Apipana.io® is a registered trademark of Secretarybirds S.L.U. (hereinafter, “Apipana.io”), tax ID No. B70688361, with its registered office at Plaza Isabel la Católica, Nº 7, 2º derecha, 18002 – Granada (Spain). Apipana.io informs the users of its Internet portal (hereinafter, the “Users” and the “Portal”) about its personal data protection policy (hereinafter, the “Personal Data”) so that Users may freely and voluntarily decide whether they wish to provide Apipana.io with the Personal Data that may be requested from them or that may be obtained from Users on the occasion of their visit to the website, the sending of a C.V., their subscription or registration to any of our informational newsletters (current or future), or their request for information about our company or about our consulting and software development services.
Apipana.io reserves the right to amend this privacy policy in order to adapt it to new legislation or case law, as well as to industry practices. In such cases, Apipana.io will announce on this page any changes made reasonably in advance of their implementation. Certain services provided/offered through the Portal may be subject to specific terms and conditions containing particular provisions regarding the protection of Personal Data and electronic commerce.
Apipana.io, as the Controller of the personal data of its USERS and other data subjects with whom it maintains a relationship, informs you that such data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”) on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the applicable Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (“LOPDGDD”).
Data Controller:
Planned processing purposes:
MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE RELATIONSHIP with our customers, suppliers, partners, users of our website, customer/supplier service, data processors, control and management of the employment relationship with our staff, access control, video surveillance of the company’s premises, marketing and communication, recruitment and selection processes, followers on Apipana.io social media profiles, registered users on our website, subscribers to our newsletters, participants in activities and events, including the possibility of training actions in which Apipana.io manages or participates.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS:
Purely identifying data (first name and surname) and, where applicable, contact details (postal address, telephone number and email address), data necessary for drawing up the contracts required (events) or for accessing specific services, CVs received by email, data provided at events or presentation activities of Apipana.io, data supplied via the social media profiles owned by Apipana.io, training activities managed by the company for employees, suppliers and customers, and data relating to events, promotional activities or similar.
By filling in any of our forms/sections/communication channels, you may provide, among others, the following personal data:
Other processing activities
CONTROLLER: “Apipana.io® is a registered trademark of Secretarybirds S.L.U.” (hereinafter, “APIPANA”). Tax ID: B70688361. PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING: Apipana.io will process the data collected in this form and any data generated as a result of the investigations carried out, exclusively for the purpose of processing and deciding on the admissibility of the reports received within the framework of the entity’s crime prevention management model, analysing them, conducting the corresponding investigations and taking any appropriate action. LEGAL BASIS: Processing will be carried out on the basis of: (i) the public interest in preventing criminal offences; (ii) the legitimate interest of Apipana.io in preventing irregularities and/or breaches of the provisions set out in its Protocol and in the overall management of human resources within Apipana.io; (iii) where you are an employee of Apipana.io, the entity’s authority to manage its workforce and, where appropriate, to adopt appropriate disciplinary measures; and (iv) the explicit consent of the reporting data subject by accepting this Privacy Policy. DATA DISCLOSURE: The recipients of the information are the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and its officers designated by the entity and other persons or entities whose cooperation is necessary in the context of an investigation or for auditing the functioning of the whistleblowing channel. Depending on the facts reported, Apipana.io may also be obliged to disclose or communicate your personal data and the information you provide to law enforcement authorities, to other public authorities with powers to investigate the reported facts, as well as to the courts and other judicial bodies. Without prejudice to the foregoing, in the event that a report proves to be false, your data may be communicated to the person or persons reported so that they may, if they deem it appropriate, initiate any legal action available to them in relation to the false report, as well as to the persons involved in legal proceedings brought as a result of the investigation. RETENTION PERIODS: The personal data you provide will be processed for as long as is strictly necessary to decide whether it is appropriate to initiate an investigation into the reported facts and, where applicable, for the processing of such investigation. If the investigation ends in the closure of the case, the data will be deleted. In any event, upon expiry of a period of three (3) months from the submission of the report, Apipana.io will proceed to delete your data. EXERCISE OF GDPR RIGHTS: To exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction of processing or portability, you may write to Plaza Isabel la Católica, Nº 7, 2º derecha, 18002 – Granada, enclosing a photocopy of your ID card or equivalent document where strictly necessary for proper identification, or by email to: dpo@apipana.io. If you consider that your right to the protection of personal data has been infringed, you may lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es). Additional (second-layer) information on applicable privacy is available on our website: www.apipana.io.
DATA RETENTION CRITERIA: As a general rule, the data provided will be retained for as long as there is a mutual interest in maintaining the purpose of the processing and, when they are no longer necessary for such purpose, they will be deleted using appropriate security measures to ensure the pseudonymisation of the data or their complete destruction.
