PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy Arekson Group, S.L. website

1 – Data Controller

The Data Controller is the company Arekson Group, S.L., hereinafter the “Data Controller”.

TAX ID: B75137372

Address: Pol. Haizpea, 2

Town: 20150 Aduna (Gipuzkoa)

Telephone: 943 361 240

E-mail: info@arekson.com

 2 – Applicable legislation

The basic legislation on personal data protection applicable to the data processing carried out by Arekson Group, S.L. is:

1. 1. EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (“GDPR”).
   2. Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December 2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (“LOPDGDD”).
   3. Its respective complementary and implementing regulations.

 3 – Websites and social media channels

 The official website of Arekson Group, S.L. is located at www.arekson.com.  For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, hereinafter the official website of Arekson Group, S.L. and any possible official channels on the company’s social networks shall all be referred to as “the website”, except where otherwise specified.

 4 – Purposes and legitimate legal bases

In compliance with the regulations in force on Personal Data Protection, users are informed that the personal data they provide by any means located on the website or through the possible official channels on Arekson Group, S.L.’s social networks (by means of e-mail, forms, messages, etc.), or as a result of their use, may be incorporated into Arekson Group, S.L.’s data processing systems.

The purposes of the data processing that may occur through the website of Arekson Group, S.L. are:

– To offer and manage the wholesale trade of vehicle refinishing products and related activities.

Main legitimate basis: Necessity of data processing for the management of our services (“contractual or pre-contractual relationship” according to article 6.1.b of the RGPD).  

– To provide tools for contact, consultation and communication with interested and related persons, responding to requests and requests.

Main legitimate basis: Consent of the data subject (RGPD art. 6.1.a), when they provide their data for these purposes.  

– To inform, organise and disseminate the activities and initiatives of Arekson Group, S.L. or in which it participates; to send informative and commercial communications related to our products and services; to manage and analyse the use of our website and presence on social networks; to process the image of persons participating in events in which Arekson Group, S.L. participates.

Main legitimate basis: Legitimate interest of the Data Controller (RGPD art. 6.1.f).

5 – Duty of confidentiality

The Data Controller is committed to the privacy and protection of users’ data. The processing of your personal data will be carried out confidentially and in compliance with these regulations.

6 – Collection of personal data

The Data Controller does not require you to provide personal data to access the website. However, there may be forms on the website (contact, etc.) whose use requires the user to provide personal data, mostly identifying or contact data. The user provides his/her personal data freely and voluntarily. Arekson Group, S.L. does not request more personal information than is necessary to carry out the service requested.

The user who sends/includes any type of content (data, documents, plans, texts, videos, sound, photographs, graphics, messages or other material) declares and guarantees to do so in a way that complies with the conditions expressed herein and with current legislation. The user who includes personal data of third parties declares that he/she has their express and demonstrable consent to the processing of such data. The inclusion of third-party data without their express consent is prohibited.

The user is solely responsible for the truthfulness, correctness and lawful processing of the data included, exonerating Arekson Group, S.L. from any liability in this respect. The users guarantee and are responsible, in any case, for the accuracy, validity and authenticity of the personal data provided and undertake to keep them duly updated.

Failure to complete or incorrect completion of fields indicated as compulsory on the website forms may result in the Data Controller not being able to deal with the user’s request.

The Data Controller shall collect personal data in an appropriate manner, relevant to the purposes, utilities, services or features included on its website, in a determined, explicit and legitimate manner, and therefore under no circumstances shall fraudulent, unfair, unlawful or in any way endanger the legitimate rights of the users.

The sending of information through this website necessarily entails the express acceptance of this privacy policy and the general conditions of the website.

 7 – Registrations and subscriptions

In the case of subscription to newsletters or similar services, which involve the processing of personal data, users may request cancellation of said services at any time by sending a request to the e-mail address info@arekson.com or using any other means that Arekson Group, S.L. provides for this purpose, such as the mechanism called “Unsubscribe”, located at the end of the newsletters themselves.

8 – Job applicants at Arekson Group, S.L.

Users who submit their curriculum vitae offering their candidacy to work at Arekson Group, S.L. by means of forms, e-mail or similar mechanisms, are informed of the inclusion of their data in the processing of data called “Administration”.

Your data may be used for the purpose of allowing you to participate in future personnel selection processes at Arekson Group, S.L. Likewise, your data may be processed by external companies that Arekson Group, S.L. hires to carry out personnel selection processes.

 9 – Link to social media and web channels

This website may provide links to social networks, professional networks (such as LinkedIn) and external websites and web channels. Arekson Group, S.L. assumes no liability in connection with these linked sites. The user who accesses social networks and external websites and channels related to Arekson Group, S.L. from the links located on this website or in any other way, is expressly informed beforehand that the terms of use, privacy policies, cookie policies and any other conditions or regulations depend on the entities responsible for said social networks and websites and channels, and never on Arekson Group, S.L.

 10 – Presence of Arekson Group, S.L. in social and professional networks

Arekson Group, S.L. may have profiles on social and/or professional networks, with the main purpose of disseminating its services and activities. The publications offered through these channels shall be of an indicative nature.

