Privacy Policy

This document explicitly explains the data protection policy that FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA UNIVERSITAT I TECNOLOGIA (hereinafter FUNITEC) handles through this website, which incorporates the principles of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (hereinafter General Data Protection Regulation).

At FUNITEC, we fully embrace the spirit of this European Regulation, as it strengthens your rights and offers you greater guarantees in relation to the processing of your data. This regulation harmonizes the processing of your data across Europe and establishes a framework for information and protection that we want you to be aware of.


Who is responsible for the processing of personal data?

The Data Controller is FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA UNIVERSITAT I TECNOLOGIA (FUNITEC), with registered address at C/Sant Joan de la Salle, 42, Barcelona (CP – 08022), Tax ID: G60643558, tel: 93 290 24 00, email: info@salle.url.edu, www.salleurl.edu, registered in the Foundations Registry of the Catalan Government with number 744.

The email address for making requests regarding personal data protection is protecciodades@salle.url.edu .

La Salle is a member of the Higher Education Centre of Ramon Llull University.


What is the function of the data protection officer?

The Data Protection Officer (DPO) is the person who oversees compliance with our data protection policy, ensuring that data is processed properly and protecting people’s rights. Their functions include handling any doubts, suggestions, complaints, or claims by the people whose data is processed. You can contact the Data Protection Officer either by post at our physical address, by telephone, or by email at dpd@salle.url.edu.


What is the purpose of the data processing?

We process personal data with all due regard to people’s rights and always in a proportional way. This means that in all cases, we process only the appropriate, pertinent data required to fulfil the explicit purposes for which it was obtained.

FUNITEC processes the personal data obtained through this website with the aim of carrying out the activities of the EcoSentinel project, consisting of communications related to project updates.

FUNITEC may carry out additional processing where so obliged by law and/or judicial orders.


How do we obtain data?

The collection of data is primarily achieved through your contributions in the relationships established with the organization through this website. The ways to convey this can be through

specific tools or methods designed for this purpose, such as, for example, through digital forms or emails.


What is the legal ground for the data processing?

The legal ground for the various data processing we carry out may vary depending on the type of relationship or connection you have with us. We classify the main data processing carried out by us according to the legal grounds from Article 6.1 of the General Data Protection Regulation.

The legitimacy of personal data processing carried out through this website is based on:

The consent of the data subjects in the development of the purposes of the EcoSentinel project or in compliance with legal obligations in cases where they are applicable.


Who is the data communicated to?

Generally, the personal data we process through this website, with the aim of achieving the stated purposes and considering the previously described legal bases, are only disclosed based on compliance with legal obligations.


How long is data kept?

The personal data processed through this website must be retained for the time necessary to preserve their legal or informational value and to demonstrate compliance with legal obligations, but not for a period longer than required for the purposes of the processing (requirement of "storage limitation" under the General Data Protection Regulation).

Specifically, regarding data processed based on the consent of the data subjects, such data will be retained until the purposes of the processing are fulfilled or until the data subject withdraws their consent.


What rights do people have in relation to the data we process?

Following the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, the people whose data we process have the following rights:

  • To know if their data is being processed:

    - Everyone has the right firstly to know if we are processing their data, regardless of whether there has been a previous relationship.

  • To be informed upon collection:

    - When personal data is obtained from the interested party, upon providing them, they must have clear information about the purposes for which the data will be used, who will be responsible for processing it, and the main aspects derived from such processing.

  • Access:

    - A very wide-reaching right that includes knowing precisely what personal data is being processed, the purpose for which it is processed, whether the data will be communicated to other parties, the right to obtain a copy of the data, and to know the expected time it will be kept for.

  • Rectification:

    - This is the right to request modification of inaccurate data being processed by us.

  • Supression:

    - In certain circumstances, you have the right to request deletion of the data when, among other reasons, it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

  • To request limitation of processing:

    - In certain cases, the right to require limitation of data processing is also recognised. In this case, data will no longer be processed and will only be retained for the exercise or defense of claims, following the General Data Protection Regulation.

  • Portability:

    - In the cases provided for in the regulations, you have the right to obtain personal data in a commonly used, structured format that can be read by a machine, and to transfer them to another data processing officer if the interested party so decides.

  • To object to processing:

    - A person can cite reasons related to their situation that mean we will stop processing their data to the extent that such processing may be detrimental to them, except for legitimate reasons, in the exercise of or defense against claims.

  • Not to receive information:

    - We immediately handle requests to stop receiving information about our activities and services, when this was sent based solely on the consent of the recipient.


How can you exercise or defend your rights?

The rights listed above can be exercised by sending a request in writing to FUNITEC to the postal address (C/Sant Joan de La Salle 42, 08022, Barcelona) or by email at protecciodades@salle.url.edu.

In any case, whether you wish to file a claim, make a request for clarification or send suggestions, it is possible to contact the Data Protection Officer by email at dpd@salle.url.edu.

If a satisfactory response has not been obtained in the exercise of your rights, it is possible to file a complaint with the Catalan Data Protection Authority, either via forms or other channels accessible from their website www.apdcat.gencat.cat.

This document explicitly explains the data protection policy that FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA UNIVERSITAT I TECNOLOGIA (hereinafter FUNITEC) handles through this website, which incorporates the principles of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (hereinafter General Data Protection Regulation).

