Privacy Policy

Version in force from 2023/01/01

This Privacy Policy (hereinafter, the “PRIVACY POLICY“) regulates, in general terms, the collection and processing of the personal data that you provide to us as a USER of the website accessible through the domain name https://eulacdigitalaccelerator.com/ (hereinafter, the “WEBSITE“), including the services that are available from time to time through the WEBSITE. All of this without prejudice to the specific provisions established in certain sections, forms or services available on the WEBSITE in order to provide you with the relevant information and, where appropriate, to obtain your consent.

 

The PRIVACY POLICY may be modified to adapt it to new legislative, jurisprudential and/or administrative developments, as well as to the practices developed at any given time through the WEBSITE, taking into account, in any case, your rights and interests.

 

For these purposes, we will provide you with the appropriate technical resources so that you can access the PRIVACY POLICY in order to duly comply with the information obligations we must observe in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations.

 

 

  1. Context of the EU-LAC DIGITAL ACCELERATOR PROJECT

 

The EU-LAC Digital Accelerator (hereinafter, the “PROJECT”), in the framework of which the activities included in the WEBSITE are included, is a consortium initiative of several entities and subsidised by the European Commission, which aims to Strengthening the partnership links between the European Union and Latin America/Caribbean for Innovation and Digital Transformation connecting corporate challenges with the capabilities of innovative start-ups and SMEs, generating and accelerating joint ventures involving European and Latin American/Caribbean companies.

 

  1. Who is responsible for the processing of your data?

 

Your personal data will be processed, on a co-responsibility basis, by the following entities that are members of the aforementioned consortium (hereinafter, the “DATA CONTROLLERS“):

 

  • FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, entity with registered office in Derio (Bizkaia), Spain, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Astondo Bidea, Edificio 700, with VAT number G-48975767.

 

  • UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA, IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL, entity with registered office in Barcelona, Spain, Avenida Pearson num. 21. Postal Code 08034, with VAT number R3168001J.

 

  • EBAN_ EUROPEAN BUSINESS ANGELS NETWORK, entity with registered office in Brussels, Belgium, Avenue des Arts 56, 1000, with VAT number BE 0474 621 394.

 

  • EBN – EUROPEAN BUSINESS AND INNOVATION CENTRE NETWORK, entity with registered office in Brussels, Belgium, Av. Tervueren 168 Bte 25, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre with VAT number BE 0426.938.768.

 

  • EXPERTISE FRANCE, entity with registered office in Paris, France, 40, boulevard de Port Royal 75005, with VAT number FR36808734792.

 

  • WAYRA CHILE TECNOLOGÍA E INNOVACIÓN SPA, entity with registered office in Ciudad de Santiago, Chile, Avenida Providencia N° 111, Comuna de Providencia, with VAT number 96.672.150-2.

 

  • CARIBBEAN EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, entity with registered office in Barbados, 1st Floor Baobab Tower, Warrens, Saint Michael, with VAT number 88001038.

 

  • TECNALIA VENTURES, entity with registered office in Derio, Bizkaia, 700, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Astondo Bidea, 48160, with VAT number 395711800.

 

  • TECNALIA FRANCE SAS, entity with registered office in Pessac, France, Coeur Bersol, 28 Av. Gustave Eiffel Bât B, 33600, with VAT number FR36501161566.

 

  • TECNALIA ITALY, Slr, entity with registered office in Pontedera, Italy, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 32, 56125 with VAT number IT01909450502.

 

  • TECNALIA SERBIA LTD, entity with registered office in Serbia, Deligradska 9, 11000 Belgrade with VAT number 105739003.

 

  • FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA COLOMBIA, entity with registered office in Bogotá, Colombia, Carrera 18 # 78-74 oficina 505 Edificio Tempo with VAT number 900.180.913-5.

 

In this context and in compliance with their legal obligations regarding data protection, the DATA CONTROLLERS have signed a Joint Controller Agreement (hereinafter, the “JOINT-CONTROLLER AGREEMENT“), with the essential contents of which are detailed in the PRIVACY POLICY.

 

In any case, for any question related to the PRIVACY POLICY and/or the processing of your personal data within the framework of the PROJECT, you may contact the DATA CONTROLLERS via the e-mail address dpo@tecnalia.com , set up by them as a single point of contact for interested parties.

 

  1. How did we obtain your data?

 

Your personal data have been obtained from you, through (i) the various forms that you fill in while browsing the WEBSITE; (ii) or through other capture systems duly identified.

 

In the event that the personal data provided belongs to a third party, you guarantee that you have informed said third party of the PRIVACY POLICY and have obtained their authorization to provide their data to the DATA CONTROLLERS for the purposes indicated below.

 

Unless expressly indicated otherwise in the forms available on the WEBSITE (e.g. by means of the legend “optional” or similar), the provision of data included in these forms will be obligatory and failure to provide them will make it impossible to process your request, whether it refers to obtaining information, or to any other service available on the WEBSITE.

 

 

  1. What type of data do we process?

 

The data that we process are those that you have provided to us while browsing the WEBSITE and/or through the other channels identified above.

