Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY OF THE WEBSITE

https://barcelonabirdingpoint.com/

I. PRIVACY POLICY AND DATA PROTECTION

In compliance with current legislation, Barcelona Birding Point (hereinafter, also the Website) undertakes to adopt the necessary technical and organizational measures, according to the appropriate level of security for the risk of the data collected.

Laws included in this privacy policy

This privacy policy is adapted to current Spanish and European regulations on the protection of personal data on the internet. In particular, it complies with the following laws:

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 27 April 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR).

• Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights (LOPD-GDD).

• Royal Decree 1720/2007, of 21 December, approving the Regulation implementing Organic Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on the Protection of Personal Data (RDLOPD).

• Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE).

Identity of the data controller

The controller of the personal data collected at Barcelona Birding Point is: Carles Oliver Dorado, with ID number: 43444679W (hereinafter, Data Controller). His contact details are as follows:

The controller of the personal data collected at Barcelona Birding Point is: , with NIF/CIF: and registered in: with the following registry information: , represented by: (hereinafter, Data Controller). His contact details are as follows:

Address: C/ Pere Quart, 39 2º 1ª (online) 43700 El Vendrell (Tarragona)
Contact phone number: 697426603
Fax:
Email address: info@barcelonabirdingpoint.com

Personal Data Record

In compliance with the GDPR and the LOPD-GDD, we inform you that the personal data collected by Barcelona Birding Point through the forms on its pages will be included in a file under our responsibility in order to facilitate, expedite and fulfill the commitments established between Barcelona Birding Point and the User, or the maintenance of the relationship established in the forms the User fills in, or to respond to a request or inquiry.

Likewise, in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR and the LOPD-GDD, unless the exception provided for in Article 30.5 of the GDPR applies, a record of processing activities is maintained, specifying, according to their purposes, the processing activities carried out and other circumstances established by the GDPR.

Principles applicable to the processing of personal data

The processing of the User’s personal data will be subject to the following principles set out in Article 5 of the GDPR and Article 4 et seq. of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December:

• Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: The User’s consent will be required at all times, after fully transparent information on the purposes for which the personal data are collected.

• Purpose limitation: Personal data will be collected for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes.

• Data minimization: The personal data collected will be only those strictly necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

• Accuracy: Personal data must be accurate and always up to date.

• Storage limitation: Personal data will be kept in a form that permits identification of the User for no longer than is necessary for the purposes of processing.

• Integrity and confidentiality: Personal data will be processed in a manner that ensures their security and confidentiality.

• Proactive responsibility: The Data Controller shall be responsible for ensuring that the above principles are complied with.

Categories of personal data

The categories of data processed at Barcelona Birding Point are only identifying data. Under no circumstances are special categories of personal data processed as defined in Article 9 of the GDPR.

The categories of data processed at Barcelona Birding Point include both identifying data and special categories of personal data as defined in Article 9 of the GDPR.

Special categories of personal data are understood to include data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data intended to uniquely identify a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.

The processing of special categories of personal data will always require the User’s explicit consent for one or more specific purposes.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is consent. Barcelona Birding Point undertakes to obtain the User’s express and verifiable consent for the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.

The User has the right to withdraw their consent at any time. Withdrawing consent shall be as easy as giving it. As a general rule, the withdrawal of consent will not affect the use of the Website.

Whenever the User is required or able to provide their data via forms for inquiries, requests for information, or matters related to the Website content, they will be informed if the completion of any of them is mandatory due to the fact that the data are essential for the proper execution of the requested operation.

Purposes of processing

The personal data are collected and managed by Barcelona Birding Point in order to facilitate, expedite and fulfill the commitments established between the Website and the User or to maintain the relationship established in the forms filled out by the latter, or to respond to a request or inquiry.

Additionally, the data may be used for commercial purposes, customization, operation and statistics, and for activities related to Barcelona Birding Point’s corporate purpose, as well as for data extraction, storage and marketing studies to adapt the Content offered to the User and to improve the quality, operation and browsing experience of the Website.

At the time the personal data are collected, the User will be informed of the specific purpose(s) of the processing, i.e., the use or uses that will be made of the collected information.

Retention periods for personal data

Personal data will be retained only for the minimum time necessary for the purposes of their processing and, in any case, only for the following period: 10 years, or until the User requests their deletion.

At the time the personal data are obtained, the User will be informed of the period during which the personal data will be retained or, when that is not possible, of the criteria used to determine this period.

Recipients of personal data

The User’s personal data will not be shared with third parties.

In any case, at the time the personal data are obtained, the User will be informed about the recipients or categories of recipients of the personal data.

The User’s personal data will be shared with the following recipients or categories of recipients:

Carles Oliver Dorado, residing at C/ Pere Quart, 39, 2º 1ª. 43700 El Vendrell (Tarragona).

