submits the contact form or provides personal data.
- Legitimate interest: to handle and respond to communications, enquiries or requests related to the project.
- Compliance with legal obligations: when it is necessary to retain or disclose information due to legal requirements.
- Task carried out in the public interest or scientific research: [PENDING CONFIRMATION if applicable due to the website being linked to a university or publicly funded research project.]
6. Data retention period
Personal data will be retained for the time necessary to handle the enquiry or request made by the user and, subsequently, for the periods required to comply with possible legal obligations or address liabilities arising from the processing.
Where the processing is based on consent, the user may withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal.
[PENDING CONFIRMATION: define a specific retention period, for example: until the enquiry has been resolved and for the applicable legal periods; or during the term of the project and the documentation/justification period required by the funding programme.]7. Data recipients
As a general rule, personal data will not be disclosed to third parties, unless required by law or when necessary to respond to the user’s request.
Within the framework of the ReWAdd project, data may be disclosed, where necessary, to consortium partners, funding bodies, collaborating institutions or technology providers linked to the operation of the website, always in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.
[PENDING CONFIRMATION: identify the actual providers of hosting, website maintenance, forms, email, analytics, security plugins, CRM or communication tools, as well as any potential data processors.]8. International data transfers
No international data transfers are planned, unless the use of certain technology providers involves processing outside the European Economic Area. In such cases, appropriate safeguards will be adopted in accordance with applicable regulations.
[PENDING CONFIRMATION: review whether the website uses third-party services such as Google Analytics, Google Fonts, reCAPTCHA, form plugins, email tools, external servers or social networks that may involve international data transfers.]9. Users’ rights
Users may exercise the following data protection rights:
- Right of access to their personal data.
- Right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure when the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
- Right to object to processing.
- Right to request restriction of processing.
- Right to data portability, where applicable.
- Right to withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, users may send a request to vperez@iqn.upv.es, indicating the right they wish to exercise and providing, where necessary, sufficient information to verify their identity.
Users who consider that the processing of their personal data does not comply with current regulations may lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency through its electronic office.
10. Data security
The data controller will apply the necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, seeking to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access or improper disclosure of personal data processed through the website.
11. Contact forms
The purpose of the website’s contact form is to allow users to request information, submit enquiries or express their interest in collaborating with or learning more about the ReWAdd project.
By submitting the form, the user declares that they have read and accepted this Privacy Policy. The data provided will not be used for purposes other than those stated, unless there is a legal basis that allows it.
[PENDING RECOMMENDATION: add a mandatory, unticked acceptance checkbox next to the contact form, linking to this Privacy Policy.]12. Cookies and similar technologies
This website may use first-party and/or third-party cookies for technical, analytics or user experience improvement purposes. Full information on the use of cookies should be included in a specific Cookie Policy.
[PENDING CONFIRMATION: carry out a cookie audit to identify the cookie name, provider, purpose, duration, type and legal basis.]13. Social media and external links
The website may include links to profiles or external pages, such as LinkedIn or websites of collaborating entities. When accessing such links, the user will be subject to the privacy policies and terms of use of each platform or third party.
The controller of this website is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites linked from https://rewadd.eu/.
14. Changes to the Privacy Policy
The controller reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy in order to adapt it to legislative developments, criteria issued by supervisory authorities, technical changes to the website or changes in the purposes of processing.
Users are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
15. Last update
Last updated: [PENDING DATE]