Privacy Policy - “EDUCALS” website

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you about how we collect, process and use the personal data you provide to us while using the Ferrer EDUCALS website (hereinafter, the “Website”).

1. Who is the data controller of your personal data?

Data controller identity: FERRER INTERNACIONAL, S.A. (hereinafter, “FERRER”), with TAX ID A08041162
Address: Avenida Diagonal, nº 549, 5ª Planta, 08029, Barcelona (Spain)
Email: lopd@ferrer.com
Data Protection Officer: dpo@ferrer.com

2. Which personal data do we process?

Within the provision of the services offered by the Website, FERRER will process the following categories of data:

Identification and contact data: name, last name, email and country of residence.
Professional data: company or healthcare center where you work and medical specialty.
Content of suggestions and opinions: Specific information that you choose to include in the suggestion box, such as ideas, learning needs for future educational modules, opinions, or other comments that you decide to share.

3. How do we use your personal data and what is the legal basis for its processing?

FERRER will process the personal data you provide in order to facilitate your access to the user area and the ALS learning modules. This processing is legally based on the execution of the contract you enter into with FERRER when registering for these services.

Based on the legitimate interest of FERRER, we might send you relevant information related to the educational program, including scientific and marketing communications, along with invitations to future events that might be of your interest. You can object to the processing of your data following the instructions set in clause 6.

Additionally, when you have consented, we will share your data with FERRER’s Group companies and affiliates of your country of residence with the purpose of sending you relevant information about their products and services, including scientific and marketing communications, along with invitations to future events that might be of your interest. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. In case of revoking your consent, this will not affect the legality of the processing carried out before the withdrawal.

Finally, if you provide personal data or information when sharing ideas or needs for future educational modules through the suggestion box, we will process this information based on our legitimate interest to improve our services. Nevertheless, we strongly recommend that you don’t include personal information through the suggestion box.

4. What other recipients will the data be disclosed to?

In accordance with the stated processing purposes, your data can be shared with companies within the FERRER’s Group operating in your country of residence, subject to obtaining your consent for such purposes. Inquiries about the companies within the FERRER Group can be made by contacting lopd@ferrer.co

Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties, except as required by legal obligations.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, third parties may access your personal data on behalf of FERRER, as data processors, when such access and data processing is essential for the provision of a specific service to FERRER. Under this scenario, these third parties will process your personal data exclusively for the purposes that FERRER determines in each case and, in no case, for its own purposes.

5. International data transfer

FERRER INTERNATIONAL is based in the EU, but its affiliates, other companies from the Group, or its providers might be based outside the EU/EEE. You acknowledge that your personal data may be transferred to recipients in the member states of the EEE/EU, UK, and other countries that may not be deemed to have “adequate” data protection laws, such as the United States.

The Participant’s country or jurisdiction may have different data privacy laws and protections than the EU.

FERRER’s legal basis for the transfer of your personal data is the consent given at the time of registration to the educational modules.

6. How long do we retain your personal data?

We will process your data for the duration of your contractual relationship with FERRER. Subsequently, we will securely block them for the time required to comply with the applicable legal obligations.

For the specific purposes for which you have given us your consent, we will manage your data until you withdraw your consent or until the service is discontinued. Thereafter, we will retain your data securely blocked for the duration required to comply with the applicable legal obligations.

7. What are your rights as affected individual?

You may exercise at any time the following rights related to your personal data: access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, portability and objection. Please find more information below:

Access: You may obtain a confirmation if FERRER if processes your personal data, as well as consult your personal data included in FERRER’s database.
Rectification: You may modify your personal data when it’s inaccurate and complete those that are incomplete.
Erasure: You may request your personal data to be deleted if, among other reasons, the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected.
Objection: You may request that your personal information not be processed. FERRER will stop processing the data unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for processing or for the exercise or defense of legal claims.
- Restriction of processing: You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in the following cases:
- While the accuracy of your personal data is verified;
- When the data processing is considered illegal, as a data subject you may object to the erasure of your data and request its use to be limited;
- When FERRER no longer needs your personal data, but you need them for the exercise or defence of legal claims;
- When you have objected to the processing of your data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or to achieve a legitimate interest, while it is verified if the legitimate reasons for the processing prevail over yours.
Portability: You may receive, in electronic format, the personal data that you have provided to us and those obtained as a consequence of our contractual relationship, and also transmit them to another controller.

In order to exercise such rights, you may send a written request proving your identity and expressly indicating which of the above-listed rights you wish to exercise by email to the address lopd@ferrer.com. Keep in mind, however, that the exercise of certain rights may be limited due to the need to comply with the legitimate interests of FERRER, as well as in the case of having to comply with a legal obligation.

You may exercise any of these rights free of charge, unless it’s manifestly unfounded or excessive.

Please be informed that you have the right to file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es), located at C/Jorge Juan núm. 6 de 28001 Madrid, in case you consider that FERRER has not process your data according to applicable law.

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you may contact our data protection officer through the following e-mail: dpo@ferrer.com.