At Augusta Abogados, S.L.P. (hereinafter referred to as “Augusta Abogados”), a key aspect of the services we render is protecting the privacy of individuals, both visitors to our website www.augustaabogados.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) and any other affected and interested parties who provide information and data through the Website (hereinafter referred to as the “User” or “Users”).

Augusta Abogados will process your data according to the applicable personal data protection regulations in force from time to time. In this respect, Augusta Abogados will comply with the provisions in Act 3 of 5 December 2018 on personal data protection and the guarantee of digital rights and those of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data which repealed Directive 95/46/EC, as well as any other rules and legislation applicable from time to time.

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to personal data obtained through the communication channels available on the Website. In this respect, Augusta Abogados strongly recommends all Users to read this Privacy Policy carefully in order to be informed about the processing of their data that are collected through the Website.

Augusta Abogados uses cookies on its Website, always striving to preserve the privacy and protection of Users’ personal data in application of this Privacy Policy. You can read Augusta Abogados’ Cookies Policy by accessing this link.

This Website is not designed for or directed at persons under the age of eighteen (18). Augusta Abogados does not knowingly collect information from minors. Parents or legal representatives who believe that their children or those under their guardianship have provided personal data to Augusta Abogados, without their consent, may contact us by sending a letter to the registered office of AUGUSTA ABOGADOS, located at Via Augusta, 252-262, 4ª planta, A, 08017 Barcelona, Spain, or by sending an e-mail to the following address: protecciondedatos@augustaabogados.com

Augusta Abogados does not collect or process personal data of special or particularly sensitive categories for the purposes of the applicable legislation.

At Augusta Abogados we will only use and process your personal data pursuant to the provisions in the Privacy Policy in force at the time such data are collected. Augusta Abogados reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event of substantial modifications to the Privacy Policy or in the event that we decide to process personal data differently from what was stated at the time it was obtained, this will be informed by e-mail to the e-mail addresses provided to Augusta Abogados, with respect to its Users. In such e-mail, the User will be given the possibility to accept the new way of processing the personal data that had been provided prior to the modification of the Privacy Policy.

In the event that any section of this document is declared null and void, the remaining sections shall not be affected, shall remain in force and shall be construed taking into account the will of the parties and the purpose of this Privacy Policy. Augusta Abogados may choose not to exercise any of the rights and authorization conferred in this document, which shall not, under any circumstances whatsover, be construed as a waiver of such rights unless expressly acknowledged by Augusta Abogados.

ONE: DATA CONTROLLER

Who is the controller of your personal data?

Name: AUGUSTA ABOGADOS, S.L.P. (“AUGUSTA ABOGADOS”) Registered office: Vía Augusta, 252-262, 4ª Planta, A, 08017 Barcelona, Spain. Tax Identification Code (CIF): B-64943988 Telephone: 933 621 620 E-mail: protecciondedatos@augustaabogados.com

TWO: KEY ASPECTS OF THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

For what purposes do we process your data?

Augusta Abogados collects and processes your personal data provided through the Website’s communication channels, e-mails and calls received, in order to attend and manage the requests and queries submitted. The aim is to provide you with the right services with the highest possible quality and efficiency. Specifically, Augusta Abogados will manually and/or automatically process the user’s data for the following specific purposes:

• To periodically send e-mails about services, events and news related to our professional activity, unless otherwise indicated or unless the User objects or revokes his/her consent.
• To periodically send commercial and/or promotional information related to the contracted services sector and of interest to the Users.
• To carry out anonymous statistical reports regarding the access habits and the activity carried out by the Users on the website.
• Also to draw up a commercial profile of the User and carry out commercial actions according to such profile, using their data derived from the management of the products purchased (creation of a browsing profile through the cookies on our website, whose acceptance allows us to collect navigation data, access habits, traffic).
• In the event that you send us your curriculum vitae or register in the different job offers that we may publish, we will process your data in order to evaluate and manage your candidature; and, if necessary, carry out the pertinent actions to select and recruit staff, in order to offer you positions that fit your profile. Unless specified otherwise, providing the required personal data is necessary for the indicated purpose, therefore, failure to provide such data will hinder the progress of the selection process to which the User had applied.
• To comply with legally determined obligations, as well as to verify compliance with contractual obligations, including fraud prevention.

By checking the acceptance box, you expressly, freely, specifically and unequivocally consent to the processing of your personal data in all those personal data processing activities where the legal basis is consent. Likewise, you may revoke the aforementioned consents at any time, as well as exercise your rights to access, rectify, cancel, restrict and object to the processing of your data and the portability thereof, as regulated in point Three of this Privacy Policy, by sending a letter to the registered office of AUGUSTA ABOGADOS, located at Via Augusta, 252-262, 4ª planta, A, 08017 Barcelona, Spain or by sending an e-mail to the following address: protecciondedatos@augustaabogados.com

How long will we keep your data?

Augusta Abogados will keep the Users’ personal data only for the time required to carry out the purposes for which they were collected, and providing the consents granted are not revoked. Subsequently, if necessary, we will keep the information blocked for the legally determined terms.

In some cases, Augusta Abogados may keep your data for the term required to formulate, exercise or defend claims, orders, liabilities and legal, contractual or ethical obligations, and such data will always being duly blocked.

What categories of data are processed?

