Legal notice
In this Legal Notice, the User may find all the information relating to the legalconditions that define the relationship between users and the party responsible forthe website accessible at the URL address https://www.plocan.eu (hereinafter, thewebsite), which PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS makes available toInternet users.Use of the website implies full and unreserved acceptance of each and every oneof the provisions included in this Legal Notice. Consequently, the user of thewebsite must read this Legal Notice carefully each time he/she intends to use thewebsite, as the text may be modified at the discretion of the owner of the website,or as a result of a change in legislation, jurisprudence or business practice.
1.- DETAILS OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WEBSITE.
Holder’s name: PLOCANRegistered office: Carretera de Taliarte, s/n.C.I.F.: Q3500385DContact telephone number: 928134414Email: info@plocan.euPLOCAN is responsible for the Website and undertakes to comply with all nationaland European requirements that regulate the use of users’ personal data.This Website guarantees the protection and confidentiality of the personal dataprovided to us in accordance with the provisions of the General Personal DataProtection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of theCouncil, of 27 April 2016, in the Organic Law 3/2018, on the Protection of PersonalData and guarantee of digital rights, as well as in the Law on Information SocietyServices and Electronic Commerce 34/2002 of 11 July (LSSI-CE).
2.- OBJECT.
The website provides users with access to information and services provided byPLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS to those persons or organisationsinterested in them.Access to and use of the Website confers the condition of user of the Website(hereinafter, the “User”) and implies acceptance of all the conditions included in thisLegal Notice as well as its modifications. The provision of the Website service islimited to the time at which the User is connected to the Website or to any of theservices provided through it. Therefore, the User must read this Legal Noticecarefully each time he/she intends to use the Website, as the Website and itsconditions of use set out in this Legal Notice may be subject to change.
3.- ACCESS AND USE OF THE WEBSITE.
3.1.- Access to and use of the website is free of charge. Access to the website isfree of charge for its users, except for the cost of connection through thetelecommunications network supplied by the access provider contracted by theusers.3.2.- User registration. In general, access to and use of the website does notrequire prior subscription or registration by users.3.3.- Users guarantee and are responsible, in any case, for the accuracy, validityand authenticity of the personal data provided, and undertake to keep them dulyupdated. The user agrees to provide complete and correct information in thecontact or subscription form.Under no circumstances shall data concerning the professional or financial situationor the privacy of other members of the family be collected from the minor withouttheir consent. If you are under the age of thirteen and have accessed this websitewithout notifying your parents, you must not register as a user.This website respects and takes care of the personal data of its users. As a useryou should know that your rights are guaranteed.
4.- CONTENTS OF THE WEBSITE.
The language used by the owner on the website shall be Spanish. PLATAFORMAOCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS accepts no responsibility for the user’s failure tounderstand or comprehend the language of the website, nor for the consequencesthereof.PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS may modify the contents without priornotice, as well as delete and change these within the website, and the way in whichthey are accessed, without any justification and freely, and shall not be heldresponsible for the consequences that these may cause to users.It is forbidden to use the contents of the website to promote, contract ordisseminate advertising or information of its own or of third parties without theauthorisation of PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS, or to send advertisingor information using the services or information made available to users, regardlessof whether the use is free of charge or not.The links or hyperlinks that third parties incorporate in their web pages, directed tothis website, will be for the opening of the complete web page, not being able toexpress, directly or indirectly, false, inaccurate or confusing indications, nor to incurin unfair or illegal actions against PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS.
5.- SECURITY MEASURES.
The personal data communicated by the user may be stored in automated or non-automated databases, whose ownership corresponds exclusively to PLATAFORMAOCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS, which assumes all the technical, organisational andsecurity measures that guarantee the confidentiality, integrity and quality of theinformation contained therein in accordance with the provisions of currentlegislation on the protection of personal data.
6.- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Both access to the website and any non-consensual use that may be made of theinformation contained therein is the sole responsibility of the user. PLATAFORMAOCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS shall not be liable for any consequences or damagesthat may arise from such access or use. PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DECANARIAS accepts no responsibility for any security errors that may occur or forany damage that may be caused to the user’s computer system (hardware andsoftware), or to the files or documents stored therein, as a result of:– the presence of a virus in the user’s computer used to connect to the servicesand contents of the website.– a browser malfunction.– and/or the use of outdated versions of it.PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS is not responsible for the reliability andspeed of the hyperlinks incorporated in the website for the opening of otherwebsites. PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS does not guarantee theusefulness of these links, nor is it responsible for the content or services that theuser may access through these links, nor for the proper functioning of thesewebsites.PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS shall not be liable for viruses or othercomputer programmes that damage or may damage users’ computer systems orequipment when accessing its website or other websites accessed through links onthis website.
