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PRIVACY POLICY

Respecting the provisions of current legislation, https://slowmediterranean.com/ (hereinafter, also 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 in this privacy policy

This privacy policy is adapted to current Spanish and European regulations regarding 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 April 27, 2016, regarding the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free circulation of these data (RGPD).
  • Royal Decree 1720/2007, of December 21, which approves the Regulations for the development of Organic Law 15/1999, of December 13, on the Protection of Personal Data (RDLOPD).
  • Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE).
  • Organic Law 3/2018 of December 5 (LOPDGDD)
 
Identity of the responsible for the processing of personal data
 
The controller of personal data collected at https://slowmediterranean.com/ is CRISTINA MENGUAL PERIS
(Slow Mediterranean) with NIF: 53291398F (hereinafter, Controller). Her contact details are as follows:
  • Address: Calle Sant Sebastià, 17473, Girona
  • Contact email: hola@slowmediterranean.com
  • Telephone number: 609939530

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

RGPD:

  • Principle of legality, loyalty and transparency: the consent of the User will be required at all times prior to completely transparent information on the purposes for which the personal data is collected.
  • Purpose limitation principle: personal data will be collected for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes.
  • Principle of data minimization: the personal data collected will only be strictly necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
  • Principle of accuracy: personal data must be accurate and always up to date.
  • Principle of limitation of the term of conservation: personal data will only be maintained in a way that allows the identification of the User for the time necessary for the purposes of its treatment.
  • Principle of integrity and confidentiality: personal data will be treated in a way that guarantees its security and confidentiality.
  • Principle of proactive responsibility: the Data Controller will be responsible for ensuring that the above principles are met.
 
Categories of personal data
 
The categories of data that are treated in https://slowmediterranean.com/ are only identifying data. In no case are special categories of personal data processed within the meaning of article 9 of the RGPD.
 

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

 

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is consent. https: https://slowmediterranean.com/

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 shall have the right to withdraw his/her consent at any time. It will be as easy to withdraw consent as it is to give it. As a general rule, the withdrawal of consent will not condition the use of the Website.

On occasions in which the User must or can 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 correct development of the operation carried out.

Purposes of the treatment to which the personal data is destined

Personal data is collected and managed by https://slowmediterranean.com/ in order to facilitate, streamline

and fulfil the commitments established between the Website and the User or the maintenance of the

relationship established in the forms, that the latter fills out or to attend to a request or query.

Likewise, the data may be used for a commercial personalization, operational and statistical purpose, and activities of the corporate purpose of https://slowmediterranean.com/, as well as for the extraction, storage of data and marketing studies for adapt the Content offered to the User, as well as improve the quality, operation 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 treatment to which the personal data will be used; that is, the use or uses that will be given to the information collected.

Personal data retention periods

Personal data will only be retained for the minimum time necessary for the purposes of its treatment and, in

any case, only for the following period: The time necessary to comply with the contracted activities, or until the User requests its deletion.

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

Recipients of personal data

The User’s personal data will not be shared with third parties. In any case, at the time the personal data is obtained, the User will be informed about the recipients or the categories of recipients of the personal data.

Personal data of underage people

Respecting the provisions of articles 8 of the RGPD and 13 of the RDLOPD, only those over 14 years of age may grant their consent for the processing of their personal data in a lawful manner by https://slowmediterranean.com/. 

If it is a person under 14 years of age, the consent of the parents or legal guardians will be necessary for the treatment, and this will only be considered lawful to the extent that they have authorized it.

Secrecy and security of personal data

https://slowmediterranean.com/ undertakes to adopt the necessary technical and organizational measures,

according to the level of security appropriate to the risk of the data collected, so as to guarantee the security of personal data and avoid the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration of personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed, or unauthorized communication or access to said 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, because https://slowmediterranean.com/ 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 personal data security breach 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 RGPD, a breach of the security of personal data is understood to be any breach of security that causes the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration of personal data transmitted, conserved 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 report and guarantee through a legal or contractual obligation that said 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 https://slowmediterranean.com/ and may, therefore, exercise the following rights recognized in

the RGPD against the Data Controller:

  • Right of access

It is the right of the User to obtain confirmation of whether or not https://slowmediterranean.com/ is treating their personal data and, if so, to obtain information about their specific personal data and the treatment that https://slowmediterranean.com/has made or is making, as well as, among others, the information available on the origin of said data and the recipients of the communications made or planned for them.

