Data protection policy

Privacy Policy

For the purposes of REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 (hereinafter, “GDPR”) on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, the University of Seville , as data controller, informs the user of the existence of an automated personal data file created by and for the aforementioned entity and under its responsibility, for the purpose of maintaining and managing the relationship with the user, as well as providing information and facilitating responses to the user's request for online quotes.

Upon acceptance of these general conditions, the University of Seville will require the user to provide certain essential data for the provision of its services.

WHO IS THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA?

Identity: University of Seville with CIF: Q-4118001-I

Postal address: C/ S. Fernando, 4 CP 41004, Seville.

Telephone: External switchboard: 954551000. Student Information Service: 954485797 / 954485776. General Information Unit of the University of Seville: 954556999
Email: comunicacion-etsi@us.es

PURPOSES

The purposes of the University of Seville are the maintenance and management of the relationship with the user, as well as information tasks.

  • Commercial purposes. To answer user queries, requests or petitions.

  • Information provided electronically, regarding the application.

  • Advertising information only if there is express authorization from the user.

  • User newsletter subscription.

The website servers can automatically detect the IP address and domain name used by the user. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to the Internet. All this information is recorded in a server activity log, which allows for the subsequent processing of the data to obtain purely statistical measurements, such as the number of visits to the website, the order of visits, the point of access, etc.

HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

The data entered by the user in the contact form will be kept until its deletion is requested by the interested party.

The data provided by the user in the online quote form will be kept for the legally required periods, including the period in which a judge or court may require it, taking into account the statute of limitations for legal actions. If no such legal period exists, the data will be kept until the interested party requests its deletion or revokes the consent granted.

All information and communications relating to the provision of our service will be kept for the duration of the service guarantees, in order to address any potential claims.

WHAT IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA?

General Data Protection Regulation. Article 6.1 a) The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes

The legal basis for the processing of your data is the consent given by the data subject, when registering their data in the forms enabled on this website, belonging to the data controller.

In cases where it is necessary to complete a form to make a request, by checking the box to accept the privacy policy, the user will necessarily imply that they have been informed and have expressly given their consent to the content of the clause attached to said form or acceptance of the privacy policy.

All forms include an asterisk (*) next to required fields. If these fields are not completed and the privacy policy acceptance checkbox is not selected, the information will not be submitted.

We inform you that the personal data obtained as a result of your registration as a user will form part of the Record of Processing Activities (ROPA), which will be updated periodically in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR.

TO WHOM WILL YOUR DATA BE COMMUNICATED?

We may share your data with the University of Seville and third parties with whom there is a collaboration agreement or a service provision relationship

The data will also be communicated in the cases provided for by law.

ACCURACY AND TRUTHFULNESS OF THE DATA PROVIDED

The user is solely responsible for the truthfulness and accuracy of the data provided, and the University of Seville from any liability in this regard. Users guarantee and are responsible, in any case, for the accuracy, validity, and authenticity of the personal data provided, and undertake to keep it duly updated. The user agrees to provide complete and accurate information on the registration or subscription form.

The University of Seville is not responsible for the veracity of information that is not of its own making and for which another source is indicated, and therefore does not assume any responsibility for any hypothetical damages that may arise from the use of said information.

The University of Seville reserves the right to update, modify, or delete the information contained on its web pages, and may even limit or deny access to said information. The University of Seville from liability for any damage or loss that the user may suffer as a result of errors, defects, or omissions in the information provided by the University of Seville, provided that such information originates from sources outside the University.

PERSONAL DATA OF THIRD PARTIES AND MINORS

As a general rule, we only process data provided by the data subjects themselves. If you provide us with data from third parties, you must first inform them and obtain their consent; otherwise, the data controller is exempt from any liability for failure to comply with this requirement.

No personal data of children under 14 years of age is processed. Therefore, please refrain from providing such data if you are under 14 or, if applicable, from providing data of third parties who are under 14. The data controller disclaims all liability for any breach of this provision.

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS WHEN YOU PROVIDE US WITH YOUR DATA?

Everyone has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not we are processing personal data concerning them.

Interested parties have the right to access their personal data, as well as to request the rectification of inaccurate data, or where appropriate, to request its deletion when, among other reasons, the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

In certain circumstances, interested parties may request the limitation of the processing of their data, in which case we will only retain them for the exercise or defense of claims.

In certain circumstances and for reasons related to their particular situation, data subjects may object to the processing of their data. Data processing will cease, except for compelling legitimate grounds, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Everyone has the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller, without hindrance from the controller.

The interested party who has given consent for a specific purpose has the right to withdraw consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent prior to its withdrawal.

Anyone with a legitimate interest may file a complaint with the competent Data Protection Authority, especially if they have not received satisfaction in the exercise of their rights. The Spanish Data Protection Agency can be contacted at the following email address: 

https://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/CanalDelCiudadano/contacteciudadano/index-ides-idphp.php

You can send your communications and exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure and opposition to the following email address: comunicacion-etsi@us.es

Under the provisions of the GDPR, you can also request, under the same terms and procedure, the rights to restriction of processing (Art. 18) and data portability (Art. 20).

SECURITY MEASURES

The legally required levels of security for the protection of Personal Data have been adopted, and efforts are made to install any other additional technical means and measures within their reach to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorized access and theft of Personal Data provided to the University of Seville.

The University of Seville is not responsible for any hypothetical damages or losses that may arise from interference, omissions, interruptions, computer viruses, telephone malfunctions, or disconnections in the operation of this electronic system, caused by factors beyond the University of Seville's control; for delays or blockages in the use of this electronic system caused by deficiencies or overloads of telephone lines or overloads in the Data Processing Center, the Internet system, or other electronic systems; or for damages that may be caused by third parties through illegitimate intrusions beyond the control of the University of Seville . Nevertheless, users should be aware that Internet security measures are not infallible.

ACCEPTANCE AND CONSENT

The user declares having been informed of the conditions regarding the protection of personal data, accepting and consenting to the automated processing of said data by the University of Seville in the manner and for the purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy. Certain services provided on the Portal may contain specific conditions with provisions regarding the protection of Personal Data.