Privacy Policy
Data Protection Statement
We are pleased that you have visited our website and shown interest in MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. and our services. To ensure you feel safe and comfortable while browsing our website, we take the protection of your personal data and its confidential handling very seriously.
Through this data protection information, we aim to keep you informed about when we store what data and for what purpose we use it, naturally complying at all times with current data protection regulations.
Ongoing technological development, modifications to our services or regulations, as well as other reasons, may require adaptations to our data protection information. Therefore, we reserve the right to modify this data protection statement at any time and request that you periodically check the current status.
Basic Information
Unless otherwise stated in the following sections, personal data will not generally be collected, processed, or used to access our web pages. When accessing our web pages, our servers will automatically collect general information. This includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of the Internet service provider, the IP address of the computer used, the web page from which you visit us, the pages you visit, as well as the date and duration of the visit.
This data cannot be used by us to identify individual users. Instead, we will only evaluate the information statistically and use it exclusively to improve the appeal, content, and functionality of our web pages.
Concept of Personal Data
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union defines personal data as follows:
All information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “the data subject”); identifiable individuals can be determined, directly or indirectly, in particular by means of an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or one or more elements of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that person.
Legal basis for the collection and processing of personal data:
If authorization is requested to process personal data, the legal basis for this will be Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR.
When processing your personal data to fulfill a contract between you and MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A., Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR must be taken as the legal basis. This also applies to the processing of personal data necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
In the event that the processing of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, the legal basis will be Art. 6 para. 1 letter c GDPR. If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, and if the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail over the aforementioned interests, the legal basis for this processing will be Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR.
Data Deletion and Storage Duration:
The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked when the purpose of storage ceases to exist. In addition, data storage may occur if provided by the European or national legislator in community regulations, laws, or other regulations to which the data subject is subject. Data will also be blocked or deleted if the storage period provided for in these regulations expires, unless there is a requirement to continue storing the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.
Collection and Processing of Personal Data
Personal data will only be collected if you provide it at your own initiative, for example to place an order, request information, provide service or related activities, or register for personalized services. If advertising is sent, you will be informed of the purpose of processing and, if necessary, your authorization to store the data will be requested.
Personal data collected on our web pages will be used without your consent only to process orders or to handle your inquiries. Likewise, your data will be used only with your consent in a centralized customer and interested party database managed under the responsibility of MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. You may revoke your consent at any time for the future.
Your data and processing will be protected from unauthorized access. Please note that unencrypted emails will not be protected against unauthorized access.
Your data will not be sold, rented, or transferred to third parties other than as described here. The transmission of personal data to public institutions and authorities will only be carried out in accordance with binding national regulations. Our employees, agents, and distributors are obligated by us to maintain the strictest confidentiality.
Contact Form
You have the option to contact us through our email address or the contact form. We will use the personal data you provide to us in this way exclusively for the purpose for which you provide it when contacting us.
If our contact form requests information that is not necessary to make contact with us, we will always identify it as optional. This information will serve to clarify your inquiry and process it in the best possible way. Providing this information will be explicitly voluntary and with your consent. If it concerns information about communication channels (email, telephone, etc.), you will also give your consent to the fact that we contact you through this channel, if applicable, in order to respond to your inquiry.
You may revoke your consent at any time in the future.
User Portal
You have the option to register on our school platforms accessed from the website and create a user account. For registration, we will collect and store your data.
Once registration is complete, you will receive personalized password-protected access, where you can access and manage your information. Registration will be voluntary, but may be a condition for using our services/platforms.
Data Transmission to External Service Providers (Data Processors)
Your data will be provided to external service providers commissioned by us who support MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. in providing its services.
The processing of your personal data by the responsible service providers will be carried out in data processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
These service providers will only have access to the personal information necessary to carry out the corresponding activity. These service providers will be prohibited from transmitting your personal information or using it for different purposes, especially for advertising purposes.
In the event that external service providers access your personal data, we will ensure through legal, technical, and organizational measures, as well as regular controls, that they also comply with current regulations regarding data protection.
No transmission of your personal data to other companies for commercial purposes will be carried out.
Website Optimization Tools
In the collection of personal data through website optimization tools, we refer to our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR in combination with recital no. 47. According to these, direct advertising generally represents a legitimate interest. Your interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms will not be superior to our advertising interest, as in our data protection statement we will inform you comprehensively of data collection and you will have the option to opt out at all times (by link or browser settings). Likewise, we only use pseudonymized tracking.
