Privacy Policy

DATA PROTECTION POLICY

 

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1. IDENTIFICATION

In compliance with the information duty established in article 10 of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce with the current data protection legislation, specifically, Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the protection of personal data and guarantee of digital rights (LOPDGDD) which fully implements the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR).

Website owner: AUTOMATED LEGAL SL (hereinafter THE COMPANY)

Trade name: PURETECH LEGAL

Tax ID: B-70897822

2. COMMUNICATION

 To contact us for any issue related to the content of this Legal Notice, we provide you with the following contact methods:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.puretechlegal.com

 

All notifications and communications provided in this section will be considered effective, for all purposes, when made through any of the means detailed above.

 

We understand that the privacy and security of your personal information are extremely important. Therefore, this policy establishes what we do with your information and what we do to keep it secure. It also explains where and how we collect your personal information, as well as your rights regarding any personal information we have about you.

 

What is the new Data Protection Regulation?

It is a new European regulation. This Regulation unifies criteria for confidentiality and processing of personal data at the community level and adapts its management to new digital environments, such as the internet and mobile applications. In this way, you will have more control over your data.

 

When will the new regulation be applicable?

The European Union approved the Regulation in 2016. Member States must implement it from May 25, 2018.

 

What changes will it entail for you?

The European regulation adds new rights to those included in the current Spanish regulations. For this reason, we must update the information available to you on the data protection measures of our company. We will also request your authorisation to process your data in some new cases. In this way, we can offer you a service more tailored to your needs.

 

What measures have we taken to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of your data?

• We only request the minimum amount of necessary information, collecting only what we believe is essential to conduct business or for the specific transaction at hand;

• We have established a series of confidentiality agreements with all our suppliers, staff, and collaborators;

• We have a specialised consultancy that will not only assist us permanently in this matter but will also carry out periodic checks to ensure compliance with this regulation;

• We have established a series of computer security measures that will protect us from possible external attacks;

• We have reviewed all our documentation so that it is appropriate according to the new regulation;

• We have evaluated the impact our procedures may have on the protection of your personal data;

• We have trained our staff so that we can all act diligently and ethically, complying with all the requirements provided for in the new regulation.

 

Principles we will apply to your personal information

In the processing of your personal data, we will apply the following principles that comply with the requirements of the new European data protection regulation:

• Principle of legality, loyalty, and transparency: We will always require your consent for the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes that we will inform you of beforehand with absolute transparency.

• Principle of data minimisation: We will only request data that is strictly necessary in relation to the purposes for which we require it. The minimum possible.

• Principle of limitation of the storage period: The data will be kept for no longer than necessary for the purposes of the processing, depending on the purpose, we will inform you of the corresponding storage period, in the case of subscriptions, we will periodically review our lists and delete those inactive records for a considerable time.

• Principle of integrity and confidentiality: Your data will be processed in such a way that adequate security of personal data is guaranteed and confidentiality is ensured. You should know that we take all necessary precautions to prevent unauthorised access or misuse of our users’ data by third parties. 

 

LEGAL BASIS FOR THE COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION

If you are an individual in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for the collection and use of information depends on the personal information in question and the context in which we collect it. Most of our information collection and processing activities are generally based on: 1) a contractual need; 2) one or more legitimate interests of THE COMPANY or a third party that are not overridden by your data protection interests or 3) your consent. Sometimes, we will have a legal obligation to collect your information or we will need your personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person.

 

TREATMENTS

 

We will explain to you below how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information. This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through our website. It is important that you check the Privacy Policy frequently in case it has been updated.

 

All users who access our website will be able to view all its content without the need to provide any personal information. Your personal data will only be collected when you voluntarily complete our form(s). In this case, the user guarantees the authenticity, accuracy, and truthfulness of the information provided, committing to keep the personal data updated so that it responds, at all times, to their real situation. The user will be solely responsible for false or inaccurate statements and for the damages they may cause.

 

By using this communication channel, you expressly agree to receive periodic communications only from the entity, which will keep the personal data received from users through the website in total secrecy, guaranteeing their confidentiality, and will adopt the necessary technical measures to prevent any alteration, loss, misuse, or unauthorised access to this data.

 

Also, we inform you that all data provided through electronic forms and/or by email are strictly necessary for the correct identification of the sender. This information will be treated with strict confidentiality and for the sole purpose of managing requests for information, contracting our services and products, and other purposes specified below. You are informed and give your full express consent to use your data for activities related to the corporate purpose of the entity.

