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.
With this data protection information, we would like to keep you informed about when we store which data and for what purpose we use it, while naturally complying at all times with the applicable data protection regulations.

Ongoing technological development, changes to our services or regulations, as well as other reasons, may require adjustments to our data protection information. Therefore, we reserve the right to amend this data protection statement at any time and ask you to check it periodically for the latest version.

Basic information

Unless otherwise stated in the following sections, no personal data will be collected, processed or used when you use our web pages. When you access our web pages, our servers automatically collect general information. This includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, the IP address of the computer used, the website from which you visit us, the pages you visit, as well as the date and duration of the visit.
We cannot use this data to identify individual users. We only evaluate the information statistically and use it exclusively to improve the appeal, content and functions of our web pages.

Definition of personal data

The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) defines personal data as follows:

Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter, the “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person.

Legal basis for the collection and processing of personal data:
If you request authorization to process personal data, the legal basis will be Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
When processing your personal data to perform a contract between you and MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A., the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. This also applies to the processing of personal data necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
If the processing of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests, the legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Data deletion and storage period:

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies. In addition, data may be stored if this is provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the data subject is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed by these provisions expires, unless continued storage of the data is required for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

Collection and processing of personal data

Personal data will only be collected if you provide it on your own initiative, for example to place an order, request information, provide a service or activities related to it, or register for personalized services. If advertising is sent, you will be informed of the purpose of the processing and, if necessary, your authorization will be requested to store the data.
The personal data collected on our web pages will be used without your consent only to take orders or to process your inquiries. Likewise, your data will be used only with your consent in a centralized database of customers and interested parties managed under the responsibility of MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
Your data and its processing will be protected against access by unauthorized persons. Please note that unencrypted emails are not protected against unauthorized access.
Your data will not be sold, rented or otherwise transferred to third parties other than those described here. The transmission of personal data to institutions and public authorities will only take place in accordance with binding national regulations. Our employees, agents and distributors are obliged by us to maintain the strictest confidentiality.

Contact form

You can contact us via our email address or the contact form. We will use the personal data you provide in this way exclusively for the purpose of contacting you.

If, in our contact form, we request information that is not necessary to contact us, we will always identify it as optional. This information will help clarify your inquiry and process it in the best possible way. Providing this information is explicitly voluntary and subject to your consent. If it concerns information about communication channels (email, phone, etc.), you also consent to us contacting you via that channel, where applicable, in order to respond to your inquiry.
You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.

User portal

You can 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 is voluntary, but it may be a condition for using our services/platforms.

Transfer of data to external service providers (processors)

Your data will be provided to external service providers commissioned by us who support MONLAU CENTRE D’ESTUDIS S.A. in delivering its services.
The processing of your personal data by the responsible service providers will be carried out as commissioned processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
These service providers will only have access to the personal information necessary to carry out the relevant activity. These service providers will be prohibited from passing on your personal information or using it for other purposes, especially advertising purposes.
If external service providers access your personal data, we will ensure through legal, technical and organizational measures, as well as regular checks, that they also comply with the applicable data protection regulations.
No personal data will be transferred to other companies for commercial purposes.

Website optimization tools

When collecting personal data through website optimization tools, we refer to our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Recital 47. According to this, direct marketing generally constitutes a legitimate interest. Your interests, rights and fundamental freedoms will not override our marketing interest, as we will inform you comprehensively in this data protection statement about data collection and you will always have the option to opt out (via link or browser settings). Likewise, we only use pseudonymized tracking.