 

In any case and in accordance with the provisions of the JOINT-CONTROLLER AGREEMENT, only those personal data strictly necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes set out below will be processed, using for this purpose exclusively the means of data processing necessary for this purpose.

 

In this context, the following categories of data are processed by the DATA CONTROLLERS:

 

  • Identification data (e.g. name, surname, etc.).
  • Professional data (company in which you carry out your functions, position and functions, e-mail address, and professional telephone number) to the extent that (i) you provide them through the corresponding forms; and (ii) they are necessary for your business location.
  • Internet browsing data (e.g. IP address, visits to web pages, connections to wifi networks, etc.).
  • Answers questionnaires and surveys

 

 

  1. For what purpose do we process your data and on what legal bases?

 

Your personal data will be processed for the following purposes:

 

  • Manage your access to and use of the contents that the DATA CONTROLLERS make available to you through the WEBSITE or any other functionalities that are accessible from the WEBSITE at any time, based on your request for pre-contractual measures or on the contractual relationship established with you in this regard.
  • Process and manage requests for information and suggestions made through the WEBSITE, and on the basis of you have consented to this and on the basis of such consent.
  • Process and manage surveys from the WEBSITE OWNERS, regarding the PROJECT and any other relevant information, provided that you have consented to this, and on the basis of such consent.

 

We remind you that, in cases where the processing is based on your consent, you may revoke it at any time, freely and free of charge, under the terms indicated in Section 8 below.

 

 

  1. To whom do we communicate your data?

 

Apart from those cases in which the DATA CONTROLLERS are obliged to do so by law (e.g. European Commission as project founders, Tax Authorities, Justice Administration or other Public Administrations), your data will not be communicated to third parties.

 

On the other hand, we inform you that several of the DATA CONTROLLERS identified in this PRIVACY POLICY are located outside the European Economic Area, so that your data will be subject to the necessary international data transfers, being my duly legitimated by the consent that you give us for this purpose.

 

Apart from the above, no other international transfers of your data are envisaged.

 

 

  1. For how long will we keep your data?

 

In general, your personal data will be kept as long as you do not withdraw your consent for the processing or request their deletion, and for the time necessary to fulfil the legal obligations that DATA CONTROLLERS must observe.

 

In any case, we inform you that DATA CONTROLLERS has established internal data cleansing policies designed to control the personal data retention periods, so that these may be cancelled when they are no longer needed and / or suitable for the purpose for which they were collected.

 

Likewise, it is hereby stated that when, as the case may be, any of the DATA CONTROLLERS abandons the PROJECT, it must (i) cease the processing of the data that it has been carrying out in accordance with the provisions of the JOINT CONTROLLER AGREEMENT; (ii) deliver to the remaining DATA CONTROLLERS a copy of the personal data of the interested parties that it holds; and (iii) delete any copies of the personal data of the interested parties that it holds; and (iv) delete any copies of such data that it holds in its systems and resources, except for those that must be kept duly blocked in relation to possible liabilities arising from the processing of data by it and only for the period of limitation of such liabilities.

 

 

  1. What are your rights?

 

The applicable data protection legislation grants you several rights relating to your personal data which you may exercise during the processing of your personal data. These rights are set out below:

 

  • Access to your data: you have the right to access your data in order to obtain confirmation regarding which of your personal data we are processing.
  • Request the rectification or deletion of your data: in certain circumstances, you have the right to rectify inexact personal data which concern you and are processed by us; or, even, to request their deletion when, among other reasons, such data are no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected.
  • Request restriction of the processing of your data: in certain circumstances, you have the right to ask that we restrict the processing of your data, in which case we inform you that we will only keep them to execute or defend complaints as envisaged by the applicable data protection regulation.
  • Data portability: in certain circumstances, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, and which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format, and to transfer them to another data controller.
  • Object to the processing of your data: in certain circumstances, and for grounds relating to your particular situation, you have the right to object to the processing of your data, in which case we would stop processing them unless they must be kept for compelling legitimate grounds, or to execute or defend potential claims.

 

You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without this affecting the lawful nature of data processing carried out based on your consent prior to their withdrawal.

 

You can exercise your rights and/or withdraw your consent by sending an e-mail to the address dpo@tecnalia.com. Your requests in this regard will be handled in a coordinated manner and on behalf of all DATA CONTROLLERS.

 

Notwithstanding the above, you will retain the right to exercise your rights against any of the DATA CONTROLLERS, for which purpose, you may contact them at the email indicated in Section 2.

 

Finally, we must inform you that you may lodge a complaint with the competent Supervisory Authority (in Spain, the Spanish Data Protection Authority), especially when you have not obtained satisfaction in the exercise of your rights. You can contact said Authority via its website, www.aepd.es.

 

 

  1. Security measures

 

DATA CONTROLLERS will, at all times, process your data with complete confidentiality, observing its duty of secrecy according to the stipulations of the applicable data protection regulation. It will take all of the necessary technical and organizational steps to guarantee the security of your data and prevent their unauthorized alteration, loss, processing or access, given the status of technology, the nature of the data stored and the risks to which they are exposed.

 

 

  1. Cookies policy

 

In addition, we inform you that the DATA CONTROLLERS have established a Cookies Policy which can be accessed through the following link.