Privacy policy

FUNDACIÓN CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA has prepared this privacy policy in order to inform you about the processing of your personal data.

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

FUNDACIÓN CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA (hereinafter, “CETAQUA”), with NIF G-64386626, registered in the Registry of Private Foundations of the Generalitat de Catalunya under the number 2. 305 and with registered office in Barcelona, at Ctra. d’Esplugues, 75 (08940) Cornellà de Llobregat.

The simple fact of visiting the website and browsing through its different sections does not require you to provide any personal data or to register as a user. However, we remind you that cookies may be installed on your access device in accordance with the provisions of our Cookies Policy. You can obtain more detail about the cookies we use, the configuration of your consent, and how you can disable them, in our Cookies Policy.

On the www.cetaqua.com website, you can find different links to platforms and pages managed by third parties. These pages have their own Privacy Policy which details the entity responsible for the processing of data and the purposes of this. CETAQUA does not assume any responsibility for the processing of your data carried out on these pages. If you have any questions about the processing of your personal information, you can contact CETAQUA through the following email: dpo@cetaqua.com.

2. For what purposes will your personal data be processed?

We will use your personal data for the following purposes:

• Manage requests for information and queries that you make us through the form inserted in the web. The legitimate basis is the consent you give when you make your query.
• To send you the Cetaqua Newsletter if you have requested it. The legitimate basis is the consent you give when completing and requesting the sending of the same.
• Registration in events to which you subscribe. Visit the Events Privacy Policy.
• Send you commercial information (by electronic, printed and/or telephone means) about CETAQUA, Galician Water Research Center Foundation, Private Foundation and Andalusian Water Research Center, Private Foundation, and other companies of the Agbar Group, if you check the box installed for this purpose on the web. The legitimate basis is the consent you give when you check the box provided for this purpose.

3. How long are they processed?

The personal data will be processed by CETAQUA as long as they are necessary to fulfill the purposes described or until you request that we stop doing so. Thereafter, CETAQUA will keep the personal data blocked for the period during which legal liabilities may arise. When such liabilities expire, the personal data will be permanently deleted.

4. What security measures are in place to protect your data?

Your personal data will be treated in the strictest confidence. In addition, appropriate technical and organizational measures have been implemented to ensure the security of your personal data and to prevent its destruction, loss, unlawful access, or unlawful alteration. When determining these measures, criteria such as the scope, context, and purposes of the processing, the state of the art, and the existing risks have been taken into account.

5. With whom do we share your data?

CETAQUA uses service providers to perform certain tasks, such as technology service providers. These service providers act as data processors and may change over time. In any case, CETAQUA guarantees through the signing of agreements that these service providers comply with appropriate security measures and that they follow your instructions in the processing of the personal data they access.

For efficiency of service, some of our suppliers are located in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or, being located in the EEA, share information with other entities located outside the EEA. In any case, CETAQUA guarantees that:

• Transfers are made to countries for which the European Commission has declared that they provide a level of protection comparable to the European level.
• In the absence of a such declaration of adequacy, the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the Commission have been signed.

You can consult this information on the AEPD website: https://www.aepd.es/es/derechos-y-deberes/cumple-tus-deberes/medidas-de-cumplimiento/transferencias-internacionales. For further information on this matter, please contact the Data Protection Officer.

CETAQUA may communicate your personal data to:

• Public administrations, courts, and tribunals among others, to requirements of these based on compliance with a legal obligation.
• Companies of the business group to which CETAQUA belongs for the same purposes of treatment described above, based on a legitimate interest (Recital 48 of the RGPD), respecting in all cases the security measures required by current legislation on the protection of personal data.

6. Rights of those affected:

You have the following data protection rights:

Right	What is it?
Right of rectification	To modify the personal data we have on you when they are inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to object	To ask that we stop processing your personal data for some specific purposes.
Right of deletion	To ask that we delete your personal data.
Right of restriction	To ask that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
Right of portability	To ask that we deliver the information we have on you in a computerized format.
The right to submit a claim with the competent supervisory authority	To submit a claim with the competent data protection authority to defend your rights via the website www.aepd.es

To revoke your consents or to exercise your rights, you may contact CETAQUA by sending a communication to FUNDACIÓN CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA, either by e-mail to dpo@cetaqua.com or by post to the following address: Carrer de l’Encuny, 19U, (08038) Barcelona, with the reference “Data Protection”.

The applicant must be sufficiently identified in the request. When the data controller has reasonable doubts regarding the identity of the natural person submitting the request, he/she may request that he/she provide additional information necessary to confirm his/her identity. If the request does not meet the specified requirements, CETAQUA may require him/her to correct it.

7. Data Protection Delegate

FUNDACIÓN CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA, has appointed a Data Protection Delegate. You can contact him to ask any questions about the processing of your data or exercise any of the rights indicated in the previous section in the contact email: dpo@cetaqua.com. Your request will be handled confidentially and answered by the Data Protection Delegate.

8. Social media

As a general rule, the corporate profiles of FUNDACIÓN CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA in social networks (Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn etc.) are for information purposes only. If you provide us with data through private messages on social networks on the occasion of an inquiry or request made by that means, the personal data provided will be used exclusively to meet the request made, in the terms set forth in this Policy. We remind you that you should not include personal data about yourself or third parties (such as e-mails, name, telephone number or contract number) through open messages on any social network. If you are not sure whether or not your message can be read by third parties, we advise you to contact us through another channel.

9. Updating of this policy

This policy may be revised by CETAQUA at any time. Remember to review it from time to time. In the event that the modifications entail a substantial change in the processing of your data or your consent is required for any new processing, you will be informed about those changes in order to obtain your consent again in those cases where it is necessary.

Privacy Policy revised on 28 February 2022.