At FUNITEC, we fully embrace the spirit of this European Regulation, as it strengthens your rights and offers you greater guarantees in relation to the processing of your data. This regulation harmonizes the processing of your data across Europe and establishes a framework for information and protection that we want you to be aware of.


Who is responsible for the processing of personal data?

The Data Controller is FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA UNIVERSITAT I TECNOLOGIA (FUNITEC), with registered address at C/Sant Joan de la Salle, 42, Barcelona (CP – 08022), Tax ID: G60643558, tel: 93 290 24 00, email: info@salle.url.edu, www.salleurl.edu, registered in the Foundations Registry of the Catalan Government with number 744.

The email address for making requests regarding personal data protection is protecciodades@salle.url.edu .

La Salle is a member of the Higher Education Centre of Ramon Llull University.


What is the function of the data protection officer?

The Data Protection Officer (DPO) is the person who oversees compliance with our data protection policy, ensuring that data is processed properly and protecting people’s rights. Their functions include handling any doubts, suggestions, complaints, or claims by the people whose data is processed. You can contact the Data Protection Officer either by post at our physical address, by telephone, or by email at dpd@salle.url.edu.


What is the purpose of the data processing?

We process personal data with all due regard to people’s rights and always in a proportional way. This means that in all cases, we process only the appropriate, pertinent data required to fulfil the explicit purposes for which it was obtained.

FUNITEC processes the personal data obtained through this website with the aim of carrying out the activities of the EcoSentinel project, consisting of communications related to project updates.

FUNITEC may carry out additional processing where so obliged by law and/or judicial orders.


How do we obtain data?

The collection of data is primarily achieved through your contributions in the relationships established with the organization through this website. The ways to convey this can be through

specific tools or methods designed for this purpose, such as, for example, through digital forms or emails.


What is the legal ground for the data processing?

The legal ground for the various data processing we carry out may vary depending on the type of relationship or connection you have with us. We classify the main data processing carried out by us according to the legal grounds from Article 6.1 of the General Data Protection Regulation.

The legitimacy of personal data processing carried out through this website is based on:

The consent of the data subjects in the development of the purposes of the EcoSentinel project or in compliance with legal obligations in cases where they are applicable.


Who is the data communicated to?

Generally, the personal data we process through this website, with the aim of achieving the stated purposes and considering the previously described legal bases, are only disclosed based on compliance with legal obligations.


How long is data kept?

The personal data processed through this website must be retained for the time necessary to preserve their legal or informational value and to demonstrate compliance with legal obligations, but not for a period longer than required for the purposes of the processing (requirement of "storage limitation" under the General Data Protection Regulation).

Specifically, regarding data processed based on the consent of the data subjects, such data will be retained until the purposes of the processing are fulfilled or until the data subject withdraws their consent.


What rights do people have in relation to the data we process?

Following the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, the people whose data we process have the following rights:

  • To know if their data is being processed:

    - Everyone has the right firstly to know if we are processing their data, regardless of whether there has been a previous relationship.

  • To be informed upon collection:

    - When personal data is obtained from the interested party, upon providing them, they must have clear information about the purposes for which the data will be used, who will be responsible for processing it, and the main aspects derived from such processing.

  • Access:

    - A very wide-reaching right that includes knowing precisely what personal data is being processed, the purpose for which it is processed, whether the data will be communicated to other parties, the right to obtain a copy of the data, and to know the expected time it will be kept for.

  • Rectification:

    - This is the right to request modification of inaccurate data being processed by us.

  • Supression:

    - In certain circumstances, you have the right to request deletion of the data when, among other reasons, it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

  • To request limitation of processing:

    - In certain cases, the right to require limitation of data processing is also recognised. In this case, data will no longer be processed and will only be retained for the exercise or defense of claims, following the General Data Protection Regulation.

  • Portability:

    - In the cases provided for in the regulations, you have the right to obtain personal data in a commonly used, structured format that can be read by a machine, and to transfer them to another data processing officer if the interested party so decides.

  • To object to processing:

    - A person can cite reasons related to their situation that mean we will stop processing their data to the extent that such processing may be detrimental to them, except for legitimate reasons, in the exercise of or defense against claims.

  • Not to receive information:

    - We immediately handle requests to stop receiving information about our activities and services, when this was sent based solely on the consent of the recipient.


How can you exercise or defend your rights?

The rights listed above can be exercised by sending a request in writing to FUNITEC to the postal address (C/Sant Joan de La Salle 42, 08022, Barcelona) or by email at protecciodades@salle.url.edu.

In any case, whether you wish to file a claim, make a request for clarification or send suggestions, it is possible to contact the Data Protection Officer by email at dpd@salle.url.edu.

If a satisfactory response has not been obtained in the exercise of your rights, it is possible to file a complaint with the Catalan Data Protection Authority, either via forms or other channels accessible from their website www.apdcat.gencat.cat.

EcoSentinel has received funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) under grant agreement No 101186925. The EIC receives support from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. The European Innovation Council (EIC) support for the production of this website does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the EIC cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there in.

EcoSentinel has received funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) under grant agreement No 101186925. The EIC receives support from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. The European Innovation Council (EIC) support for the production of this website does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the EIC cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there in.

EcoSentinel has received funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) under grant agreement No 101186925. The EIC receives support from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. The European Innovation Council (EIC) support for the production of this website does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the EIC cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there in.