Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

The Data Controller informs you of its Privacy Policy regarding the processing and protection of users’ personal data that may be collected while browsing the Website: https://www.theenglishopticians.com/

The Controller guarantees compliance with current personal data protection legislation, including Spanish Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD). It also complies with Regulation (EU) 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, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Use of the Website implies acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions included in the Legal Notice.

Identity of the Data Controller

  • Data Controller: The English Opticians
  • Tax Identification Number: B93129864
  • Registered address: Boulevard de La Cala, 49, Local 1, 29649 Mijas Costa, Málaga, Spain
  • Email address: info@theenglishopticians.com
  • Contact telephone number: 952 493 068
  • Website: https://www.theenglishopticians.com/

Principles Applied to the Processing of Personal Data

When processing your personal data, the Controller will apply the following principles in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation:

  • Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: The Controller will always request consent for the processing of personal data for one or more specific purposes. The User will be informed clearly and transparently of these purposes in advance.
  • Data minimisation: The Controller will only request the personal data that is strictly necessary for the purpose or purposes for which it is collected.
  • Storage limitation: The Controller will retain personal data only for as long as is strictly necessary for the purpose or purposes of the processing. The User will be informed of the relevant retention period according to the purpose for which the data is processed. In the case of subscriptions, the Controller will periodically review its lists and delete records that have remained inactive for a considerable period.
  • Integrity and confidentiality: Personal data will be processed in a manner that guarantees its security, confidentiality and integrity. The Controller takes the necessary precautions to prevent unauthorised access to or improper use of users’ personal data by third parties.

Collection of Personal Data

You are not required to provide any personal data in order to browse the Website.

Your Rights

The Controller informs you that, with regard to your personal data, you have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal data held about you.
  • Request the rectification or erasure of your personal data.
  • Request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • Object to the processing of your personal data.

You may not exercise the right to data portability.

These rights are personal and must therefore be exercised directly by the data subject by contacting the Controller. This means that any customer, subscriber or collaborator who has provided personal data at any time may contact the Controller to request information about the data held, how it was obtained, its rectification or erasure, to object to its processing or to request that its use be restricted.

To exercise your rights, you must send your request, together with a copy of your Spanish National Identity Document or an equivalent identification document, to:

info@theenglishopticians.com

The exercise of these rights does not apply to any information that the Controller is legally required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.

You have the right to effective judicial protection and to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority, in this case the Spanish Data Protection Agency, should you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the applicable regulations.

Purpose of Processing Personal Data

When you access the Website to send an email to the Controller or subscribe to its newsletter, you are providing personal information for which the Controller is responsible.

This information may include personal data such as your IP address, full name, postal address, email address, telephone number and other information.

By providing this information, you consent to its collection, use, management and storage by The English Opticians solely as described on the following pages:

  • Legal Notice
  • Privacy Policy

The personal data collected and the purpose for which it is processed may vary depending on the information collection system used.

The Controller may also process personal data for the following purposes:

  • To ensure compliance with the terms and conditions set out in the Legal Notice and with applicable legislation. This may include the development of tools and algorithms that help the Website guarantee the confidentiality of the personal data it collects.
  • To support and improve the services offered through the Website.
  • To analyse users’ browsing activity. The Controller collects other non-identifying data through cookies that are downloaded to the User’s device when browsing the Website. The characteristics and purposes of these cookies are described in the Cookie Policy.

Security of Personal Data

To protect your personal data, the Controller takes all reasonable precautions and follows industry best practices to prevent its loss, misuse, improper access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

Your data may be added to a mailing list database managed and processed by the Controller. The security of your data is protected through the implementation of the necessary security measures, and the Controller guarantees that personal data will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected.

The Controller informs the User that personal data will not be disclosed to third-party organisations unless the disclosure is required by law or the provision of a service requires a contractual relationship with a data processor.

In the latter case, data will only be disclosed to the third party when the Controller has obtained the User’s express consent.

In some cases, the Controller may collaborate with other professionals. In such circumstances, the User’s consent will be requested, and the User will be informed of the identity of the professional involved and the purpose of the collaboration. Such collaborations will always be carried out in accordance with the strictest security standards.

Content from Other Websites

Pages on this Website may include embedded content such as videos, images or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as it would if you had visited the external website directly.

These websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking code and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Cookie Policy

For this Website to function correctly, it needs to use cookies. Cookies are small files containing information that is stored in your web browser.

You can find full information about the collection and processing of cookies on the Cookie Policy page.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

The legal basis for processing your personal data is:

  • The consent of the data subject.

Categories of Personal Data

The categories of personal data processed by the Controller are:

  • Identification data.
  • No special categories of personal data are processed.

Retention of Personal Data

Personal data provided to the Controller will be retained until you request its erasure.

Website Browsing

When browsing the Website, non-identifying data may be collected. This may include your IP address, geolocation, records of how the services and Website are used, browsing habits and other information that cannot be used to identify you.

The Website may use third-party analytics services to process this information.

The Controller uses the information obtained to compile statistics, analyse trends, administer the Website, study browsing patterns and collect demographic information.

The Controller is not responsible for the processing of personal data carried out by external websites that you may access through links included on the Website.

Accuracy and Truthfulness of Personal Data

You undertake to ensure that the information provided to the Controller is correct, complete, accurate and up to date, and to keep it properly updated.

As a User of the Website, you are solely responsible for the truthfulness and accuracy of the information submitted through the Website. The Controller accepts no liability in this regard.

Acceptance and Consent

As a User of the Website, you acknowledge that you have been informed of the conditions relating to the protection of personal data. You accept and consent to the processing of your personal data by the Controller in the manner and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

To contact the Controller, subscribe to a newsletter or post comments on the Website, you must accept this Privacy Policy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

The Controller reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy in order to adapt it to legislative or case-law developments, as well as to industry practices.

This Privacy Policy will remain in force until it is replaced by a duly published updated version.