  • Right of rectification

It is the right of the User to modify their personal data that turns out to be inaccurate or, taking into account the purposes of the treatment, incomplete.

  • Right to delete (“the right to be forgotten”)

It is the right of the User, provided that the current legislation does not establish otherwise, to obtain the deletion of their personal data when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected. or treated; the User has withdrawn his consent to the treatment and this does not have another legal basis; the User opposes the treatment and there is no other legitimate reason to continue with it; the personal data has been unlawfully processed; the personal data must be deleted in compliance 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 deleting the data, the Data

Controller, taking into account the available technology and the cost of its application, must take reasonable

measures to inform those responsible for processing the personal data of the interested party’s request to

delete any link to those personal data.

  • Right to limitation of treatment: 

It is the User’s right to limit the treatment of their personal data. The User has the right to obtain the limitation of the treatment when he contests the accuracy of his 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 opposed the treatment.

  • Right to data portability

In the event that the treatment is carried out by automated means, the User will have the right to receive their personal data from the Data Controller in a structured format, of common use and mechanical reading, and to transmit them to another person in charge. of the treatment. Whenever technically possible, the Data Controller will transmit the data directly to that other data controller.

  • Right of opposition: 

It is the right of the User not to carry out the processing of their personal data or to cease

the processing of the same by https://slowmediterranean.com/

  • Right not to be the subject of a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling: 

 

It is the User’s right not to be the subject of an individualized decision based solely on the automated processing of

their personal data, including the profiling, existing unless current legislation establishes otherwise. Thus, the

User may exercise their rights by written communication addressed to the Data Controller with the reference

“RGPD -https://slowmediterranean.com/”, specifying:

– Name, surnames of the User and copy of the DNI. In cases where representation is admitted, identification by

the same means of the person representing the User will also be necessary, as well as the document accrediting the representation. 

– The photocopy of the DNI may be replaced, by any other means valid in law that proves the identity.

 

  • Request with the specific reasons for the request or information to which you want to access.

– Address for notification purposes.

– Date and signature of applicant.

– Any document that accredits the request made.

This application and any other attached document may be sent to the following email address:

Email: hola@slowmediterranean.com 

Claims before the control authority

 

In the event that the User considers that there is a problem or infringement of current regulations in the way in which their personal data is being processed, they will have the right to effective judicial protection and to file a claim with a control authority, in particular, in the State in which you have your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. In the case of Spain, the control authority is the Spanish Data

Protection Agency (http://www.aepd.es).

It is necessary that the User has read and agrees with the conditions on the protection of personal data contained in this Privacy and Cookies Policy, as well as accepting the processing of their personal data so that the Data Controller can proceed to same in the form, during the periods and for the purposes indicated.

The use of the Website will imply the acceptance of its Privacy and Cookies Policy.

https://slowmediterranean.com/ reserves the right to modify its Privacy and Cookies Policy, according to its own criteria, or motivated by a legislative, jurisprudential or doctrinal change of the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Changes or updates to this Privacy and Cookies Policy will be explicitly notified to the User.

This Privacy and Cookies Policy was updated on February 29th of 2024 to adapt to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, regarding the protection of natural persons in what regarding the processing of personal data and the free circulation of these data (RGPD).

COOKIES

Access to this Website may imply the use of cookies. 

 

Cookies are small amounts of information that are stored in the browser used by each User —in the different devices that may be used to navigate— so that the server

remembers certain information that later and only the server that implemented it will read. Cookies facilitate

browsing, make it more user-friendly, and do not harm the browsing device.

Cookies are automatic procedures for collecting information related to the preferences determined by the

User during his visit to the Website in order to recognize him as a User, and personalize his experience and use

of the Website, and can also, for example, help to identify and resolve errors.

