Privacy Policy | ARTELEY

1. Who is the Data Controller for the processing of your data?

Data Controller: Carlos Francisco López Abadín

NIF: 33381104P

Postal Address: Calle Monte de Sancha 7, 1ºA, 29016. Málaga (España)

2. For what purpose and on what legal basis do we process your personal data?

On this Website, we process the data you provide to us in a transparent and lawful manner. Depending on how you interact with us, the purposes and legal bases are:

Contact and Query Forms

Purpose: To attend to, manage and respond to your requests for information, legal queries or requests for quotes regarding our services.

Legal Basis: The express consent of the user (Art. 6.1.a GDPR) granted by ticking the acceptance checkbox and submitting the form.

Procurement of Legal and Consulting Services (Clients)

Purpose: To manage the contractual relationship; process judicial or extrajudicial case files; register trademarks, patents and designs; manage other intangible-asset protection processes before the OEPM, EUIPO and corresponding offices; provide any other consulting services; and carry out the administrative, accounting and tax management of the professional engagement.

Legal Basis: The performance of a contract for the provision of services or the application of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6.1.b GDPR).

3. What categories of data do we process?

We only request the data strictly necessary to fulfil the purposes described. We process the following categories:

Identification Data: Name, surnames, DNI/NIF/Passport.
Contact Data: Email, telephone number and postal address.
Corporate Data: Name of your company, position or sector (essential for the analysis of intangible assets).
Technical Information: IP address and browsing data collected via analytics cookies subject to your consent.

Under no circumstances are special categories of data processed through this Website.

4. How long will we retain your data?

Your personal data shall be retained solely for the period necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected:

Data of users who make queries: It shall be retained for a maximum period of 1 year from the last contact, unless a subsequent commercial relationship arises.
Client data (Case files): It shall be retained for the duration of the contractual relationship and, upon its termination, during the statutory limitation periods applicable in Spain.

5. To which recipients will your data be communicated?

Your personal data shall not be sold, rented or transferred to commercial third parties under any circumstances. It shall only be communicated under the following lawful circumstances:

Legal Obligation: To Public Administrations, Courts and Tribunals or the Agencia Tributaria (Tax Agency) in compliance with Spanish regulations.
Intellectual Property Bodies: Only when services are commissioned, data shall be communicated to registration offices such as the OEPM (Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas), EUIPO, WIPO, the Spanish Intellectual Property Registry and others as required by the characteristics of the engagement.
Data Processors: External technical providers necessary for the functioning of the Website that operate under strict confidentiality agreements, ensuring that their servers are located within the European Economic Area (EEA) or in countries with an adequate level of protection.

6. What are your rights when you provide us with your data?

As the data subject, Spanish regulations recognise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, portability and restriction of processing. You may exercise them completely free of charge:

Access: To know whether we are processing your data and what exact information we hold.
Rectification: To modify your data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): To request deletion of your data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Restriction of processing: To request that we temporarily suspend processing of your data in specific cases.
Objection: To object to the use of your data for specific purposes, such as sending commercial communications.
Portability: To receive your data in a structured and electronic format so that it can be transmitted to another controller.

How to exercise your rights

You must send an email to info@arteley.com or a physical letter to our postal address, including:

A copy of your DNI, passport or other official document proving your identity, as required by law to prevent identity theft.
The specific right you wish to exercise and the reason for your request.

If you consider that your rights have not been duly addressed, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, which in Spain is the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD).

7. Security Measures

The Data Controller of the Website adopts the technical and organisational measures necessary to guarantee the security of personal data and to prevent its alteration, loss, unauthorised processing or access. The Website has an active SSL (HTTPS) encryption certificate, ensuring that all information travelling from your browser to our servers is fully encrypted in transit.