Privacy Policy

Privacy
Policy

39-Grad (“39-Grad”, “us” or “we”) understands that your privacy is important to you. 39-Grad is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personally-identifiable information, being any information that is capable of identifying you as an individual person and as you use this Site. The scope of 39-Grad’s commitment is described in this Privacy Policy. By submitting personally-identifiable information, you consent to 39-grad’s use of such personally-identifiable information as described herein. Please see our terms of use for more information about our on-line terms and policies in general.

What personally-identifiable information is collected?
39-Grad collects personally-identifiable information on certain areas of the Site when users send us in some communication. The personally-identifiable information collected may consist of information that you provide, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address and telephone number. In addition, 39-Grad collects certain information that you do not visibly enter, such as your IP address, browsing pattern on the Site, click stream data, HTTP protocol elements, and the status of cookies placed on your computer by 39-Grad.

How may 39-grad uses my personally-identifiable information?
39-Grad uses your personally-identifiable information to fulfill your requests for information. We may keep any of your personally-identifiable information on file and use it to contact you.

How are cookies used?
Cookies are small packets of information that are stored by your web browser. They are put on your web browser by the websites that you visit. These packets of information do not contain personal information about you but they do allow us to know if you visit the same website twice or if you visit related websites. The laws in many European Union countries require you to provide a form of consent before cookies are placed on your web browser unless the cookie is necessary for the website to work. There is no agreed standard for how companies comply with these laws. We do the following: We only use cookies where they are necessary for our services or where you have provided your express or implied consent. We respect your wishes, and you can inspect, delete, or block any cookies used by us by selecting the appropriate control in your web browser. We support technologies that have been developed and are being developed for your web browser that allows you to be more selective about the cookies that your web browser will accept.

What are “cookies” used for on this website?
39-Grad uses cookies to identify you and your interests and to track your use of the Site. We also use cookies to control access to certain content on our Site and to process any requests that you make with us. To administer our website and for research purposes, 39-Grad has also contracted with third parties to track and analyze anonymous usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and members. Such information is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis. These third parties use persistent cookies to help us to improve the visitor experience, manage our site content, and track visitor behavior. 39-Grad has also contracted with a third party to send e-mail to our registered members. To help measure and improve the effectiveness of our e-mail communications, the third party sets cookies. All data collected by this third party on behalf of 39-Grad is used solely by or on behalf of 39-Grad and is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis. More specifically, 39-Grad places the following cookies:

Cookie

Cookie Purpose

Nature of the Cookies

Cookie Type

Approval Method

Web Analytics

Google Analytics: tracks each user’s amount of visits, and the time of the first, the previous, and the current visit

First Party

Permanent

Implied Consent

o   Cookie

o   Cookie Purpose

o   Nature of the Cookies

o   Cookie Type

o   Approval Method

o   Web Analytics

o   Google Analytics: tracks each user’s amount of visits, and the time of the first, the previous, and the current visit

o   First Party

o   Permanent

o   Implied Consen

 

Definitions: “First Party” Cookie – A cookie placed by this website “Third Party” Cookie – A cookie placed by another domain (e.g. not this website) “Permanent” Cookie – The cookie information is permanently stored on your device “Temporary” Cookie – The cookie information is stored for a defined period on your device (e.g. six months) “Session” Cookie – The cookie information is temporarily stored in your web browser’s memory Implied Consent – You are deemed to have given your consent by continuing to use this website after having had this privacy policy made available to you Explicit Consent – You specifically agree to the use of cookies after having had this privacy policy made available to you “Strictly Necessary” Cookies – These cookies are required so the website can function. No consent is required We don’t seek to collect your personal information, and, where we do collect it, we strive to anonymize your personal information as soon as practicable.

Is personally-identifiable information disclosed to third parties?
39-Grad shall not intentionally disclose or transfer (and shall take reasonable steps to prevent the unauthorized or accidental disclosure of) your personally-identifiable information to third parties (i.e., persons or entities that are not affiliates of 39-Grad) without your consent, whether for such third parties’ marketing purposes or otherwise, except as follows. 39-Grad may provide access to your personally-identifiable information to third party vendors engaged by 39-Grad to provide services related to the Site; provided that such vendors will first agree to maintain the strict confidentiality of such information and provide the same level of data security as provided by 39-Grad. 39-Grad may also be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities without express user consent if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules, and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the Terms of Use of or any other terms on this Site, including but not limited to a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through this Site, 39-Grad may disclose personal user information to affected parties and legal authorities in furtherance of potential or on-going legal proceedings.

Link to third-party sites
39-Grad may provide links to third-party websites or information as a service to our users. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by 39-Grad of the third party, the third party website, or the information contained therein, and 39-Grad shall not be responsible or liable for your use thereof. Such use shall be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies applicable to those sites.

How can I access, change, and/or delete information?
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally-identifiable information that you submit to the Site. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the Site on which you have provided such information, subscribed or registered or contact us at the address provide at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.

Security
39-Grad has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally-identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized 39-Grad personnel and third party vendors are provided access to personally-identifiable information, and these employees and vendors are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, 39-Grad, however, cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personally-identifiable information.

Transborder hosting and transfer of information
Personally-identifiable information collected on the Site may be transferred from time to time to 39-Grad offices or personnel, or to third parties, located throughout the world, and the Site may be viewed and hosted by 39-Grad or its vendors anywhere in the world, including countries that may not have the same data protection laws than what is found in your country of residence. By using the Site and registering such information on it, you voluntarily consent to such transborder transfer and hosting of such information.

Date Retention Policy
39-Grad stores personally-identifiable information for various purposes as notified to you in this policy. For each of these different purposes, 39-Grad only retains the personally-identifiable information for so long as it is serving its notified purpose. More specifically, 39-Grad retains personally-identifiable information for:

System: 39-Grad.com
Data Retention Purpose: Your contact details will be collected for the purpose of registering for the event.
Retention Period: 6 months after the event– Your contact details will be retained for the duration of the event and 6 months thereafter to assist with organizing the event.

Children
39-Grad understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an on-line environment. The Site is not designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and 39-Grad will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under this age.

Consent; changes to privacy policy
By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 28, 2014.

Contact our privacy department
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or if you require any assistance in navigating or reading the materials on this Site or any other 39-Grad Sites, please contact us at: Barcelona Consulting Team, 08034 Barcelona, Spain