At TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL. we understand that the privacy and security of your personal information are extremely important. Therefore, this policy sets out what we do with your information and what we do to keep it safe. It also explains where and how we collect your personal information, as well as your rights regarding any personal information we hold about you.

This policy applies to you if you use our mobile applications or otherwise use any of our websites or interact with us on social media (our “Services”).

This policy defines our firm commitment to protecting your personal information.

Therefore, we strongly recommend that you read and accept our privacy policy before you continue browsing.

Identification of the business name of the file controller

By the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals about the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter RGPD), we inform you that the personal data obtained as a result of your sending of personal data will be processed by the following data controller:

• Company name: TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL
• Residence: Spain
• E-mail: communication@transmittingscience.com
• Address: Calle Gardenia, 2 Can Claramunt de Piera 08784 (Barcelona).
• N.I.F./C.I.F.: B65731903
• Purpose: Education

General principles of privacy.

When we collect and process your personal information, we are guided by the following practical principles:

• Personal data are processed in a fair, legal, and transparent way.
• Personal data are collected for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes and are not processed in a way incompatible with those purposes.
• The personal data are adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which the processing takes place.
• Personal data must be accurate and up-to-date. Inaccurate data will be updated or deleted.
• Personal data should be kept in an identifiable format so as not to exceed
• Personal data are kept secure through appropriate and effective technical and organizational measures against unauthorized or unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction or damage, through the application of appropriate technical or organizational measures (“integrity and confidentiality”).
• We are committed to the principles of data protection by design and data protection by default.

How we collect your data and how it is used.

• From you directly: You can visit our website without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information about yourself. However, to provide a complete service, it is most often necessary to collect personal information. For example, we collect information about you when you make an inquiry for information through the contact forms or when you are assigned an access account. The types of information we collect may include email address, first and last name, location, and phone number.
• From the cookies: We may also collect “cookie” information that we may store on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on the hard drive or in the memory of the device. For more information about the use and purposes of the cookies, we use them on the website https://www.ahead-meeting.com/ you can access our cookie policy. However, you can change your browser options to stop accepting cookies or to ask you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use all aspects of our services.
• Records: We may record certain information and store it in log files when you interact with our Services. This information may include Internet Protocol (IP) or other device addresses or identification numbers, as well as browser type, Internet service provider, etc.

Assumptions where our website requests your data

1. When inquiries are made through the contact form or through our e-mail or any of the services and/or products we offer are requested.
2. When you proceed to subscribe to the newsletter of https://www.ahead-meeting.org/.
3. When comments are made in the testimonial section of our website.
4. When invoices are requested for services rendered.
5. When payment is made for the services demanded.
6. When you proceed to register or sign up on our web platform.

Purposes for which we process your data.

In TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL we process the necessary data to manage and optimize our services and commercial relationships with our users, and customers. In addition, we also use this information to send advertising of interest to users, related to our products, news, offers, and promotions.

Data is collected and processed for the following purposes:

Legitimation of the processing and compulsory or optional nature of the processing

The legal bases are linked to the purposes of the previous point according to the letters assigned in the table.

Data provided voluntarily by the interested party

Retention of personal data.

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL only stores your personal information to the extent that we need it to be able to use it for the purposes indicated in point 5, and according to the legal basis for processing it by applicable law. Your personal information will be kept as long as a contractual and/or commercial relationship exists or as long as you do not exercise your right to suppress, cancel and/or limit the processing of your data.

Once the relationship with you has ended for any of the reasons mentioned above, the information will be kept duly blocked, without any use, while it may be necessary for the exercise or defence of claims or any type of legal or contractual liability may arise from its processing, which must be attended to and for which its recovery is necessary.

Data that are processed for direct marketing purposes will be kept indefinitely until the data subject requests their deletion

Specifically:

Recipients or third parties to whom we may communicate personal data.

Personal Data may be shared for the purposes set out in point 5 in the following cases:

In general, personal data can be shared for all categories of data subjects:

1. For compliance with our legal obligations: when disclosure is necessary to comply with our obligations under laws, regulations, legal processes, or government requests that affect us.
2. For the formulation, exercise, or defence of claims or where the courts are acting in their judicial capacity: In certain circumstances, disclosure of personal data may be mandatory as it is subject to a court order, subpoena or summons.
3. In sale, merger, acquisition, or similar transactions: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a substantial part of our assets or other similar sale transaction, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you by email and/or a prominent notice on our website about such a transfer and any decisions you may have regarding your information.
4. For the provision of services by suppliers acting on our behalf, we occasionally enter into contracts with carefully selected third parties so that they can assist us in providing the services of the Site as:
   1. Hosting services Hosting to perform your hosting and e-mail services.
   2. Computer consulting and web design services: to provide technical support on the code created for the Web
5. Aggregate or Non-Identifiable Data: We may share aggregate or other non-personally identifiable information with third parties to improve the overall experience of our Services.