If the Data Controller intends to transfer personal data to a third country or international organization, the User will be informed, at the time the personal data are obtained, of the third country or international organization to which the data are intended to be transferred, as well as of the existence or absence of an adequacy decision by the Commission.

Personal data of minors

In compliance with Articles 8 of the GDPR and 7 of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and the guarantee of digital rights, only individuals over the age of 14 may lawfully give their consent for the processing of their personal data by Barcelona Birding Point. If the individual is under 14 years of age, parental or guardian consent will be required for processing, and such processing will only be considered lawful to the extent that such consent has been given.

Confidentiality and security of personal data

Barcelona Birding Point undertakes to implement the necessary technical and organizational measures, appropriate to the level of security required for the risk of the collected data, to ensure the security of personal data and to prevent accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of or access to transmitted, stored or otherwise processed personal data.

The Website has an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate, which ensures that personal data are transmitted securely and confidentially, with the transmission of data between the server and the User—and in feedback—being fully encrypted or encoded.

However, since Barcelona Birding Point cannot guarantee the absolute invulnerability of the internet nor the total absence of hackers or others who fraudulently access personal data, the Data Controller undertakes to notify the User without undue delay when a personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. In accordance with Article 4 of the GDPR, a personal data breach is defined as any breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.

Personal data will be treated as confidential by the Data Controller, who undertakes to ensure that such confidentiality is respected by means of a legal or contractual obligation by employees, partners and any person to whom the information is made accessible.

Rights arising from the processing of personal data

The User has rights over Barcelona Birding Point and may, therefore, exercise the following rights recognized in the GDPR and Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December:

• Right of access: The User has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not Barcelona Birding Point is processing their personal data and, if so, to obtain information about those specific personal data and the processing carried out by Barcelona Birding Point, including, among other things, the origin of the data and the recipients of any disclosures or intended disclosures.

• Right to rectification: The User has the right to have any inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected, considering the purposes of the processing.

• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): The User has the right, unless otherwise provided by applicable law, to obtain the erasure of their personal data when such data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed; when the User withdraws consent and there is no other legal basis for the processing; when the User objects to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds; when the data have been unlawfully processed; when the data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation; or when the personal data were obtained as a result of a direct offer of information society services to a child under 14. In addition to erasing the data, the Data Controller must, considering the available technology and cost of implementation, take reasonable steps to inform other controllers processing the personal data of the User’s request to erase any links to those data.

• Right to restriction of processing: The User has the right to restrict the processing of their personal data. The User may exercise this right when they contest the accuracy of their personal data; when the processing is unlawful; when the controller no longer needs the personal data, but the User requires them to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; and when the User has objected to the processing.

• Right to data portability: Where processing is carried out by automated means, the User has the right to receive their personal data from the Data Controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transmit them to another data controller. Where technically feasible, the Data Controller shall transmit the data directly to the new controller.

• Right to object: The User has the right to object to the processing of their personal data or to request that such processing be stopped by Barcelona Birding Point.

• Right not to be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling: The User has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, unless otherwise provided by law.

Therefore, the User may exercise their rights by submitting a written request to the Data Controller with the reference “GDPR-https://barcelonabirdingpoint.com/”, specifying:

• Full name of the User and a copy of the ID. In cases where representation is allowed, the identity of the representative must also be provided using the same method, along with the document proving the representation. The photocopy of the ID may be replaced by any other legally valid means proving identity.

• Request stating the specific reasons for the request or the information being sought.

• Address for notification purposes.

• Date and signature of the applicant.

• Any supporting document for the request being made.

This request and any attached document may be sent to the following postal address and/or email:

Postal address: C/ Pere Quart, 39 2º 1ª (online) 43700 El Vendrell (Tarragona)
Email: info@barcelonabirdingpoint.com

Links to third-party websites

The Website may include hyperlinks or links that allow access to third-party websites that are not operated by Barcelona Birding Point. The owners of those websites will have their own privacy policies and will be responsible, in each case, for their own data files and privacy practices.

Complaints to the supervisory authority

If the User believes that there is a problem or a breach of current regulations in the way their personal data are being processed, they have the right to effective judicial protection and to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the country where they reside, work, or where the alleged infringement took place. In the case of Spain, the supervisory authority is the Spanish Data Protection Agency (https://www.aepd.es/).

II. ACCEPTANCE AND CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

It is necessary that the User has read and agrees with the conditions regarding the protection of personal data contained in this Privacy Policy, and that they accept the processing of their personal data so that the Data Controller may proceed in the manner, within the time frames and for the purposes indicated. Use of the Website implies acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

Barcelona Birding Point reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policy according to its own criteria or due to a legal, jurisprudential, or doctrinal change by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Any changes or updates to this Privacy Policy will not be explicitly notified to the User. Users are encouraged to consult this page periodically to stay informed of any recent changes or updates.

This Privacy Policy was updated to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 27 April 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR), and Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights.