Legal

1. Purpose 

1.1 Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA (hereinafter the service provider or provider) responsible for the website, places this document at the disposal of users to comply with the obligations of General Data PRotection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and Act 34/2002 on Information Society and E-commerce services (LSSI-CE), Basic Act 3/2018 of December 5 on Personal Data Protection, as well as to inform all website users of the terms of use of the website.

1.2 Anyone accessing this website and using its services or supplying their data will be considered a user and will be committed to strictly observe and comply with what is contained herein, as well as any other applicable legal provisions.

1.3 Acceptance of this document implies that the user:

1. Has read and understood what it contains.

2. Assumes and accepts all the obligations it contains.

1.4 These terms will have an indefinite period of validity.

1.5 The provider reserves the right to modify any information contained on the website without needing to give prior notice or having to inform the users of these modifications, publication on the provider’s website will be sufficient.

1.6 Therefore it is recommended that users regularly check this legal note.

1.7 The provider reserves the right to refuse or restrict a user’s use and/or access to the website in case of non-compliance with these general terms, without any obligation to compensate or indemnify the user for this action.

2. Identities of the Parties

2.1. On the one hand, the provider, identified above and on the other the user, registered on the website, who will be responsible for the truthfulness of the personal data supplied to the service provider.

3. Disclaimer

3.1 The service provider:

1. Will not be held liable for any responsibility regarding the information published on the website if this information has been manipulated or inserted by a third party not related to the website, 

2. Is not responsible for the opinions expressed by collaborators, in articles or works published in the website. 

3. Is not responsible for the lack of updating of the user’s data as a result of the user’s non-compliance with the commitment to inform of any change affecting their personal data, as detailed in these general terms and conditions. 

4. Cannot guarantee that the use made of the website and its services complies with the law, these general terms and conditions and public security; nevertheless, measures will be taken to comply with current legislation on this issue.

5. Will not be held liable for damages or harm of any kind derived from the user’s incorrect, illegitimate or illicit use of the web or the services it offers. 

6. The service provider reserves the right to impede a user’s access and use of the services offered in the website at any moment and without prior notice in cases of breach of the General and particular terms of use and conditions, as well as in cases of acts against the law, generally accepted principles of morality and good conduct and public security. 

7. The service provider reserves the right to modify these general terms at any time, respecting the rights acquired by the users. Users will be informed of any modification, as soon as possible. Insertion of the new text in the general terms published on the website will be considered as notification of the modification. The use of the website after the modification of the general terms implies the user’s acceptance.

8. Under no circumstances will the service provider be liable for moral damages, lost profit and/or and direct or indirect damages suffered by the user.

9. The user of the website may be redirected to contents of third parties. As the provider is unable to control the contents third parties may place on their websites, the provider will have no responsibility as to those contents. In any case, the provider declares that it will immediately remove any content that could contravene national or international legislation, morality or public order, proceeding to immediately remove the redirection to said website and inform the authorities of the content in question. 

10. This website has been checked and reviewed to ensure it works correctly. In principle, correct operation 365 days a year and 24 hours a day can be guaranteed. Nevertheless, the provider cannot rule out the possibility of circumstances such as programming errors, that could cause interruptions in the service in order to carry out maintenance or events out of the control of the provider, such as force majeure causes, natural catastrophes, hackers or crackers, strikes or similar circumstances that could impede access to the website. 

11. In any case, the user may not claim economic compensation for service interruption. 

4. Intellectual and Industrial Property

4.1 The website, including but not limited to programming, edition, compilation and other elements necessary for its operation, the designs, logos, photographs, text and/or graphic elements are the property of the provider of the service or, if applicable, the provider holds a licence provided by the authors. All the contents of the website are duly protected by intellectual and industrial legislation, as well as being inscribed in the corresponding public registers.

4.2 Regardless of the purpose it is used for, any total or partial reproduction, use, exploitation, distribution and commercialisation of this material will always require authorisation in writing by the provider. Any use not authorised in advance by the provider will be considered a serious breach of the author’s intellectual or industrial property rights.

4.3 Any designs, logos, text, photographs and/or graphic elements that appear on the website and do not belong to the provider are the property of their respective owners and they will be responsible for any possible dispute that may arise with regard to them. In any case, the provider has the prior and express authorisation from the owners.

4.4 The website user and/or visitor will be committed to respect these rights and consequently not to copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, transmit, publish, exhibit or represent any of the aforementioned contents of the website by any means different from those supplied by the same website for this purpose, or those used legitimately on the Internet and which have been expressly authorised in advance by the provider. Additionally, the user is committed not to carry out any other activity that could be in breach of the intellectual property rights of the provider, or of the users of the website.

4.5 The following e-mail address may be used to make any observations or comments on possible breaches of intellectual or industrial property rights, as well as about any of the contents of the website: infodat@bse.eu.

5. IP Addresses

5.1 Website servers can automatically detect the IP address and name of the domain the user is accessing by. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to Internet. All this information is recorded in a duly inscribed file containing the activity of the server that enables subsequent processing of the data to obtain purely statistical measurements so as to know the number of page prints, number of hits on the website services, the order of the hits, access point, etc.