The information collected through cookies may include the date and time of visits to the Website, the pages

viewed, the time spent on the Website and the sites visited just before and after it. However, no cookie allows

it to contact the User’s telephone number or any other means of personal contact. No cookie can extract

information from the User’s hard drive or steal personal information. The only way for the User’s private

information to become part of the Cookie file is for the user to personally provide that information to the

server.

Cookies that allow a person to be identified are considered personal data. Therefore, the Privacy Policy

described above will apply to them. In this sense, for the use of the same, the consent of the User will be

necessary. This consent will be communicated, based on an authentic choice, offered by means of an

affirmative and positive decision, before the initial, removable and documented treatment.

 

Own Cookies

These are cookies that are sent to the User’s computer or device and managed exclusively by

https://slowmediterranean.com/ for the best functioning of the Website. 

The information collected is used to improve the quality of the Website and its Content and your experience as a User. 

These cookies allow the User to be recognized as a recurring visitor to the Website and adapt the content to offer content that meets

her preferences.

The information obtained refers, for example, to the number of pages visited, the language, the place to which

the IP address from which the User accesses, the number of Users who access, the frequency and recidivism of

visits, the time of visit, the browser they use, the operator or type of device from which the visit is made. This

information is used to improve the Website, and to detect new needs to offer Users a Content and/or service

of optimum quality. In any case, the information is collected anonymously and Website trend reports are

prepared without identifying individual users.

You can obtain more information about cookies, information on privacy, or consult the description of the type

of cookies used, their main characteristics, expiration period, etc. at the following link(s):

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

The entity(ies) in charge of supplying cookies may transfer this information to third parties, as long as it is

required by law or it is a third party that processes this information for said entities.

 

Social network cookies

 

https://slowmediterranean.com/ incorporates social network plugins, which allow access to them from the

Website. For this reason, social network cookies may be stored in the User’s browser. The owners of these

social networks have their own data protection and cookie policies, being themselves, in each case, responsible

for their own files and their own privacy practices. 

The User must refer to them to find out about said cookies

and, where appropriate, the processing of their personal data. For information purposes only, the links where

these privacy and/or cookie policies can be consulted are indicated below:

  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/es/privacy
  • Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig
  • Youtube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=es-419&gl=mx
  • Google+: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=es
  • Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/es/privacy-policy
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy?trk=hp-cookies
 
Disable, reject and delete cookies
 

The User can disable, reject and eliminate the cookies – totally or partially – installed on their device through

the configuration of their browser (among which are, for example, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Explorer).

In this sense, the procedures to reject and eliminate cookies may vary from one internet browser to another. Consequently, the User should refer to the instructions provided by the internet browser they are using. In the event that they reject the use of cookies—either fully or partially—they can still continue to use the website, although they may experience limited access to some of its features.

LEGAL NOTICE

  • GENERAL INFORMATION

In compliance with the duty of information provided in Law 34/2002 on Services of the
Information Society and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE) of July 11, the following general
information and data of this website is provided below:
https://slowmediterranean.com/

The ownership of this website, https://slowmediterranean.com/, (hereinafter, Website) is
held by CRISTINA MENGUAL PERIS (Slow Mediterranean), with NIF: 53291398F, and whose
contact details are:
– Address: Calle Sant Sebastià,  17473, Girona
– Contact Email: https://slowmediterranean.com/
– Telephone number: 609939530



GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

 

The object of the conditions:

 

The web site
The purpose of these General Conditions of Use (hereinafter, Conditions) is to regulate the access and use of the Website. For the purposes of these Conditions, the Website will be understood as: the external appearance of the screen interfaces, both statically and dynamically, that is, the navigation tree; and all the elements integrated both in the screen interfaces and in the navigation tree (hereinafter, Contents) and all those services or online resources that, where appropriate, are offered to Users (hereinafter, Services).


https://slowmediterranean.com/ reserves the right to modify, at any time, and without prior notice, the presentation and configuration of the Website and the Contents and Services that
may be included in it. The User acknowledges and accepts that at any time https://slowmediterranean.com/ may interrupt, deactivate and/or cancel any of these elements that are integrated into the Website or access to them.