Cookies
In certain parts of our pages, cookies are used. A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded from a web page to your hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies on our websites do not collect any personal data. We use the information contained in cookies to facilitate the use of our pages and adapt them to your needs.
Our website uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookies that are stored in the user’s Internet browser until the browser window is closed and the session cookies are deleted. Persistent cookies are used for repeat visits, remaining in the user’s browser for a specified period of time (typically 1 year or more). These cookies are not deleted when the browser is closed. This type of cookie is used to remember a user’s preferences when they return to the page.
You can also use our website without cookies. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, you can disable this option in your browser settings. You can always delete stored cookies in your browser settings. The instructions from your browser manufacturer will explain how this works in each case. However, please note that the offering of our website may be limited if you disable cookies.
Social Bookmarks
On our website there are integrated social bookmarks (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn). Social bookmarks are Internet bookmarks that allow users of these services to collect links and news, which on our website appear as a link to the respective services. By clicking on the embedded graphic, you will be redirected to the corresponding service page; that is, only then will user information be transmitted to the respective service. In the data protection provisions of the respective service, you can consult information about the use of your personal data when using these web pages.
Data Security
MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. undertakes technical and organizational security measures to protect your data managed by us against manipulation, loss, or unauthorized destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improving in line with technological progress.
Rights of Data Subjects
When processing your personal data, you are a data subject in accordance with the GDPR, therefore the following rights correspond to the data subject:
Right of Access According to Art. 15 GDPR
You may request confirmation of whether we process personal data concerning you. In the event that we have processed your data, you will enjoy additional information rights in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.
Right of Rectification
If your collected data is incorrect or incomplete, you may request that it be rectified without delay, in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.
Right to Restriction of Processing
In accordance with the provisions of Art. 18 GDPR, you may request in certain circumstances the restriction of processing of personal data concerning you.
In accordance with the restriction, your data may only be processed with your consent or to assert, exercise, or defend legal rights or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State. Before lifting the restriction, we will inform you duly.
Right to Erasure
In the event that one of the reasons prevails according to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, you may request the immediate erasure of personal data concerning you, unless there is an exception to the obligation to erase in accordance with Art. 17 para. 3 GDPR.
Right to Notification
If you have exercised the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing, we will be obligated in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR to notify all recipients of your personal data, unless notification proves impossible or requires disproportionate effort. You will also have the right to be informed of the recipients. You have the right to be informed of these recipients by the data controller.
Right to Data Portability
Likewise, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to obtain from us the personal data concerning you in a machine-readable format and transmit the data to another data controller without any impediment, provided that the requirements of Art. 20 para. 1 letter a GDPR are met, or to request that your personal data be transmitted directly to another data controller, provided that this is technically feasible and does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of other persons. This right does not apply to processing of personal data necessary to perform a task in the public interest or to exercise official authority.
Right to Object
You have the right to object at any time to MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. regarding the processing of data concerning you, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR.
We will cease processing your personal data, unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal rights.
Right to Revoke the Authorization Statement According to Data Protection Regulations
You will have the right at all times to revoke your authorization statement according to data protection regulations by means of a statement to MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. The revocation of authorization will not affect the legality of processing carried out under the authorization until its revocation.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority
Without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies, you will have the right at all times to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, especially in the Member State of your place of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes this Regulation.
Modifications to the Data Protection Statement
This data protection statement will be continuously adapted as the Internet or our offering develops. Modifications will be announced on this page with due notice. To stay informed of the current status of our data usage provisions, we recommend regularly consulting this page.
Data Transfer
Monlau Centro de Estudios guarantees compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
In accordance with European Directive 2016/679 of April 27, you are hereby informed and give your consent to the incorporation of your data into automated files, and to the automated processing thereof by Monlau Centro de Estudios, for communication and administrative purposes related to the company’s activity, and with other companies in the group.
Likewise, in accordance with current legislation, we inform you that the provision of your data is voluntary.
We also inform you that you may exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation, objection, portability, and erasure by contacting Monlau Centro de Estudios in writing at C/ Monlau 6, 08027 Barcelona or by email at info@monlau.com