Spain

In compliance with current legislation on personal data protection (Ley Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal, hereinafter LOPD), the British Council informs you that the personal data collected in the forms contained on this site, as well as those data that access the British Council as a result of browsing, query, request or contract, or any transaction or operation made from this website will be stored in files under the responsibility of the Delegación en España de la Fundación British Council.

Also, please note that these personal data may be communicated to our headquarters in the UK exclusively for the fulfilment of the purposes directly related to our business.

Eventually, this Privacy Policy may be revised to update the changes in the legislation, update our procedures of data collection and use of personal information, new services or the exclusion of others. These changes will be effective as of its publication on the web, so it is important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about the changes.

Purpose

The collection and processing of personal data collected through this website is done in order to carry out the delivery of British Council services offered through these pages, and to provide information about their own activities and news British Council that may be of interest.

British Council will not use the personal information for additional purposes of marked at each site where data is requested.

Accuracy of data

The User guarantees that the personal data provided to the British Council are truthful and is responsible for communicating any changes thereto.

User Consent

Sending personal data via forms on this website or, if applicable, send e-mails requesting information or services, is the User's consent to their personal data being used in accordance with the above purposes and acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

User rights of access, rectification, opposition and cancellation

Users may exercise their rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition to the processing of personal data under the terms and conditions provided in the LOPD, including directing your signed copy of your ID to:

British Council – Data protection
Pº Gral Martínez Campos 31 – 28010 Madrid
Contacto: data.protection@britishcouncil.es
You can resolve any questions about this Privacy Policy by contacting us through data.protection@ britishcouncil.es

Security

British Council undertakes to treat as absolutely confidential personal data and to use them exclusively for the stated purposes. It also guarantees that it has taken appropriate technical, administrative and organizational facilities, systems and processes necessary to ensure the safety of their personal data and avoid its alteration, loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure. All this, in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the LOPD and Real Decreto 1720/2007, de 21 de diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de desarrollo de la LOPD.

Bulletin and commercial electronic communications

British Council offers to users who previously have requested through subscription forms provided for this purpose, the service of sending regular newsletters which include news, activities and information. Users may unsubscribe or change the subscription to this newsletter by using the forms provided for that purpose.

How we use Cookies: 

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

When someone visits this site, we use cookies to do the following:

• We collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns.
• We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site.
• We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone.
• If we want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this.
• We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

We do NOT:

• Make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting this site.
• Associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.

Turning off Cookies: 

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Below are links to the ‘Help’ pages of major browsers which explain how you can do this. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site or any other websites that you visit.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after a period of time.

Social Media

British Council is also present in social networks FLICKR, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, VIMEO and YOUTUBE. The British Council does not share or communicate any personal information of the users friends and followers on their social pages and in each of these social media as Administrator, the British Council, adopts security measures and appropriate privacy settings that provide these social networks. You can check their Privacy Policy and Terms of Use at the following links:

FLICKR:
Privacy Policy: http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/es/yahoo/
Terms of Use: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/es/yahoo/utos/es-es/

FACEBOOK:
Privacy Policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Terms of Use: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf

TWITTER:
Privacy Policy: http://twitter.com/privacy
Terms of Use: http://twitter.com/tos

VIMEO:
Política de Privacidad: http://vimeo.com/privacy
Terms of Use: http://vimeo.com/terms

YOUTUBE:
Privacy Policy: http://www.google.es/intl/es/policies/privacy/
Terms of Use: http://www.youtube.com/t/terms

Arbitration

These terms are governed by the laws of Spain. Any disputes, controversies or conflicts arising from or relating to the subject matter of this Privacy Policy shall be settled by the Courts of Madrid.

Access to the Web pages of this site implies acceptance of all conditions stated in this legal information.