Social Media Privacy Policy

1. Information about the processor of the data stored on the official website of UNITED CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments) as well as on social networks

In accordance with the duty of disclosure established in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights (Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos Personales y Garantía de los Derechos Digitales, LOPDGDD), UNITED CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments), hereinafter referred to as UCLG, hereinafter the DATA CONTROLLER, wishes to inform users of social networking sites about their policy regarding the processing and protection of the personal data of individuals who voluntarily access and use the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER on the social network. By accessing and using this official website of the DATA CONTROLLER, the user expressly accepts this privacy policy and consents to the processing of their personal data in accordance with the provisions set out herein.

2. Data pertaining to minors or legally incapacitated persons

Access to and registration on these social networks is prohibited to minors under fourteen (14) years of age. In the same way, access to and use of the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER on the social network is prohibited to minors under fourteen (14) years of age. Should the user be unable to grant consent, the DATA CONTROLLER informs that the consent of the holder of parental responsibility or guardianship of the user, or their legal representative, will be required to access and use the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER, who will be expressly exonerated from any liability that may arise from the use of its official page by minors or legally incapacitated persons. Such liability shall lie with their legal representatives in each case.

3. Identification of the registered name of the Data Controller

The user is hereby informed that the DATA CONTROLLER, with registered offices at C/ Avinyó, 15 – 08002 BARCELONA (Barcelona), is the Data Processor and Controller through which the user’s personal data is collected and stored as a result of the registration and use of the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER on these social networks, notwithstanding any processing carried out by the Data Controller of the owning entity of the social network on which our official page is located.

4. Purposes for which personal data, information and consent are intended

The personal data provided voluntarily by the user to the DATA CONTROLLER, through its official page, will be part of the data processing responsibility of the DATA CONTROLLER, with the purpose of providing information from the DATA CONTROLLER, by e-mail, fax, SMS, MMS, social communities or any other electronic or physical means, present or future, which enable commercial communication, the sending of newsletters to those users who subscribe, exchanging information with the DATA CONTROLLER and other users, and establishing communication with third parties.

From the moment the user uses this official page, they give their free, unequivocal, specific, informed and express consent for the processing of their personal data by the DATA CONTROLLER, towards the correct provision of the aforementioned services, in accordance with the provisions set out in this policy.

The user is free to use the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER on these social networks. Should the user not agree with the processing of their data for such purposes, they should not use the page nor provide their personal data.

Through this official page of the DATA CONTROLLER, the user may share texts, photos, videos and other types of information and/or content that will be subject to both this policy as well as the Rules and Conditions of the Platforms themselves. The user shall be responsible for ensuring that all content posted by them complies with applicable law, this policy and the Platform Rules.

The user may only publish personal data, photographs and information or other content on the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER for which they hold the ownership rights, or for which they have the authorization of third parties.

The DATA CONTROLLER shall have the right to remove any content published by the user from this official page – unilaterally and without prior communication with or authorization from the user – when the user infringes or violates applicable law, the rules established in this policy and/or the Platform Rules.

5. Identification of the recipients to whom the Data Controller intends to transfer or communicate data

The user is informed that all information and content they publish on the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER on social networks may be seen by other users of the official page and the social media platform. Consequently, all information and content published by the user on the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER on these social networks will be communicated to the rest of the users due to the very nature of the service.

The DATA CONTROLLER only intends to transfer or communicate data that must be provided in accordance with current legislation to judges, courts, public administrations and competent authorities of an administrative nature.

6. Other third party service providers

The DATA CONTROLLER informs the user that this entity’s responsibility and guarantee of the confidentiality, security and processing of data in accordance with this policy applies only to the personal data collected from the user through their official page on these social networks. They do not have any responsibility whatsoever for the processing and subsequent use of personal data that may be made both by the owner of the social networks and by third party information-society service providers, who may have access to such data for the purpose of providing their services or exercising their activities, third parties who establish hyperlinks with the social networks, or those data controllers to whom, through hyperlinks, the DATA CONTROLLER refers users of this official page.

7. Data quality

The DATA CONTROLLER informs users that, except through the the existence of a legally established representation, no user may assume the identity of another person and communicate their personal data. Therefore, the user must bear in mind at all times that they can only provide personal data corresponding to their own identity and that is adequate, relevant, current, accurate and true. In all cases, the user must respect the privacy of third parties, whether or not they are users of the social network or of the official page of the DATA CONTROLLER on it.

8. Rights of the Data Subject

  • Right to withdraw consent at any time.
  • Rights of access, rectification, portability and deletion of personal data, and the right to limit or oppose its processing.
  • Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (www.aepd.es.) should they consider that the processing is not in line with the regulations in force.

9. Other information of interest

The DATA CONTROLLER may modify and/or replace the present policy at any time, which, depending on the case, will replace, complete and/or modify the policy currently published here. For this reason, the user must periodically access the policy in order to be aware of the latest version.

The user may contact the DATA CONTROLLER through the internal messaging service of the social network or via the following addresses:

UNITED CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

(World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments)

[email protected]

The user may also consult the rules and policies published by the owners of the social networks for further information related to their use.