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Privacy and Data Protection Policy

www.elevatecompetences.com

I. PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION POLICY

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

Laws incorporated into this privacy policy

This privacy policy is adapted to current Spanish and European regulations on the protection of personal data on the Internet. Specifically, it respects the following rules:

  • ● 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 Regulations 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 data controller for the personal data collected in ELEVATE COMPETENCES is: MU ENPRESAGINTZA, S. Coop., with Tax ID: F20068490, and registered in: with the following registration details: , whose representative is: (hereinafter, Data Controller). Their contact details are as follows:

Address:
Contact phone:
Contact email: elevate.icc.project@gmail.com

Register of Personal Data

In compliance with the provisions of the GDPR and the LOPD-GDD, we inform you that the personal data collected by ELEVATE COMPETENCES through the forms on its pages will be incorporated and processed in our file in order to facilitate, expedite, and fulfill the commitments established between ELEVATE COMPETENCES and the User or the maintenance of the relationship established in the forms filled out by the User, or to respond to a request or query from the User. 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 that specifies, according to their purposes, the processing activities carried out and the other circumstances established in the GDPR.In compliance with the provisions of the GDPR and the LOPD-GDD, we inform you that the personal data collected by ELEVATE COMPETENCES through the forms on its pages will be incorporated and processed in our file in order to facilitate, expedite, and fulfill the commitments established between ELEVATE COMPETENCES and the User or the maintenance of the relationship established in the forms filled out by the User, or to respond to a request or query from the User. 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 that specifies, according to their purposes, the processing activities carried out and the other circumstances established in 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 in Article 4 and following of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights:

  • ● Principle of lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: the User’s consent will be required at all times after fully transparent information about the purposes for which personal data is collected.

  • ● Principle of purpose limitation: personal data will be collected for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes.

  • ● Principle of data minimization: only the personal data strictly necessary for the purposes for which it is processed will be collected.

  • ● Principle of accuracy: personal data must be accurate and always up to date.

  • ● Principle of storage limitation: personal data will only be kept in a form that allows the identification of the User for the time necessary for the purposes of processing.

  • ● Principle of integrity and confidentiality: personal data will be processed in a way that ensures its security and confidentiality.

  • ● Principle of proactive responsibility: the Data Controller will be responsible for ensuring that the above principles are complied with.

Categories of personal data

The categories of data processed by ELEVATE COMPETENCES are only identification data. In no case are special categories of personal data processed within the meaning of Article 9 of the GDPR.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is consent. ELEVATE COMPETENCES undertakes to obtain the express and verifiable consent of the User 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. It will be as easy to withdraw consent as to give it. As a general rule, the withdrawal of consent will not condition the use of the Website.

In cases where the User must or may provide their data through forms to make inquiries, request information, or for reasons related to the content of the Website, they will be informed if the completion of any of them is mandatory because they are essential for the proper development of the operation carried out.

Purposes of the processing for which personal data is intended

Personal data is collected and managed by ELEVATE COMPETENCES in order to facilitate, expedite, and fulfill the commitments established between the Website and the User or the maintenance of the relationship established in the forms filled out by the User, or to respond to a request or query.

Likewise, the data may be used for commercial personalization, operational and statistical purposes, and activities related to the corporate purpose of ELEVATE COMPETENCES, as well as for data extraction, storage, and marketing studies to adapt the Content offered to the User, as well as to improve the quality, functioning, and navigation of the Website.

At the time the personal data is obtained, the User will be informed about the specific purpose or purposes of the processing to which the personal data will be destined; that is, the use or uses that will be given to the information collected.

Retention periods of personal data

Personal data will only be retained for the minimum time necessary for the purposes of its processing and, in any case, only for the following period: 12 months, or until the User requests its deletion.

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

Recipients of personal data

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

MU ENPRESAGINTZA, S. Coop., with address at Ibarra Zelaia, 2 (20560) Oñati, Gipuzkoa

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

Personal data of minors

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

Confidentiality and security of personal data

ELEVATE COMPETENCES undertakes to adopt the necessary technical and organizational measures, according to the level of security appropriate to the risk of the data collected, to guarantee the security of personal data and prevent its destruction, loss, or accidental or unlawful alteration, or unauthorized communication or access to such data.