By registering in the profiles of Arekson Group, S.L. with his/her profile in the social or professional network, the user grants his/her express consent to Arekson Group, S.L. for the processing of his/her personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

The information and personal data voluntarily provided by the user through Arekson Group, S.L. social or professional networks may be processed for the purpose of contacting the user and dealing with the queries and requests made, sending informative and commercial communications, managing events, invitations and similar activities, ascertaining the user’s opinion or assessment of Arekson Group, S.L. and its publications, and managing, in general, the presence of Arekson Group, S.L. in social and professional networks.

Users are informed that the information and content (data, texts, videos, sound, photographs, plans, graphics, comments, messages or other material) that they publish through the social networks of Arekson Group, S.L. (including, where appropriate, personal data) may be publicly available to other users of these social and professional networks, and may be freely viewed, commented on and shared by their visitors, under the terms established by each social or professional network.

From the configuration of the user profile of each social or professional network, the user can configure what information they wish to make public in each case, see the permissions they have granted, delete or deactivate them, and manage their publications according to their criteria and the rules of use of each social or professional network.

The user shall be solely responsible for ensuring that his/her publications comply with the legislation in force, the rules of use and privacy policies established by the corresponding social or professional network and those of Arekson Group, S.L., which assumes no liability in relation to the publications made by each user. Arekson Group, S.L. shall unilaterally and without prior notice remove any content which it considers to infringe current legislation, the rules of use and established privacy policies, or which it considers to be inappropriate.

Arekson Group, S.L. may follow other profiles on LinkedIn and other social or professional networks, without this fact implying any kind of link with them.

In turn, the Arekson Group, S.L. channels on LinkedIn and on other social or professional networks may be followed by other users of these networks, without this fact implying any kind of connection with them.

Arekson Group, S.L. reserves the right not to respond to messages or comments received through these channels. Arekson Group, S.L. may modify or delete at any time and without prior notice the publications issued on its social networks.

By becoming a follower or clicking on “Like” (or similar utilities) on social or professional networks, you consent to the processing of your personal data in the environment of the corresponding social or professional network, in accordance with its privacy policies, access by Arekson Group, S.L. to the data contained in the contact list and for its publications, expressly including those of a commercial nature, to appear in your notices and notifications.

If the user wishes to stop following the official channels on social or professional networks of Arekson Group, S.L., he/she must do so using the tools provided for this purpose by each network.

 11 – Security measures

Arekson Group, S.L. shall process the personal data contained in its data processing systems by adopting the technical and organisational measures necessary to guarantee their security and prevent their alteration, loss, unauthorised processing or access, taking into account the state of the technology, the nature of the data stored and the risks to which they are exposed, whether from human action or the physical or natural environment, in accordance with the legislation in force applicable to security measures for the processing of personal data. However, users are informed that IT security measures are not impregnable and are not immune to possible illegal and improper intrusions, which would not be the responsibility of the Data Controller.

In order to guarantee the security and privacy of the user, this website uses encryption technology based on secure socket layer protocols (https), so that browsing is as secure as possible.

 12 – Security breaches

The user must immediately notify Arekson Group, S.L. of any incide+nt, breach of security, improper or unauthorised access detected in relation to the website, private areas, access codes, presence on social networks or any other circumstance that jeopardises the security and confidentiality of the information or the proper functioning of the website.

The telephone number 943 361 240 and the email address info@arekson.com are established as the preferred notification mechanisms.

13 – Conservation period

The personal data provided will be kept for the time necessary to comply with the purpose for which they are collected, to determine the possible liabilities that may arise from the purpose, or for the period established by the applicable regulations in each case (accounting, tax, commercial, etc.), after which they will be deleted, adopting the necessary security measures to guarantee their confidentiality.

14 – Rights of the persons concerned

You may exercise your rights relating to the protection of your personal data (access, rectification, deletion, limitation of processing, portability and opposition), as well as withdraw the consents granted or make any other request on this matter by writing to Arekson Group, S.L., at Pol. Haizpea, 2, 20150 Aduna (Gipuzkoa), telephone 943 361 240, or at the e-mail address info@arekson.com.

The application must be accompanied by a copy of a document accrediting the identity of the applicant. In the event of making the application in your capacity as legal representative, you must attach, in addition to the copy of the document accrediting the identity of the applicant, a document accrediting such representation.

The supervisory authority to which you may address yourself in the event of disagreement with the resolution of the requests or to file a complaint is the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es).

15 – Validity and amendments

The Data Controller reserves the right to modify its privacy policy according to its criteria, legislative or jurisprudential changes. Should the Data Controller introduce any modification, the new text will be published on this website, where the user may be informed of it. In any case, the relationship with users shall be governed by the rules in force at the precise moment when the website is accessed. For this reason, the Data Controller recommends that you visit this privacy policy each time you connect to the website.

 16 – Jurisdiction

The relations established between Arekson Group, S.L. and the user shall be governed by the provisions of the regulations in force concerning the applicable legislation and the competent jurisdiction. However, for those cases in which the regulations provide for the possibility of the parties submitting to a jurisdiction, Arekson Group, S.L. and the user, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction to which they may be entitled, submit to the Courts and Tribunals of Tolosa (Gipuzkoa).

Arekson Group, S.L. shall pursue any breach of this Privacy Policy, as well as any improper use of the contents presented on this website, exercising all the civil and criminal actions to which it may be entitled by law, including those of a financial nature.