In order to fulfill the purposes specified above, Augusta Abogados processes the following categories of data:

• Identification data: name, surnames, postal address, e-mail address, post code, telephone number.
• Academic and professional data: education/diplomas, student record, professional experience, membership in professional associations, in the case of selection processes.
• Traffic and location data in the case of accepting non-exempt cookies..
• Electronic communications metadata.
• Commercial information data in the case of requesting information or having previously contracted the services of AUGUSTA ABOGADOS..
• Economic, financial or banking data, in the case of having contracted the services of AUGUSTA ABOGADOS.
• Other data that may be necessary to manage your specific case, and which we would inform you about regarding their processing when the time comes.

The personal data requested are mandatory and required to fulfill the purpose set forth in this Privacy Policy, therefore refusing to provide them will make it impossible to render the contracted services. The User guarantees that the data provided are true, accurate, complete and updated, and will be held liable for any direct or indirect damage or loss that may be caused as a result of breaching such obligation. In the event that the Users provide data of third parties, they declare that they have their express consent and undertake to provide them with the corresponding information in this regard. All of the foregoing is notwithstanding the fact that Augusta Abogados may carry out any checks it deems pertinent to confirm this situation, adopting the necessary measures to comply with current legislation on personal data protection.

What is the legal basis for processing your data?

AUGUSTA ABOGADOS is entitled to process your personal data on the basis of the consent expressed by the interested party, requested for the specific case. With regards to managing the contracting of services, invoicing and other administrative actions, the legal basis arises from the execution of the agreement or assignment signed by both parties. The processing of data for the purpose of sending e-mails about services, information alerts, events and news related to our professional activity, is based on the legitimate interest of AUGUSTA ABOGADOS to carry out such processing according to the applicable regulations and with the consent expressed by the interested party, requested for the specific case. Likewise, our legal basis related to the processing of personal data for sending or forwarding CVs and other registrations or sending information in the interest of professional offers that are presented is the consent of the interested parties at the time they provide their data to us, being able to withdraw such consent in any circumstance, if deemed appropriate by the candidate (however, this would mean that their candidature cannot be taken into account in the selection processes of this firm). All of the foregoing is notwithstanding the fact that the withdrawal of such consent may affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out previously.

What security measures do we implement to protect your data?

At Augusta Abogados we are committed to protecting the users’ personal data and privacy, therefore, to protect the data we process, we implement the following technical security measures to prevent their loss, alteration, manipulation or dissemination:

• Encryption of communications between the User’s device and AUGUSTA ABOGADOS’ servers.
• Encryption of the information in Augusta Abogados’ servers.
• Other measures to prevent access to user data by third parties.

In all cases, Augusta Abogados adopts and applies different technical and organizational measures to ensure the appropriate level of security according to applicable legislation, when designing the personal data collection system and at the time of the processing itself, to preserve the privacy, confidentiality and security of personal data and prevent unauthorized processing.

To whom will your data be disclosed?

Augusta Abogados informs the Users that their data may be disclosed to other entities of our group and collaborators, if applicable, in order to attend to their requests, manage the services they contract and inform them about services, news and other events related to our professional activity. Furthermore, in compliance with the provisions of the applicable regulations in force, Augusta Abogados informs you that your data may be disclosed to (i) public administrations with competence in the firm’s sector of activity, (ii) state security forces and bodies, (iii) banks or financial institutions (when required for the collection or payment of the services offered), and (iv) other professionals in the legal sector (when required to complete the provision of the services commissioned).

International Data Transfers

In order to provide you with our services, Augusta Abogados contracts resources that carry out international data transfers to third countries outside the European Union. These countries have an adequate level of data protection as declared by the European Commission, and also provide appropriate safeguards such as the bilateral agreement between the EU and the US known as the DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK.

Confidentiality of Augusta Abogados’ professionals

All professionals working at Augusta Abogados or who are involved in any way in rendering the services provided to the user by Augusta Abogados undertake not to disclose or make use of the information and data to which they have access. The information provided by the User shall in all cases be deemed confidential and may not be used for purposes other than those related to the provision of Augusta Abogados’ services.

THREE: USERS’ RIGHTS

What are your rights when you provide us with data? Through the communication channels described in this section, Users may request to exercise the following rights from Augusta Abogados:

• The right to request access to personal data, asking Augusta Abogados about the processing of your personal data and, if so, to access such data.
• The right to request the rectification of personal data if they are inaccurate or to complete those data when necessary.
• The right to request cancellation or erasure of your personal data.
• The right to object to the processing, requesting Augusta Abogados to stop processing personal data, except for data that must continue to be processed for legitimate reasons based on the applicable legislation.
• The right to request data portability in the event that the User wishes to transfer such personal data to another data controller for processing and requests Augusta Abogados to facilitate the transfer.
• The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing of their personal data.

Any Users who provides us with their data, as an interested party, may exercise, when they consider it appropriate and free of charge, the rights specified herein by sending a letter, in the terms provided by law, to Augusta Abogados, S.L.P., Vía Augusta, 252-262, 4ª Planta, A, 08017 Barcelona, Spain or by sending an e-mail to protecciondedatos@augustaabogados.com providing their name, surnames and address, and a copy of their National Identity Card (DNI) or equivalent identification document that proves their identity and is considered valid. The User may use the standard forms provided by the Spanish Data Protection Agency to exercise such rights when sending the request. 

Likewise, we inform you of your right to submit a complaint to the competent supervisory authority, in this case the Spanish Data Protection Agency (aedp.es), and other public bodies competent to deal with any claim derived from your personal data. 

If you do not understand any part of this Privacy Policy or have any questions about it, you may send an e-mail requesting additional information to protecciondedatos@augustaabogados.com

At AUGUSTA ABOGADOS we are firmly committed to complying with the applicable regulations, protecting users’ privacy and respecting their rights, therefore we remain at your entire disposal if you have any questions or need any clarification in this regard.