6. Salvatory Clause

6.1 Any possible invalidity or inefficacy of any or several of the clauses in this general terms and conditions document, for any reason, will not invalidate the terms as a whole and all the rest of the clauses will remain in force.

7. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

7.1 Any elements not expressly detailed in the terms and conditions will be governed by Spanish legislation. The provider and the user agree to submit any dispute that may arise regarding the products or services supplied under these terms to the Law Courts of the address of the user.

7.2 If the user were to have their residence outside Spain, the provider and the user expressly waiver their own jurisdiction, being subject to the Law Courts of Barcelona.

8. Data Protection

8.1 Basic information about Data Protection within the obligations of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and Organic Law 3/ 2018 of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights.

8.2 Detailed information about the processing of your data by BSE on this website

Who is responsible for the processing of your data?

• Identity: Barcelona Graduate School of Economics Fundació Privada, VAT No.: G64296569
• Correspondence address: C/ Ramón Trias Fargas nº 25-27, 08005 Barcelona
• Phone no.: Customer service +34 93 5421222
• Email: infodat@bse.eu

For what purpose will we process your personal data?

• To process applications for admission.
• To request / receive information from BSE
• Newsletter subscription
• Research Email Alerts subscription
• To sign up for the Career Center
• To receive Summer Forum Email Updates
• To keep track of the academic record of students and participants
• To keep alumni community informed

How long will we keep your data?

The data processed to manage the admission process and all that is generated from the provision of academic services, the data will be kept for the period necessary to comply with legal obligations.

• Regarding the sending of the different communications, until we understand that the sending is not necessary, or you request its elimination.
• The data processed to manage the registration process for the Career Center, while you are part of it.
• The data processed to manage your membership in the Alumni community, while you are part of it.

What is the legitimacy for the processing of your data?

• To process admissions requests: Art. 6.1b GDPR processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
• To request/receive information from BSE: Art. 6.1a GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes; or Art. 6.1f GDPR processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party.
• Subscription to the newsletter: Art. 6.1a GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Subscription to email alerts about BSE activities: Art. 6.1a GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• To enroll in the Career Center: Art. 6.1a GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• To receive email updates about the Summer Forum: Art. 6.1a GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• To be part of the Alumni Community: Art. 6.1a GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.

To which recipients will your data be communicated?

The communication of the data provided through this website is not foreseen, beyond those cases in which the communication of data is essential to fulfill the purposes for which it is intended to be used.

Data can be communicated to those in charge of the BSE Data Treatment (Data Controller)

What data are we going to process?

Essentially, the data processed will be the data that you provide us or that may be generated from your academic relationship with BSE.

Identification data, contact data, academic information, professional experience, bank details.

What happens if I do not provide the requested data?

The refusal to provide all necessary data or indicated as mandatory could mean the impossibility of accessing the requested services or responding to your requests.

International data transfer.

The communication of the data provided through this website is not foreseen, beyong those cases in which the communication of data is essential to fulfill the purposes for which it is planned to be used, for example, in the case of companies, in third countries within the framework of the Career Center or from the provision of services by a provider (Data Processor)

What are your rights when you provide us with your data?

While BSE processes your personal data you have the right to request:

• Access.- The data subject shall have the right to obtain confirmation from the data controller of whether or not the data concerning him/her are being processed, as well as detailed information on certain aspects of the processing being carried out.
• Rectification.- The data subject shall have the right to obtain rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning him/her.
• Deletion.- The data subject shall have the right to request the deletion of his/her personal data, although deletion shall always be subject to the limits established in the regulatory standard.
• Restriction of processing.- The data subject shall have the right to request the restriction of the processing of his/her personal data.
• Opposition to processing.- In certain circumstances and for reasons relating to their particular situation, data subjects may object to the processing of their data. Etnia Barcelona will stop processing the data, except for legitimate, compelling reasons, or the exercise or defence of possible claims.
• Right to the portability of your data.- In other words, you will have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to a data controller, in a structured format, of common use and mechanical reading and to transmit them to another data controller

Guardianship of the control authorities
If you deem it appropriate, you can request the guardianship of the Catalan Data Protection Authority, presenting the corresponding claim, https://apdcat.gencat.cat

Security

Servers and data, including personal data, are stored in safe environments. All access to any data is only possible via specific secure connections and with valid credentials. In case of breach of security, breach is analyzed and treated accordingly, analyzing the type of security breach and the impact of it. 

In case of Servers/software security breach, server containing compromised software is immediately shut down to mitigate propagation of breach. Breach is analyzed, countermeasures are taken, and service is restored.

In case of data breach, breach is analyzed and possible access of data is reported. If unauthorized access to sensitive personal data is reported (names, email addresses, … ), affected data subjects are notified in a timely manner via email, no later than 48 hours after the breach is identified, specifying the type of breach, the possible data leaked and the possible impact.

9. Cookies

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Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
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What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, showing content hosted on external sites (as Youtube), providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use ?

The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.: technical, analytical and marketing.

The list below details the first-party cookies used in our website.

The below list details the third-party cookies services used in our website and their cookies policy.

How can I control the cookie preferences ?

You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the "Cookies preferences" and enabling or disabling the cookie categories according to your preferences.

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the "Cookies preferences" link on the page footer. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. 
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