Personal Data may be shared outside the EU, for the purposes set out in point 5 above, in the following cases:

Security measures adopted regarding the processing of personal data

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL informs that it implements and applies both technical and organizational security mechanisms and measures to ensure a level of security of processing appropriate to the risk.

To this end, TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL based on an objective evaluation has identified, analyzed, and assessed the risks of variable probability and severity to the rights and freedoms of individuals (risk assessment phase) and, consequently, TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL in the phase of risk processing has applied timely and effective mechanisms and security measures to eliminate or mitigate the risks identified in the risk assessment phase. In particular, appropriate and effective technical and organizational measures are taken to mitigate the risks of accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration of, or unauthorized disclosure of or access to, personal data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed.

Likewise, TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL guarantees the user the fulfilment of the duty of professional secret and confidentiality regarding the personal data of the users and the duty to keep them.

11. Rights of the Interested Party.

As a user, you can send your communications and exercise your ARCO rights by following the formalities imposed by REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals about the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data

In all our operations related to your privacy, we strive to comply with current regulations, which contain several rights for the data subject listed below:

How can you exercise your data protection rights?

To exercise the rights you must submit a written request to the address Calle Gardenia, 2 Urb. Can Claramunt de Piera 08784 (Barcelona), or to the following e-mail: communication@transmittingscience.com indicating in the subject “RGPD AHEAD 2023“. You must specify which of the rights you are requesting to be satisfied and, in turn, you must attach a photocopy of your ID card or equivalent document. In case you act through a representative, legal or voluntary, you must also provide a document that proves the representation and identification of the same:

• • Either use an official Agency model: https://www.aepd.es/reglamento/derechos/index.html
  • Either request a model from us: info@transmittingscience.com

Processing of special categories of personal data and personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences

The formalization of the free text fields does not allow the entry of personal information concerning personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or trade union membership and the processing of genetic data, biometric data intended to uniquely identify a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning the sexual life or sexual orientation of a natural person, as well as personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences. In case of introducing some information related to the aspects mentioned in any of our forms or through the electronic mail, they will be immediately erased from our systems of information without being able to take care of the made consultation, since such data are not necessary nor pertinent for the purposes determined in the processing of this Web.

Links to other websites

Sometimes we provide links to other websites, but these websites are not under our control. Therefore, we will not be liable to you for any problems arising in connection with the use of your data, the content of the website, or the services offered to you by these websites. Therefore, we recommend that you check the privacy policy and terms and conditions of each website to see how each provider may process your information.

Data quality

To comply with the principles of privacy, especially the quality of data TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL informs you that you should only provide us with your data and not that of another person unless you represent them legally. Furthermore, to optimize the quality of the information provided, we need your data to be correct, current, accurate, and true.

If the data you provide us with is that of another person you do not represent or that your data or that of the other person you represent is false, erroneous, not current, or inadequate, you will be responsible for any damage, direct and/or indirect, that you cause to third parties or to TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL

The data requested by the User indicated with an asterisk (*) will be strictly necessary to contact the User. In no case will not provide more data than strictly necessary result in a decrease in the quality of service.

Data of minors or disabled persons

The use of the Service is not allowed for minors, so if you are under 16 years old, we ask you to renounce to use of the services on our website.

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL may request additional information or documentation to verify the age of the interested party, taking into account the available technology.

Updating data

The user is the only source of information for his data, so TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL requests that to keep your data updated and updated at all times by the principles of the RGPD, you communicate to the address indicated for the exercise of the rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition, any variation of them, as well as the cessation of its activity in the entity that you represent in your case, to proceed to the cancellation and/or historical processing of them.

Consent to advertising.

According to the LSSI Law. TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL will not send commercial communications by e-mail or other equivalent electronic communication means that have not previously been authorized by the recipient through the authorization systems used by TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL

In the case of those users with whom there is a previous contractual relationship, TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL is authorized to send commercial communications concerning products or services of TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL that are similar to those initially contracted with the client. In any case, the user can request the voluntary exclusion to not receive any more commercial information through the Customer Service channels after proving his identity, or by unsubscribing from the advertising e-mail itself.