In addition to this general rule, the following variations apply:
Disclosure of data: Your personal data may be disclosed to:
Data will be processed on the legal basis of the explicit consent of the person providing them. Such consent may be withdrawn at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Providing data is voluntary, although if you do not provide them, we will be unable to process them for the purposes indicated. If third-party data are provided through this website, the person providing them assumes responsibility for having obtained prior consent from those third parties, having informed them of all the provisions of Article 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS:
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted a new adequacy decision to enable international transfers of personal data between entities in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.[web:24][web:27][web:28] Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 16 July 2020, known as the Schrems II ruling, international transfers of personal data to the US were called into question due to the issues identified by the CJEU relating to US surveillance practices and the lack of mechanisms for EU citizens to challenge interferences with their rights.
With this adequacy decision, the European Commission recognises that the US ensures a level of protection equivalent to that of the EU, but only where international transfers take place to entities certified under the new privacy framework, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
Therefore, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE, personal data may flow safely from the European Union to US companies participating in the Framework, without the need to implement additional data protection safeguards.
This does not exclude the fact that a transfer impact assessment will still be required for any transfer carried out outside the scope of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The adequacy decision ensures that transfers of data between the EU and the US can take place on the basis of a stable and reliable arrangement that protects individuals and provides legal certainty for businesses.
LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PROCESSING ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED:
As a general rule, prior to processing personal data, Apipana.io obtains the data subject’s explicit and unequivocal consent by including informed consent clauses in the various information collection systems, and on the basis of the User’s legitimate interest.
Where the data subject’s consent is not required, the legal basis for processing relied upon by Apipana.io is the existence of a prior contractual/commercial relationship as a customer, software development agreement, CUSTOMER REGISTRATION DOCUMENT, collaboration agreement entered into with Apipana.io, etc.
Notwithstanding the above, the legal bases are as follows:
DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS:
These are your rights as a data subject or holder of personal data:
Right of access: You have the right to obtain confirmation from the entity as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed. Apipana.io will, where applicable, provide a copy of the personal data undergoing processing.
Right to rectification: You have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.
Right to erasure: You have the right to obtain without undue delay the erasure of personal data concerning you. Apipana.io will be obliged to erase such personal data without undue delay where any of the following grounds apply:
Right to restriction of processing: Where the processing of your personal data has been restricted at your request, such data may, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest. You have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data where one of the following applies:
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from Apipana.io where:
Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on the public interest or on the legitimate interests of the controller. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing. Where you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for such purposes.
Please remember that whenever the legal basis for processing your data is your consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time and in all cases, in a manner as easy as that in which it was given.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority, which in general is the Spanish Data Protection Agency. For more information, please visit its website at the following link: https://www.aepd.es.
Lastly, you have the right not to be subject to a decision by Apipana.io based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
In accordance with Articles 37 et seq. of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), Apipana.io has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO), officially notified to the Supervisory Authority (www.aepd.es), whose contact details are as follows:
Data Protection Officer contact details for exercising your rights:
By post:
Online:
In both cases, you must:
Additional information in relation to your request:
Apipana.io will assess whether or not the request complies with the applicable legal framework. It will inform the applicant of the decision taken and act accordingly: if the request is upheld, it will take the appropriate measures according to the right exercised; if the request is rejected, it will indicate the legally established avenues of appeal. Where requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive (for example, due to their repetitive nature), Apipana.io may: (i) charge a fee taking into account the administrative costs incurred; or (ii) refuse to act.
If a user/data subject considers that there is a problem with the way Apipana.io is processing his or her data, he or she may submit a complaint to Apipana.io at the address indicated above, or to the Spanish Supervisory Authority, i.e. the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD): https://www.aepd.es.
MANDATORY OR OPTIONAL NATURE OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED:
Data collected through any of the contact forms available on this website, or even for the provision of information, or provided by Users in connection with their participation in activities/events organised by Apipana.io, will be included, depending on their purpose, in the Internal Record of Processing Activities (Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016). The Record of Processing Activities is available to the Supervisory Authority.
By ticking the corresponding boxes and entering data in the various fields marked with an asterisk (*) in the contact form or presented in download/contracting forms, Users expressly, freely and unequivocally accept that their data are necessary for Apipana.io to handle their request, while providing data in the remaining fields is voluntary. The User guarantees that the personal data provided are truthful and is responsible for notifying any changes to them.
Apipana.io expressly informs and guarantees Users that their personal data will not, under any circumstances, be transferred to third parties and that whenever it intends to make any future transfer, it will first request Users’ explicit, informed and unequivocal consent, providing information about the recipient and the purpose of the transfer. All data requested through the website are mandatory, as they are necessary to provide the User with an optimal service. If all data are not provided, the information and services offered may not be fully tailored to your needs.
