Privacy and Data Protection Policy

The Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business is the entity responsible for the processing of personal data provided by users on the Web Portals and Electronic Offices.

In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, the Ministry undertakes to comply with its obligation of secrecy with respect to data. of a personal nature and the duty to treat them with confidentiality. For these purposes, it will adopt the necessary measures to prevent its alteration, loss, treatment or unauthorized access.

This legal notice applies to the pages of the Web Portals and Electronic Offices; access through links to these sites is not guaranteed, nor to links from these sites to other websites.

Collection of personal data

In order to provide services, the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business may request personal data through forms that will generally be processed in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/ 679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016.

The Ministry will inform and may collect data from the following categories of personal data:

• Identification and contact data (including postal and/or electronic addresses).
• Identification codes or keys for access and operations in the Portal and the electronic Headquarters.
• Transactional data, that is, any operation, movement and query associated with any of the administrative services and procedures that a user maintains with the Ministry.
• Socioeconomic and labor data.
• Legal representation data.

Those Responsible for Treatment

Personal data have different Data Controllers depending on the service provided by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.

Purposes of the processing activities and their legitimacy:

Through the Web Portals and Electronic Offices, no personal data is collected without express consent. The data provided by the interested party will be used, on a sole and exclusive basis, for the purposes provided for in each procedure or action.

The general purpose of the collection and processing of personal data is the management, provision and improvement of services and the processing of administrative procedures related to the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business as well as any other service requested at any time by the user. and monitoring and responding to queries raised by them.

Each service offered by the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business may have additional purposes, all of them justified, in addition to the express consent of the user, by the legitimation conferred on the Ministry by the Laws and Legal Standards that regulate the services offered and the associated procedures.

The different additional purposes and their legitimacy can be consulted when accessing each of the services and procedures offered by the Ministry.

Express consent

Once informed of the type of data necessary for the provision of the services and associated administrative procedures, the processing activities to be carried out, their purpose and their legitimacy, express consent will be obtained so that the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business carry out the processing activities of personal data provided by the user of the services.

Recipients, assignment and transfer of data

In general terms, the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business is the only recipient of the data collected. In no case will the aforementioned data be subject to processing or transfer to third parties, if not with the express consent of the affected party in accordance with the assumptions provided for by current legal regulations.

When the service provided or its associated procedure includes legal obligations derived from the legitimation of the processing that require the assignment or transfer to third parties, the third parties receiving those data and the purposes of their processing activities will be indicated.

The user's express consent will be obtained for such assignments and transfers of data. Consent will be requested separately and specifically when the data transfer is international.

Data retention period:

The data will be kept for the time necessary to provide the services offered by the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business based on administrative legislation regarding the prescription of responsibilities.

Exercise of rights

The user may at any time exercise the rights regarding the data provided for any of the administrative procedures and services. To do this, you can send a request through the following link or contact it by any means that records its sending and receipt, to:

• Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business
• Paseo de la Castellana, 162 - 28046 Madrid

You can also contact the Spanish Data Protection Agency, where you can consult more information about obligations and rights related to data protection. Personal data protection.

Complaints and Claims

In exercising your rights, you can file a claim with the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business when you are not satisfied with the response received. More information in the following link.

Cookie Policy

The Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business uses a web analytics service that temporarily installs cookies for the sole and exclusive purpose of preparing statistical reports. Cookies are files created in the user's browser to record their activity on the website. A cookie does not identify a person, but rather a combination of computer-browser-user, they have a limited temporary validity and in no case are they used to collect personal information.

To navigate the portal and the Ministry's electronic offices, it is not necessary to allow the installation of these cookies. It is possible to disable them directly in the browser. In each browser the operation is different. In the browser's help you will find information related to the use of cookies.