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

However, since ELEVATE COMPETENCES cannot guarantee the impregnability of the Internet or 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 breach of personal data security occurs that is likely to entail a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. Following the provisions of Article 4 of the GDPR, a breach of personal data security is understood to be any breach of security that results in the destruction, loss, or accidental or unlawful alteration of personal data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed, or unauthorized communication or access to such data.

Personal data will be treated as confidential by the Data Controller, who undertakes to inform and ensure through a legal or contractual obligation that such confidentiality is respected by its employees, associates, and any person to whom it makes the information accessible.

Rights derived from the processing of personal data

The User has the following rights recognized in the GDPR and Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights, and may, therefore, exercise them against the Data Controller:

  • ● Right of access: The User’s right to obtain confirmation of whether or not ELEVATE COMPETENCES is processing their personal data and, if so, to obtain information about their specific personal data and the processing that ELEVATE COMPETENCES has carried out or is carrying out, as well as, among other things, the information available about the origin of such data and the recipients of the communications made or planned of the same.

  • ● Right of rectification: The User’s right to have their personal data modified if it is inaccurate or, taking into account the purposes of the processing, incomplete.

  • ● Right of erasure (“right to be forgotten”): The User’s right, provided that current legislation does not establish otherwise, to obtain the erasure of their personal data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed; the User has withdrawn their consent to the processing and there is no other legal basis for it; the User objects to the processing and there is no other legitimate reason to continue with it; the personal data has been unlawfully processed; the personal data must be erased to comply with a legal obligation; or the personal data has been obtained as a result of a direct offer of information society services to a child under 14 years of age. In addition to erasing the data, the Data Controller, taking into account the available technology and the cost of its implementation, must take reasonable measures to inform the controllers processing the personal data of the data subject’s request for erasure of any links to such personal data.

  • ● Right to restriction of processing: The User’s right to restrict the processing of their personal data. The User has the right to obtain the restriction of processing when they contest the accuracy of their personal data; the processing is unlawful; the Data Controller no longer needs the personal data, but the User needs it to make claims; and when the User has objected to the processing.

  • ● Right to data portability: In the event that the processing is carried out by automated means, the User has the right to receive from the Data Controller their personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit it to another data controller. Whenever technically possible, the Data Controller will directly transmit the data to that other controller.

  • ● Right to object: The User’s right to object to the processing of their personal data or to cease the processing of the same by ELEVATE COMPETENCES.

  • ● Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling: The User’s right not to be subject to an individualized decision based solely on automated processing of their personal data, including profiling, existing unless current legislation provides otherwise.

Thus, the User may exercise their rights by written communication addressed to the Data Controller with the reference “GDPR-www.elevatecompetences.com“, specifying:

  • ● Name, surname of the User and a copy of their ID. In cases where representation is admitted, the identification of the person representing the User by the same means will also be necessary, as well as the document accrediting the representation. The photocopy of the ID may be replaced by any other valid legal means that proves identity.

  • ● Request with the specific reasons for the request or information to which access is desired.

  • ● Address for notification purposes.

  • ● Date and signature of the applicant.

  • ● Any document supporting the request made.

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

Postal address:
Email: elevate.icc.project@gmail.com

Links to third-party websites

The Website may include hyperlinks or links that allow access to third-party websites other than ELEVATE COMPETENCES, and therefore not operated by ELEVATE COMPETENCES. The owners of these websites will have their own data protection policies, being themselves, in each case, responsible for their own files and their own privacy practices.

Claims before the supervisory authority

In the event that the User considers that there is a problem or infringement of current regulations in the way their personal data is being processed, they will have the right to effective judicial protection and to file a claim with a supervisory authority, particularly in the State where they have their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. In the case of Spain, the supervisory authority is the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

II. ACCEPTANCE AND CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

It is necessary for the User to have read and agreed to the conditions on the protection of personal data contained in this Privacy Policy, as well as to accept the processing of their personal data so that the Data Controller can proceed with it in the manner, during the periods, and for the purposes indicated. The use of the Website will imply the acceptance of its Privacy Policy.

ELEVATE COMPETENCES reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policy, according to its own criteria, or motivated by a legislative, jurisprudential, or doctrinal change by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Changes or updates to this Privacy Policy will not be explicitly notified to the User. It is recommended that the User consult this page periodically to be aware of the latest changes or updates.

This Privacy Policy was updated to adapt to 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 to Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights.

This Privacy Policy document for a website was created using the free online privacy policy template generator on 03/03/2025.