Access to the Website by the User is free and, as a general rule, is free without the User having to provide a consideration to be able to enjoy it, except in relation to the cost of connection through the telecommunications network provided. by the access provider contracted by the User.


The User
The access, navigation and use of the Website, as well as the spaces enabled to interact between Users, and the User and https://slowmediterranean.com/, such as comments and/or blogging spaces, confers the condition of User, for which all the Conditions established here, as well as their subsequent modifications, are accepted from the moment the navigation through the Website begins, without prejudice to the application of the corresponding mandatory legal regulations as the case may be. Given the relevance of the foregoing, the User is recommended to read them each time they visit the Website.

The https://slowmediterranean.com/ Website provides a wide variety of information, services and data. The User assumes his responsibility to make correct use of the Website. 


This responsibility will extend to:

  • A use of the information, Content and/or Services and data offered by https://slowmediterranean.com/ without being contrary to the provisions of these Conditions, the Law, morality or public order, or that of any other way, they may cause injury to the rights of third parties or to the operation of the Website.
  • The veracity and legality of the information provided by the User in the forms issued by https://slowmediterranean.com/ for access to certain Content or Services offered by theWebsite. In any case, the User will immediately notify https://slowmediterranean.com/ about any fact that allows the improper use of the information registered in said forms, such as, but not limited to, theft, loss, or unauthorized access to identifiers and/or passwords, in order to proceed with their immediate cancellation.
  • https://slowmediterranean.com/ reserves the right to withdraw all those comments and contributions that violate the law, respect for the dignity of the person, that are discriminatory, xenophobic, racist, pornographic, spamming, that attempt against youth or childhood, public order or safety or that, in their opinion, are not suitable for publication.
  • In any case, https://slowmediterranean.com/ will not be responsible for the opinions expressed by Users through comments or other blogging or participation tools that may exist.
  • The mere access to this Website does not imply the establishment of any type of commercial relationship between https://slowmediterranean.com/ and the User.
  • Always in compliance with current legislation, this Website is addressed to all people, regardless of their age, who can access and/or browse the pages of the Website.
  • The Website is mainly aimed at Users residing in Spain. https://slowmediterranean.com/ does not ensure that the Website complies with the laws of other countries, either totally or partially. If the User resides or is domiciled in another place and decides to access and/or browse the Website, they will do so at their own risk, they must ensure that such access and browsing complies with the local legislation that is applicable to them, not assuminghttps://slowmediterranean.com/ any liability that may arise from such access.


ACCESS AND NAVIGATION ON THE WEBSITE: EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
https://slowmediterranean.com/ does not guarantee the continuity, availability and usefulness of the Website, nor of the Contents or Services.

https://slowmediterranean.com/ will do everything possible for the proper functioning of the Website, however, it is not responsible or guarantees that access to this Website will not be
uninterrupted or error free.


Nor is it responsible or guarantees that the content or software that can be accessed through this Website is error-free or causes damage to the User’s computer system (software and
hardware). 


In no case will https://slowmediterranean.com/ be responsible for losses, damages or harm of any kind arising from access, browsing and use of the Website, including, but not limited to, those caused to computer systems or those caused by the introduction of viruses.


https://slowmediterranean.com/ is not responsible for any damages that may be caused to users due to improper use of this Website. In particular, it is not responsible in any way for falls, interruptions, lack or defect of telecommunications that may occur.



It is informed that the https://slowmediterranean.com/ Website makes or may make link means available to Users (such as, among others, links, banners, buttons), directories and search engines that allow Users access websites belonging to and/or managed by third parties.


The installation of these links, directories and search engines on the Website is intended to
make it easier for Users to search for and access information available on the Internet, without being considered a suggestion, recommendation or invitation to visit them.

https://slowmediterranean.com/ does not offer or market, by itself or through third parties, the products and/or services available on said linked sites.