7.- USE OF “COOKIE” TECHNOLOGY.
The Website may use cookies or similar technologies which shall be governed bythe provisions of the Cookies Policy, accessible at all times and respecting theconfidentiality and privacy of the user, being an integral part of this Legal Notice.
8.- NAVIGATION.
Internet servers may collect non-identifiable data, which may include IP addressesand other data that cannot be used to identify the user. Your IP address will bestored in the access logs automatically and for the sole purpose of enablingInternet transit, and it is necessary for your computer to provide this IP addresswhen you browse the Internet in order for communications to take place. Likewise,the IP address may be used to make statistics, in an anonymised manner, on thenumber of visitors to this website and their origin, in a way that is completelytransparent to their browsing.
9.- INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
The user knows and accepts that all the contents and/or any other elements of thewebsite are the property of PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS, andundertakes to respect the intellectual and industrial property rights owned byPLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS. Any use of the website or its contentsmust be of an exclusively private nature.PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS reserves the exclusive right to anyother use that involves the copy, reproduction, distribution, transformation, publiccommunication or any other similar action, of all or part of the contents of thewebsite, and therefore no user may carry out these actions without the prior writtenauthorisation of PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS.
10.- APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT JURISDICTION
This Legal Notice shall be interpreted and governed in accordance with Spanishlaw. PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS and the users, expressly waivingany other jurisdiction to which they may be entitled, submit to the courts andtribunals of the user’s domicile for any dispute that may arise from access to or useof the website. In the event that the user is domiciled outside Spain, PLATAFORMAOCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS and the user agree to submit to the courts andtribunals of Telde, expressly renouncing any other jurisdiction.
Privacy policy
The Consortium for the design, construction, equipment and operation of theOceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (hereinafter referred to as PLOCAN), inaccordance with current legislation on Personal Data Protection, hereby informs theusers of the website www.plocan.eu (hereinafter referred to as “the Website”) of the Privacy and Data Protection Policy that will apply to the processing of the personaldata that the User voluntarily provides when accessing its website.
By providing PLOCAN with their personal data through the electronic forms on the Website and the contact section and, where applicable, by ticking the corresponding acceptance box, the User expressly consents to PLOCAN being able to process this data under the terms of this Privacy and Data Protection Policy clause and for the purposes expressed here in.
PLOCAN informs the users of the Website that their personal data may only beobtained for processing when they are adequate, relevant and not excessive inrelation to the specific, explicit and legitimate scope and purposes for which theyhave been obtained. They shall be deleted when they are no longer necessary orrelevant for that purpose or when requested by the data subject in the exercise of his or her right of deletion.
PLOCAN declares its commitment to comply with the legislation in force at all timesin the field of data protection.
The personal data provided will be processed by PLOCAN and will be used inaccordance with the following information.
What personal data do we collect through the Site?
We may collect or receive your data through your visit to the Site or as a result ofyour interaction with us by completing and submitting the contact form or as a resultof your interaction with us on our social media profile pages identified on the Site.In some cases, personal data is provided directly by the user when subscribing toour Newsletter or newsletter, when contacting us through the channels provided,responding to surveys, subscribing to our social network profiles or interacting withus through these profiles by means of comments, opinions or sharing the contentpublished on each profile. In other cases, personal data is obtained indirectly fromthe user for purely statistical purposes in order to analyse the use made of ourwebsite through the use of cookies or to provide added value services such as thelocation map of our offices (See our Cookies Policy). The table below providesmore detailed information on the processing of your personal data, including thefollowing headings:
- Primary purposes: This identifies the purpose for which we need to collect yourdata, i.e. why we process your information.
- Legitimacy: The reason that enables us to process your data is detailed.
- Retention periods: The specific retention period or the criteria that determinethis period is identified.
- Recipients: We identify, where appropriate, with whom we will legitimately share your data.