Social Networks

When you become a fan, follower, or analogous of AHEAD 2023Conference in the different social networks and in the context of this processing you must take into account that AHEAD 2023 Conference and the organizing committee and Transmitting Science SL can only consult or cancel your data in a restricted way by having a specific profile. Any rectification of your data or restriction of information or publications must be made through the configuration of your profile or user in the social network itself. By default your consent:

a) The processing of your data in the environment of this social network and accordance with its privacy policies.

b) TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL’s access to the data contained in your profile or biography, depending on the configuration of your privacy on each network, will be more or less extensive.

c) To have news published about our events, or our comments appear on your wall or biography.

d) To receive communications about our products/events.

If you want to stop following us, just click on the option “Stop being a fan” or “stop following“.

Modification of the present privacy policy

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL reserves the right to modify the present policy to adapt it to future legislative or jurisprudential developments, as well as to industry practices, informing users beforehand of any changes.

The uninterrupted use of TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL by the user will constitute a ratification of this document, with the modifications and changes that have been introduced.

For the same reasons mentioned above, TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL reserves the right to modify or interrupt the TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL Service in whole or in part, whether or not the user is notified. TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL will not be liable to the user or third parties for having exercised their right to modify or interrupt the TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL service.

LEGAL NOTICE

1. Identification of the business name of the file controller

By Law 34/2002 of 11 July on services of the information society and electronic commerce, we inform you of the social data of the entity:

• Company name: TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL
• Residence: Spain
• E-mail: communication@transmittingscience.com
• Address: Calle Gardenia, 2 Can Claramunt de Piera 08784 (Barcelona).
• N.I.F./C.I.F.: B65731903
• Purpose: Education
• Registration Data: Barcelona Mercantile Register, Volume 43061, Folio 54, General Section, Sheet B-420066, 1st entry

2. General information.

These general conditions regulate the use of the service of the website https://www.ahead-meeting.com/ whose owner is TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL available free of charge for Internet users and its visualization does not require any previous subscription or registration. However, the contracting of certain services or products does require the registration of the User on the Web. The use of our website confers the condition of the user and implies full and unreserved acceptance by the user of every one of the General Conditions in the version published by TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL at the very moment the user accesses our website, as well as our privacy policy and personal data processing. The User must read the General Conditions carefully each time he or she intends to use our website. Likewise, the use of the Service is also subject to all notices, regulations of use, and instructions made known to the user by TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL as provided in these General Conditions as long as they do not oppose them.

The registered user may at any time automatically cancel his or her membership of the website, without this decision being retroactive, by Internet or by telephone at the number or by e-mail at communication@ahead-meeting.com

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL reserves the right to deny or withdraw access to its Website, at any time and without prior notice, to those Users who do not comply with these General Conditions, as well as any applicable Special Conditions.

3. General Conditions

In general, the user agrees to comply with these conditions and terms of use, and to act always by the law, good customs, and the requirements of good faith, using the diligence appropriate to the nature of the service enjoyed, refraining from using the site https://www.ahead-meeting.com/ in any way that could prevent, damage or deteriorate the normal functioning of the site, the goods or rights TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL, the rest of the users or in general any third party.

In particular, and without this implying any restriction on the obligation assumed by the User in general by the previous section, the User undertakes, in the use of https://www.ahead-meeting.com/ a:

• Not to introduce, store or spread in or from the website, any information or material that would be defamatory, injurious, obscene, threatening, xenophobic, inciting to violence or discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, ideology, religion or that in any way threatens morality, public order, fundamental rights and public freedoms, the honour, privacy or image of others and in general the regulations in force.
• Not to introduce, store or spread through the website any computer program, data, virus, code, hardware or telecommunication equipment or any other electronic or physical instrument or device that may cause damage to the website, to any of the services, or to any of the equipment, systems or networks of TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL, of any User, or in general of any third party. Or that in any other way is capable of causing any type of alteration or preventing the normal functioning of the same.
• Do not destroy, alter, use for use, disable or damage the data, information, programs, or electronic documents of TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL or third parties.
• The User will not hinder the use of the TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL Service by another User or the use of similar services by another entity.
• The User, in particular, must refrain from any act contrary to the rules that regulate, the protection of personal data, the market and consumers, intellectual property, tax rules, and the honour, privacy and image and good name of persons or entities.
• The User is prohibited from suppressing, eluding or manipulating the copyright and other data identifying the rights of TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL or its owners incorporated in the Content, as well as the technical protection devices and any information mechanisms that the Content may contain

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL may, at its discretion, terminate the service immediately, if the user’s conduct does not conform to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL may, at any time and without prior notice, modify these General Conditions, as well as the Special Conditions that may be included, by publishing these modifications on the website so that they can be known by the Users.