Likewise, it will not guarantee the technical availability, accuracy, veracity, validity or legality
of sites outside its property that can be accessed through the links.


https://slowmediterranean.com/ will in no case review or control the content of other websites, nor does it approve, examine or endorse the products and services, content, files
and any other material existing in the aforementioned linked sites. https://slowmediterranean.com/ does not assume any responsibility for damages that may be

caused by access, use, quality or legality of the content, communications, opinions, products and services of websites not managed by https://slowmediterranean.com/ and that are linked
on this Website.


The User or third party that makes a hyperlink from a web page of another, different, website
to the Website of https://slowmediterranean.com/ must know that:

  • The reproduction —totally or partially— of any of the Contents and/or Services of the Website is not permitted without the express authorization of https://slowmediterranean.com/
  • Neither is it permitted to make any false, inaccurate or incorrect statement on the https://slowmediterranean.com/ Website, nor on its Contents and/or Services.
  • With the exception of the hyperlink, the website on which said hyperlink is established will not contain any element of this Website, protected as intellectual property by the Spanish legal system, unless expressly authorized by https://slowmediterranean.com/
  • The establishment of the hyperlink will not imply the existence of relations between https://slowmediterranean.com/ and the owner of the website from which it is made, nor the knowledge and acceptance of the contents, services and/or activities offered in said website, and vice versa.
 

The User or third party that makes a hyperlink from a web page of another, different, website
to the Website of https://slowmediterranean.com/ must know that:

  • The reproduction —totally or partially— of any of the Contents and/or Services of the Website is not permitted without the express authorization of https://slowmediterranean.com/
  • Neither is any false, inaccurate or incorrect statement about the https://slowmediterranean.com/ Website or its Contents and/or Services permitted.
  • With the exception of the hyperlink, the website on which said hyperlink is established will not contain any element of this Website, protected as intellectual property by the Spanish legal system, unless expressly authorized by https://slowmediterranean.com/
  • The establishment of the hyperlink will not imply the existence of relations between https://slowmediterranean.com/ / and the owner of the website from which it is made, nor the knowledge and acceptance of https://slowmediterranean.com/ of the contents, services and/or activities offered on said website, and vice versa.
 
 

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.

https://slowmediterranean.com/ by itself or as assignee, is the owner of all the intellectual
and industrial property rights of the Website, as well as the elements contained therein (by
way of example and not exhaustive, images, sound, audio, video, software or texts, trademarks or logos, colour combinations, structure and design, selection of materials used, computer programs necessary for its operation, access and use, etc.). 


They will, therefore, be works protected as intellectual property by the Spanish legal system, being applicable to them both the Spanish and community regulations in this field, as well as the international treaties related to the matter and signed by Spain.


All rights reserved. By virtue of the provisions of the Intellectual Property Law, the reproduction, distribution and public communication, including the method of making them available, of all or part of the contents of this website, for commercial purposes, are expressly prohibited by any way and by any technical means, without the authorization of https://slowmediterranean.com/


The User agrees to respect the intellectual and industrial property rights of https://slowmediterranean.com/ . You can view the elements of the Website or even print, copy and store them on your computer’s hard drive or on any other physical medium as long as it is exclusively for your personal use. The User, however, may not delete, alter, or manipulate any protection device or security system that was installed on the Website.


In the event that the User or third party considers that any of the Contents of the Website supposes a violation of the rights of protection of intellectual property, they must immediately notify https://slowmediterranean.com/ through the data of contact in the GENERAL
INFORMATION section of this Legal Notice and General Conditions of Use.


LEGAL ACTIONS, APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND JURISDICTION

https://slowmediterranean.com/ reserves the right to file civil or criminal actions that it
deems necessary for the improper use of the Website and Contents, or for the breach of these Conditions.


The relationship between the User and https://slowmediterranean.com/ will be governed by
current regulations applicable in Spanish territory. If any controversy arises in relation to the
interpretation and/or application of these Conditions, the parties will submit their conflicts to
the ordinary jurisdiction, submitting to the corresponding judges and courts according to law.

Last modification: February 29th of 2024

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