Privacy Policy

Data Controller Information

This site is owned and operated by Natalia Salguero Ruiz, hereinafter HIGHWAY TO SPANISH (“IT”, “ITS” or “THE SITE”), whose National ID number is 46801943W, and address is located at Apartado de Correos 13, Barberá del Vallés 08210, Barcelona, Spain , and whose contact email address is infohighway@highwaytospanish.com

 

HIGHWAY TO SPANISH is the party responsible for the computer files stemming from this, hereby guarantees full and comprehensive compliance of the data protection obligations as per applicable legislation.

Data Collection and Use

 

  • Name, last name (s) and email in the contact forms: to contact HIGHWAY TO SPANISH, either to raise questions, comments, suggestions, request a service or product or any other information. Failure to provide the minimum required personal data will make it impossible for HIGHWAY TO SPANISH to respond to the request.
  • Name, last name (s), address, telephone, national ID or tax identification number, email: this information will be requested at the time of purchase to process the order.
  • Name and email for newsletter: with the explicit and voluntary consent of the data owner, the site shall request the minimum information required to send an automated commercial bulletin (newsletter), where information about advertising, promotions and other information about our services and products.
  • E-mail: the e-mail will be requested to access the client area, as per the data provided when creating the account.

If the user is under 16 years of age, he or she must have the authorization of his or her parents or legal guardians to deliver his or her personal data. HIGHWAY TO SPANISH has no way to effectively check the users’ age, so we are exempt from any liability if the user fails to comply with the conditions laid down herein. We do not knowingly allow users below this age to use the site, nor do we knowingly collect data from such users.

 

HIGHWAY TO SPANISH shall make sure proper use and treatment of the user’s personal data is made. To this end, we shall inform the user of the possibility of making use of his or her rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition, all in faithful compliance with the guidelines of Spanish and European laws, by contacting us at  infohighway@highwaytospanish.com 

 

HIGHWAY TO SPANISH shall not share with third parties any data that has collected. In case of doing so to comply with the delivery of the products purchased by the client, send the newsletter, comply with legal requirements or for the administration of the website, due confidentiality agreements between the relevant third parties will be provided.

 

The third parties’ links found on the site have privacy policies that are not HIGHWAY TO SPANISH’s. Access to these sites should be the user´s responsibility, It is the user’s responsibility to be familiar with these third party policies, and up to the user to accept these policies.

 

Forms

The site has 4 types of forms:

 

Contact Forms: the user can find forms that facilitate communication with HIGHWAY TO SPANISH. These forms can be used to make questions, comments, request a quote, book any of the services offered on the site, or demand any of the user’s rights. Failure to provide the minimum required personal data will make it impossible for HIGHWAY TO SPANISH to respond to the request. This data processing will be considered legitimate, as it is part of a due diligence pre-contract process.

 

Advertising Forms: users or buyers will be asked for their express and voluntary consent to provide the minimum required data for HIGHWAY TO SPANISH to be able to send advertising and commercial information related to the services and / or products offered by HIGHWAY TO SPANISH; this data will be added to an automated email marketing file.

 

Feedback Forms:  To avoid spam, inappropriate messages, and to do a proper follow-up, the user will be asked for his or her name, email and website to identify him/her in the comments the user wants to make in the blog entries. This data will be visible to other site users. If the user does not want the data to be visible, he/she must contact HIGHWAY TO SPANISH at infohighway@highwaytospanish.com. The server of the site will be responsible for the data processing, which will be carried out with the voluntary consent of the data owner.

 

Order Forms:  users, buyers or participants will be asked for their information so that HIGHWAY TO SPANISH can process the relevant order according to the purchase made. Lawful processing of personal data via the contractual relationship that with the user/buyer/participant. The data will be stored in the site server.

Third Party Service Providers

HIGHWAY TO SPANISH needs the support of third parties or Service Providers to offer its services and products more effectively. HIGHWAY TO SPANISH has concluded all the necessary confidentiality agreements and has verified that they comply with the Spanish regulations on the protection of personal data.

These third parties can only access to the user’s personal data to perform certain tasks on HIGHWAY TO SPANISH behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use this data for any other purpose.

In compliance with the principles of information and transparency, it should be noted that these third parties are:

