Privacy policy

FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA, hereinafter AZTI, hereby informs you of its privacy policy applied to personal data. All the personal data that it is responsible for shall be processed pursuant to EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the applicable regulations that develop it at all times, and the due security and confidentiality measures will be implemented.

Using the website www.mer-club.eu hosted by AZTI does not imply that users should provide any information regarding their identity, as it cannot be associated to a specific user by the company. In the case that personal data are provided, these data shall be collected and used pursuant to the limitations and rights specified in the aforementioned data protection regulation. This website does not collect personal data from users without their consent, nor transfer them to third parties.

In order to offer you the best service and facilitate use, the number of visited web pages, the number of visits, as well as the activity of the visitors and their frequency of use. In this regard, AZTI uses the statistical information created by the Internet Service Provider.

AZTI does not use cookies to collect information from users, nor does it record access IP addresses. Only own session cookies are used for technical purposes (those that allow the user to browse the website and use the different options and services it offers). If you would like more information about how we use cookies you may refer to our cookies policy.

The portal owned by AZTI contains links to third party websites, which have their own privacy policies. When you access the said websites you can decide whether you accept the privacy and cookies policies. Generally, if you browse the internet you can accept or reject third party cookies via your browser settings.

Who is the data controller?

If the user provides their data via subscription to the newsletter or by contacting the company via the website, the data controller shall be FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA, the details of which are as follows:

Identity: FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA

Spanish Tax Code: G48939508

Address: Txatxarramendi ugartea z/g – 48395 Sukarrieta, Biscay

Email: rgpd@azti.es

Why is my personal data processed?

At FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA we use your personal data only to respond to requests made via the website. Depending on the requests you make and purposes thereof, we may use your personal data (i) if the user has subscribed to receiving the newsletter, to provide them information about activities, events, and services organised by FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA; (ii) if the user submits a query or requests information, to provide them with the requested information or reply to the query; and (iii) if they have registered at an event and request to receive information about future FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA events and activities.

In this case the user that is interested in one of the jobs offered by FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA will be redirected to another website where they can review the privacy policy applied to them as a job candidate.

The data collected by cookies are collected for the purposes specified in the cookies policy.

What are the legal grounds for processing my data?

The legal grounds for processing your data is our legitimate interest in responding to queries made via the website or providing you the information you request, as well as managing your registration at an event, being the interested party the person who requests the information and enters their data in our system or registers at an event. Therefore, in order to send you the newsletter or information about future FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA events and activities, the legal base shall be your consent.

If users do not give consent to the processing of their personal data, they will be unable to enjoy certain services and functions of the website.

Who will my data be transferred to?

The personal data shall not be transferred to third parties except if required by law.

Likewise, FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA will under no circumstances transfer your data to international third parties.

How long will my data be stored?

The data shall be stored for the period they are necessary to provide you services and meet the purposes described in this privacy policy and, if the user has subscribed or requested to be sent information, while the relationship between FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA and the user is in force and the user does not express their opposition to the processing of their personal data. In any case, even once the relationship has ended, FUNDACIÓN AZTI – AZTI FUNDAZIOA may store your data on a blocked basis to respond to possible responsibilities that arise from presenting the services, maintaining security and preventing fraud and abuse cases or in any other manner that is legally required by law.

What are my rights when I provide my data?

Anyone has the right to obtain confirmation about whether we are processing personal data that concern them. Interested parties have the right to access their personal data, as well as request rectification of inaccurate data or, if applicable, request that they be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, among other reasons. Similarly, users may, in accordance with the provisions in the applicable legislation, exercise their right to opposition or limitation of the processing of their personal data, as well as the portability of their data and revoking, if applicable, consent granted when this is the legal basis of the processing of their personal data. In any case, the channel for requesting any of the aforementioned circumstances shall by sending an email to rgpd@azti.es. Remember that you can also make a claim before the relevant control authority.

How have you obtained my data?

The personal data that we process have been provided by the interest party via any of the forms available on the website. Only the identification data and the email will be processed.

The user hereby guarantees that the submitted personal data are true and accurate and undertakes to notify us of there are any changes to them. The user shall be exclusively liable for any loss or damage caused to the website or the owner thereof or to any third party via submission of incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information in the registration forms.