4. Intellectual and industrial property

1. The structure, design, and form of presentation of the elements [graphics, images, files, logos, colour combinations, and any element susceptible to protection] are protected by intellectual property rights owned by TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL.

The reproduction, transformation, distribution, public communication, making available to the public, and, in general, any other form of exploitation, partial or total, of the elements referred to in the previous section are prohibited. These acts of exploitation can only be carried out by express authorization of TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL and, in any case, must make explicit reference to the ownership of the mentioned intellectual property rights of TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL. You are only authorized to reproduce [print or download] for the private use of the content provided on the website.

2. The use of distinctive signs [trademarks, trade names] is not allowed unless expressly authorized by the legitimate owners.

5. Use of Cookies

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL informs you that while browsing our websites, “cookies” are used, small data files that are generated in the user’s computer and that allow us to obtain the following information:

a) The date and time of access to our website. This allows us to know the hours of greatest influx, and make the necessary adjustments to avoid saturation problems in our peak hours.

b) The number of daily visitors to each section. This allows us to know the most successful areas and to increase and improve their content so that users obtain a more satisfactory result.

c) The date and time of the last time the user visited our website.

d) The design of content that the user chose on his first visit to our web.

e) Security features involved in controlling access to restricted areas.

The information obtained is anonymous, and in no case can it be associated with a specific and identified user. This information allows TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL to adapt and improve its services to the interests of the user.

However, the user has the option to prevent the generation of cookies, by selecting the corresponding option in his or her browser program. TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL informs that in the case that you disable the use of cookies the navigation can be slower than usual.

6. Exemption from liability.

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL will not be responsible:

In general, concerning the improper use of the website owned by TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL, users must make appropriate use of the website, according to the conditions and terms above, without any responsibility TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL may have for the improper use.

Regarding possible technical deficiencies. – TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL will not be responsible in any case for the alterations in the service that are produced by failures in the electrical network, in the data connection network, in the server, or any performance.

Concerning access by third parties to its system TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL will adopt the necessary technical precautions to protect the data and information accessed, but will not be responsible for actions by third parties who, in violation of established security measures, access such data.

This website may contain links to other third-party websites whose content TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL cannot control. Its inclusion responds to informative purposes, not implying the acceptance or guarantee by TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL of the contents of these web pages. Therefore, TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL rejects any responsibility for them, as well as for any damage that could be caused for any reason in your computer system (equipment and applications), documents, or files. TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL, to the extent permitted by applicable law, does not guarantee the reliability, availability, or continuity of the operation of this website or its content for technical reasons, security, control, or maintenance of the service, for failures due to the server that hosts the content or other intermediaries or suppliers, for attacks against the computer system, or any other reasons arising from causes beyond its control, so it disclaims any responsibility, direct or indirect, for them.

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL is not responsible for any failure, error, or damage, direct or indirect, that may be caused to the user’s computer system or to the files or documents stored therein, which are caused by or arising from the capacity or quality of the user’s computer system or from the presence of a virus or any other harmful computer application in the computer used to connect to the contents of the website, of the quality of your connection or access to the Internet, due to a malfunction of your browser, or the use of computer applications whose versions are not updated or the corresponding user license is not obtained.

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL is exonerated from responsibility for any claim regarding the intellectual property rights of the articles and images published on its portal and does not guarantee the accuracy, veracity, and validity of the contents of this website, whether they are its own, those of third parties, or those that can be linked to other websites, being exonerated from any responsibility derived from the use of the same.

TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL is exonerated from any responsibility derived from any claim, including the payment of legal fees, for the demands and claims originated by third parties due to the breach by the USER of our conditions of use, access, and privacy policy, or any other claim due to the breach of the current legislation

7. Legislation.

In general, relations between TRANSMITTING SCIENCE SL and the users of its telematic services, present on this website, are subject to Spanish legislation and jurisdiction, and the parties submit to the Courts and Tribunals of the user’s residence (Spain) for any litigious matter arising from this agreement.

If any provision or provisions of this agreement are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision or provisions shall be reformulated to reflect as closely as possible the intentions of the parties, while the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, the valid or enforceable portion and the remaining provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.