- Rights of data subjects: We inform you of your rights as a data subject withregard to the processing of your personal data.
- The fields of the contact form marked with an asterisk (*) included in the Pageare considered obligatory fields in order to be able to deal with your request orthe evaluation of the information you wish to provide us with. Likewise, if you donot accept the installation of cookies, you will not be able to activate the Page’sanalytics services or view the location map of our offices.
- The contact details will be kept for as long as the relationship is maintained andtheir deletion is not requested. In relation to cookies, please consult ourCookies Policy to identify the validity of each cookie.
- The data associated with your interaction in the corporate profiles of socialnetworks will be kept for the period of time that you enable in said socialnetwork to your publications.
INFORMATION ON PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
(In compliance with EU Regulation 2016/679 on Data Protection)
| Data controller | The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN)
NIF: Q3500385D, Direction: Carretera de Taliarte, s/n, 35200, Telde, Gran Canaria. Telephone:+34928134414 e-mail: info@plocan.eu contact DPD: dpd@plocan.eu |
| Purposes | Cookies: to maintain the registered user login, provide statisticsassociated with the use of the Page, location of our offices and anti-spam systems (captcha).sending of commercial communications –expressly requested. |
| Legitimation
and retention |
The basis for the processing of the data corresponds to the consentgiven by the User when filling in the data, ticking the acceptancebox and sending the form or information, subscribing to the sendingThe fields of the contact form marked with an asterisk (*) includedon the Page are considered obligatory fields in order to deal withyour request or the evaluation of the information that you wish toprovide us with. Likewise, if you do not accept the installation ofcookies, you will not be able to activate the Page’s analyticalservices or view the location map of our offices.the contact detailswill be kept for as long as the relationship is maintained and you donot request their deletion. In relation to cookies, please consult ourCookies Policy to identify the validity of each cookie. The dataassociated with your interaction in the corporate profiles of socialnetworks will be retained for the period of time that you enable insaid social network to your publications. |
| Recipients of international transfers and assignments | There are no plans to transfer your data to third parties responsiblefor web analytics services: The Site has enabled Google Analyticsservices provided by Google LLC. Interaction with users through theuse of this tool involves the international transfer of analytical andtechnical data relating to the Site. The transfer is made under theEU-US Privacy Shield agreement. – Information availableat: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI Social media owners: PLOCAN uses the social networks Twitter,Facebook and YouTube. Interaction with users through the use ofsuch profiles or tools involves the international transfer of data of ananalytical and technical nature in relation to the Site and networkprofiles, and the data provided by users through such profiles isprocessed by the company on its servers. |
| Rights of data subjects | ou may exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure,portability, and limitation or opposition by writing to the addressabove.data subjects have the right to withdraw the consentgiven.data subjects have the right to complain to the SupervisoryAuthority (Spanish Data Protection Agency): www.agpd.es |
The user shall be solely responsible for the veracity of the data provided toPLOCAN.PLOCAN adopts the technical and organisational measures necessary toguarantee the security of the personal data contained therein and to prevent theiralteration, loss, unauthorised processing or access, taking into account the state oftechnology, the nature of the data and the risks to which they are exposed.The Site has the SSL Certificate (Secure Socket Layer), in order to guarantee thesecurity of data transmission between your browser and our Site.The secure server establishes a connection so that the information is transmitted inencrypted form, which ensures that it is only intelligible to the user’s device and thatof the Site. Thus, by using the SSL protocol, it is guaranteed:
- That the user is communicating their data to the Page’s server centre and not toany other.
- That between the user and the Site the data is transmitted in encrypted form,preventing its possible reading or manipulation by third parties.
To verify that he/she is in a secure environment, the Customer should check thatthe address of the Verification Page begins with https://You can also identify the Site as secure when a padlock icon appears in theaddress bar of your browser.Finally, you can also verify the presence of the SSL certificate by checking theproperties of the Page in your browser, for which you should consult thecharacteristics of the certificate.Any changes made to the Privacy Policy and information management practiceswill be reflected in a timely manner, and PLOCAN may add, modify or delete suchprivacy policy as it deems necessary.Under no circumstances will PLOCAN modify policies or practices to make themless effective in protecting our clients’ previously stored personal data without theprior consent of the clients concerned.