 

The consent given, both for the processing and for the transfer of the data of the interested parties, is revocable at any time by communicating it to the email address [email protected] in the terms established in this Policy for the exercise of rights. This revocation will in no case be retroactive.

 

How we use your data

We may use your personal data in the following ways: the information you provide us may help us make decisions, respond to requests, improve services, detect new needs, generate promotions, understand your expectations, and provide you with a better service. We may also use your data for the following purposes.

 

Specific reason: If you provide your personal data for a specific purpose, we will use it for the purpose for which it was provided. For example, if you contact us by email, we will use the personal data you provide to respond to your question or solve the problem, and we will respond to the email address from which the message was sent.

 

Internal purposes. We may use your personal data for internal purposes such as, for example, to base them on improving the content and functionality of the services, better understand the needs of our customers, improve services, protect, identify or address fraudulent activities, strengthen our terms of service, manage your account and provide customer service and, in general, manage services and our business activity, among others.

 

Commercial communications. Whenever we have your express consent (which will be obtained through an exclusive checkbox present in our forms), we may use your personal data to contact you in the future for commercial actions that may be of interest to you, always related to the products and/or services offered by THE COMPANY. In any case, you will always have the option to “unsubscribe” from these electronic messages at the bottom of such messages or notify us by sending an email to the following address: [email protected] However, you may continue to receive notices and emails as necessary and essential for the maintenance of our contractual transactions. In accordance with Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce. (LSSICE) THE COMPANY does not engage in SPAM practices and undertakes not to send commercial communications without properly identifying them.

 

Please note that even if you decide not to subscribe or unsubscribe from promotional or commercial electronic communications, THE COMPANY may still need to contact you as a User with important information about transactions related to your account and your purchases of products, booking activities, or contracting of other services.

Below, we explain in more detail what types of data are collected and processed and what their purposes are:

CATEGORY	PURPOSE
Visitor user	Usability and quality analysis to improve our services
User who contacts us	Respond to user requests; answer questions, complaints, comments, or concerns related to the information included on the website, the services provided through the website, the processing of personal data, issues related to the legal texts included on the website, as well as any other queries you may have that are not subject to the contracting conditions.
Claimant user	Management of requests received through our website for the sending of possible compensation to be obtained, and sending of commercial and promotional communications. Legal basis: Express consent of the data subject and execution of pre-contractual measures at the request of the data subject.

The legal bases are linked to the purposes of the previous point

CATEGORY	LEGAL BASIS
Visitor user	Consent given by accepting cookies or by continuing to browse our website. (GDPR Art. 6.1.a)
User who contacts us	Our legitimate interest in addressing the inquiries and requests of the data subject, justified by the interest shown in contacting and receiving information with minimal intrusion into their privacy and the use of limited and provided data by the user. (GDPR Art. 6.1.a)
Claimant user	Our legitimate interest in addressing the inquiries and requests of the data subject, justified by the interest shown in contacting and receiving information with minimal intrusion into their privacy and the use of limited and provided data by the user. (GDPR Art. 6.1.a)

Data voluntarily provided by the data subject

CATEGORY	DATA COLLECTED
Visitor user	IP, browsing data.
User who contacts us	Data provided by the data subject (usually: name, surname, email, and a phone number)
Claimant user	Data provided by the data subject (usually: name, surname, email, and a phone number)

Possible consequences of not providing such data

CATEGORY	CONSEQUENCES
Visitor user	No consequences
User who contacts us	If the user who contacts us does not provide their data, we will not be able to respond to their query(s) adequately.
Claimant user	If the user who contacts us does not provide their data, we will not be able to advise them adequately.

Possible data transfers to third parties

CATEGORY	POSSIBLE TRANSFERS
Visitor user	No data from the visitor user is collected
User who contacts us	We will not disclose to third parties personal data related to this type of user without their consent.
Claimant user	We will not disclose to third parties personal data related to users without their consent, except for a legal obligation or a request from a competent authority.

International Transfers

CATEGORY	INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
Visitor user	No data from the visitor user is collected
User who contacts us	No transfer of personal data to a third country or international organisation is made
Claimant user	No transfer of personal data to a third country or international organisation is made

Data retention periods

CATEGORY	RETENTION PERIODS
Visitor user	No data from the visitor user is stored
User who contacts us	They will be kept for the time necessary to fulfil the purpose of their collection.
Claimant user	They will be kept for the time necessary to fulfil the purpose of their collection.

 

OTHER ASPECTS RELATED TO DATA TRANSFER

As a general rule, the data you provide us with will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent, except by legal obligation, for example: in the event of a court summons or a request from a government agency, or