SECURITY MEASURES:
In accordance with the personal data protection regulations in force, and in particular with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 (LOPDGDD), the personal data for which it is responsible are processed by Apipana.io in compliance with the principles set out in Article 5 GDPR, under which they are processed lawfully, fairly and transparently in relation to the data subject and are adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
In any case, Apipana.io has implemented sufficient mechanisms to:
Apipana.io guarantees that it has implemented appropriate technical and organisational policies to apply the security measures laid down in GDPR 679/2016 and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 (LOPDGDD), in order to protect Users’ rights and freedoms, and has provided them with adequate information to enable them to exercise those rights. Apipana.io has put in place all means and technical measures available to it to prevent loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access to and theft of the Personal Data provided by the data subject to Apipana.io. Nevertheless, Users should be aware that Internet security measures are not impregnable.
The personal data included in the Internal Record of Processing Activities will be processed with the utmost confidentiality and security, and the Data Controller may send you commercial information regarding NEWS and UPDATES about our company or our consulting and software development services, as well as about events and activities organised by Apipana.io. In such cases, the sender undertakes to indicate the advertising nature of the communication and to provide a simple, clear and free-of-charge mechanism for you to opt out of receiving such communications.
The consulting and software development services offered by Apipana.io, whose description is provided on the website for the purpose, where applicable, of requesting information, are intended exclusively for adults. In the event that Apipana.io should in future offer any remote programming/support service or online downloadable product/software, or information on registration for or participation in a promotional activity, event or similar, in which the collection of minors’ personal data may occur, Apipana.io will always request parental consent so that minors may access such services and their Personal Data may be subject to automated processing as set out in this Data Protection Policy.
As previously indicated, the collection and automated processing of Personal Data is intended to maintain any contractual relationship that may be established with Apipana.io, the management, administration, provision, expansion and improvement of consulting and software development services and software products/applications that the User may decide to purchase, contract, register for or use, the adaptation of such services to Users’ preferences and interests, the study of how Users make use of the services, the design of new programming services or software products, the sending of timetable updates and news, and the sending, by traditional and electronic means, of commercial information about our company or our consulting and software development services, as well as about events and activities organised by Apipana.io.
USE OF PUBLIC PROFILES ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:
Apipana.io has profiles on the main social networks and is, in all cases, the controller of the data of its followers, fans, subscribers, commentators and other user profiles (hereinafter, followers). The processing carried out by Apipana.io in relation to such data will be, at most, that which the social network allows for corporate profiles. Accordingly, Apipana.io may inform its followers, by any means permitted by the social network, about its news, activities and promotions. Under no circumstances will Apipana.io extract data from social networks unless the user’s specific and explicit consent has been obtained for this purpose. Where, due to the nature of social networks, effective exercise of a follower’s rights is conditional upon modification of his or her personal profile, Apipana.io will assist and advise him or her for this purpose to the extent possible.[web:33] The social media profiles owned by Apipana.io are:
For what purposes will we process your personal data?
What is the legal basis for processing your data?
Acceptance of a contractual relationship within the relevant social network environment, and in accordance with its Privacy Policy:
In all cases, Apipana.io is the controller of the data of its followers, fans, subscribers, commentators and other user profiles (hereinafter, followers). The processing carried out by Apipana.io in relation to such data will be, at most, that which the social network allows for corporate profiles. Accordingly, Apipana.io may inform its followers, by any means permitted by the social network, about its news and activities. Under no circumstances will Apipana.io extract data from social networks unless the user’s specific and explicit consent has been obtained for this purpose. Where, due to the nature of social networks, effective exercise of a follower’s rights is conditional upon modification of his or her personal profile, Apipana.io will assist and advise him or her for this purpose to the extent possible.
Right to information
Upon request, Apipana.io will promptly inform you in writing, in accordance with the applicable legislation, whether we hold any personal data relating to you and, if so, which data. If you are registered as a user, we offer you the option of accessing your data in person and, where appropriate, having them deleted, amended and/or updated.
DESCRIPTION OF MEASURES ADOPTED BY Apipana.io UNDER THE GDPR:
Users/customers and suppliers of APIPANA are hereby informed that, in accordance with the GDPR and LOPDGDD regulations applicable to the activities carried out by Apipana.io, the following measures have been implemented to achieve an optimal level of compliance:
The subscription links for the various portals referred to above will enable you to learn in advance about potential threats and incidents:
Main applicable regulations:
If you would like more information about the regulations that protect and govern your rights, below is a list of the regulations that have inspired this privacy policy and are relevant to you:
CONTACT: If you need any clarification regarding this Privacy Policy, wish to ask a question or lodge a complaint, or exercise your rights, please contact our internal Data Protection Officer in writing using the details below, indicating in the subject line: “Data Protection”:
Privacy Policy drafted, updated and reviewed on 1 March 2024.