Cookies policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that are recorded in the browser used by each visitor to our website so that the server can remember that user’s visit at a later date when they access our content again. This information does not reveal your identity or any personal data, nor does it access the content stored on your computer, but it does allow our system to identify you as a specific user who has visited the website before, viewed certain pages, etc. and it also allows us to save your personal preferences and technical information.
In compliance with Directive 2009/136/EC, implemented in our legislation by the second paragraph of Article 22 of the LSSI, following the guidelines of the AEPD, we proceed to inform you in detail of the use made of our website.xdsw Cookies are then classified according to a number of categories. However, it should be noted that the same cookie may be included in more than one category.
Types of cookies according to the entity that manages them
- Own cookies: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself.
- Third-party cookies: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data.
Types of cookies according to the length of time they remain active
- Session cookies: These are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
- Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookie in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
Types of cookies according to their purpose
- Technical cookies: Those that allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist on it.
- Personalisation cookies: These cookies allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user’s terminal.
- Advertising Cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included on a web page.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: These cookies allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included on a web page. These cookies store information on the behaviour of users obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows a specific profile to be developed in order to display advertising based on the same.
- Analysis cookies: These cookies allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by users of the service.
Currently, most browsers are set by default to block the installation of advertising or third-party cookies on your computer. The user can extend the restrictions of origin, preventing the entry of any type of cookie, or remove such restrictions, accepting the entry of any type of cookies. If you are interested in accepting advertising or third-party cookies, you can configure your browser accordingly. Acceptance by the user, by clicking on the ACCEPT button shown in the initial information on cookies, implies that they are expressly consenting to the party responsible for their use, and they may exercise their rights and revoke their consent at any time by sending a request to PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS. Below you will find detailed information on all the cookies that may be installed on our website. Depending on your navigation, your browser settings and your acceptance or rejection of them, all or only some of them may be installed.
| Nombre | Categoria | Descripción | Propiedad | Duración |
| _ga | Analysis | It is used to distinguish users. | Third parties | 2 years |
| _gid | Analysis | It is used to distinguish users. | Third parties | 24 hours |
| PHPSESSID | Funcionality | This cookie is used by the PHP encryption language to allow session variables to be stored on the web server. | Own | End of the session |
| wp-settings- | Funcionality | Used to customise the User Interface. | Own | 1 year |
| wp-settings-time- | Funcionality | Used to customise the User Interface. | Own | End of the session |
| _utma | Analysis | Used to distinguish users and sessions. | Third parties | 2 years |
| _utmz | Analysis | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site. | Third parties | 6 months |
| pll_language | Funcionality | Polylang is an extension for making multilingual WordPress websites | Own | 1 year |
| __utmz | Funcionality | We do not know the origin of the cookie | Third parties | We do not know the origin of the cookie |
| __utma | Funcionality | We do not know the origin of the cookie | Third parties | We do not know the origin of the cookie |
| redux_current_tab_get | Funcionality | We do not know the origin of the cookie | Third parties | We do not know the origin of the cookie |
| redux_current_tab | Funcionality | We do not know the origin of the cookie | Third parties | We do not know the origin of the cookie |
We may update the Cookie Policy on our Website, so we recommend that you review this policy each time you access our Website in order to be properly informed about how and what we use cookies for. If you do not want cookies to be saved in your browser or you prefer to receive information each time a cookie requests to be installed, you can configure your browsing options so that this is done. Most browsers allow cookies to be managed in 3 different ways:
- Cookies are always rejected;
- The browser asks whether the user wishes to install each cookie;
- Cookies are always accepted;
Your browser may also include the ability to select in detail which cookies you want to be placed on your computer. In particular, the user can normally accept one of the following options:
- Reject cookies from certain domains;
- Reject third party cookies;
- Accept cookies as non-persistent (they are deleted when the browser is closed);
- Allow the server to create cookies for a different domain.
To allow, learn about, block or delete the cookies installed on your computer, you can do so by configuring the browser options installed on your computer. Information on how to configure the most commonly used browsers can be found at the following locations:
- Internet Explorer : Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings. For more information, you can consult Microsoft support or browser Help.
- Firefox : Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom settings. For more information, you can consult Mozilla support or the browser’s Help.
- Chrome : Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings. For more information, you can consult Google support or browser Help.
- Safari : Preferences -> Security For more information, you can consult Apple support or browser Help.