  • Webempresa: Web hosting provider in Spain used to offer high Speed ​​and Security in the WordPress service. This service is provided by the company Webempresa América INC., With address at 1099 Wall Street West, Suite 246, Lyndhurst 07071 (New Jersey) United States of America, with tax ID EIN: 99-0373184. For more information about their privacy policy you can visit Webempresa’s Privacy Policy
  • Stripe Inc: used to manage payments by debit card and credit card on the site. This company is located in the United States, and it has a security agreement called Privacy Shield, in accordance with the requirements of the European Committee for Data Protection that can be found here Privacy Shield . For more information on Stripe visit Stripe .
  • PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.: company used to process payments by credit and debit card on the site. Located at 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg. For more information visit Paypal.
  • Mailchimp: Mailchimp is a service used to automate the newsletter and send it to the data owner email address, advertising products and / or services offered on the site. This Service is provided by the company The Rocket Science Group LLC, located in the United States of America. It has a security agreement called Privacy Shield, in accordance with the requirements of the European Committee for Data Protection that can be accessed here Privacy Shield . For more information about their privacy policy you can visit Privacy Policy Mailchimp
  • Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics tool owned by Google; this tool measures the return on advertising investment, offers free business analysis tools to measure data from websites, applications, both digital and offline, to obtain customer information. It is a service offered by Google LLC, located at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This company has joined the Privacy Shield framework between the EU-US and between Switzerland – USA- for more information on this framework visit Privacy Shield. The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Administration, respectively, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce. You can see more information about Google privacy policy here Privacy Policy Google .
  • Skype: tool used for video conferencing. This service is provided by the company Microsoft Corporation, located in Redmond, Washington, United States of America. This company has joined the Privacy Shield framework between the EU-US and between Switzerland – USA- for more information on this framework visit Privacy Shield. The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Administration, respectively, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce. If you want more information about their privacy policy, you can visit Microsoft’s Privacy Policy.
  • Zoom: tool used for video conferencing. This service is provided by the company Zoom Video Communications, Inc., located in San Jose, California, United States of America. This company has joined the Privacy Shield framework between the EU-US and between Switzerland – USA- for more information on this framework visit Privacy Shield. The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Administration, respectively, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce. If you want more information about their privacy policy, you can visit Zoom’s Privacy Policy .
  • Google Hang Outs: tool used for video conferencing. This service is provided by the company Google LLC, located in Mountain View, California, United States of America. This company has joined the Privacy Shield framework between the EU-US and between Switzerland – USA- for more information on this framework visit Privacy Shield. The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Administration, respectively, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce.  If you want more information about their privacy policy, you can visit Privacy Policy Google
  • Calendly: Tool used to schedule meetings; this company is located at 1315 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, and can be contacted via email at support@calendly.com. This company has joined the Privacy Shield framework between the EU-US and between Switzerland – USA- for more information on this framework visit Privacy Shield. The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Administration, respectively, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce. Their privacy policy can be accessed at Calendly Privacy Policy .
  • Google Drive: used to store a backup of the relevant files in the cloud so that these can be easily accessed. This service is offered by Google LLC, located at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This company has joined the Privacy Shield framework between the EU-US and between Switzerland – USA- for more information on this framework visit Privacy Shield. The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Administration, respectively, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce. You can see more information about their privacy policy here Google’s Privacy Policy .
  • Dropbox: virtual hosting of documents related to the products or services offered on the site. This service is provided by Dropbox, Inc, located in California, United States. It has a security agreement called Privacy Shield, in accordance with the requirements of the European Committee for Data Protection that can be accessed here Privacy Shield . For more information about their privacy policy you can visit Dropbox Privacy Policy .
  • Facebook: Tool used as a social network to connect with users, customers, buyers and participants, the service is provided by the company Facebook Ireland Ltd, and can be contacted at 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland. Their privacy policy can be accessed here Privacy Policy Facebook.
  • Loom: screen and video recording tool, used to send you feedback, advice etc. This service is operated by Opentest Inc, based in the United States. For more information on their privacy Policy visit Loom Privacy Policy.

Newsletter Policy

The newsletter policy is a complementary part of the terms and conditions set out on the site, both of which should be equally applied if any disagreement or dispute. The privacy and intellectual property policies shall also be applied to the newsletter Policy.

 

The term “newsletter” refers to the digital bulletin that “HIGHWAY TO SPANISH” performs on a regular basis and that we send to our subscribers through an external email service provider, to which the user has subscribed voluntarily.

 

HIGHWAY TO SPANISH is not required to send the newsletter in any defined period of time, so we are free to do so when we deem it timely. The user may make use of his or her right of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition at any time by following the instructions found in the newsletter footer.

 

 

 The user should not share the newsletter content with third parties, as this would violate the copyright of “HIGHWAY TO SPANISH”. The only possible distribution channel is the one administered and / or authorized by “HIGHWAY TO SPANISH”.

 

HIGHWAY TO SPANISH will not be held responsible for the content of third parties provided through the newsletter, any controversy that may arise should be dealt with directly with the relevant person, company or third party.

 

All the content and materials provided in the newsletter are protected by copyright laws in favour of “HIGHWAY TO SPANISH”, and when providing content and/or materials owned by third parties, “HIGHWAY TO SPANISH” shall be deemed to be fully authorized to use these by the author and /or owner.

Retention of Data

HIGHWAY TO SPANISH will retain the personal data provided when buying products or services for the legally applicable time to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce its legal agreements and policies.

The personal data provided for the purposes of the newsletter will be retained for the time the data owner wishes to remain on the subscription list. The data owner can unsubscribe at any time automatically as indicated in the newsletter footer information, as well as by emailing HIGHWAY TO SPANISH at infohighway@highwaytospanish.com.