Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 October 2026.

Who is responsible for this website?

This notice concerns the personal data collected through spore-med.eu, the website of the SPORE-MED research project, coordinated by the Universitat de Girona through its LEQUIA research group.

Institution: Universitat de Girona (tax identification number Q6750002E). Registered address: Plaça Sant Domènec, 3, Edifici Les Àligues, 17004 Girona, Spain. For enquiries about this website and the project, contact sporemed.lequia@udg.edu. The University’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted at dpd@udg.edu.

What information is collected and why?

Contact enquiries. The contact form asks for your name, email address and message. This information is used to respond to your enquiry and manage the related correspondence. Please do not include sensitive personal information or information about other people unless necessary. The legal basis is your consent when you voluntarily send the enquiry; institutional or research-related requests may also be handled as part of the University’s public-interest functions.

Newsletter. The subscription form collects your email address and, if you choose to provide it, your name. This information is used to send news and updates about SPORE-MED on the basis of your consent. Subscription is optional. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting sporemed.lequia@udg.edu with the subject “Unsubscribe”. Withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before it.

Operation and security. The hosting and security tools may process technical information such as IP addresses, request times, browser information and login attempts to deliver the website, prevent misuse and investigate technical incidents. Administrative accounts are restricted to authorised staff; public registration is disabled.

Cookies and external services

The website uses cookies needed for its operation and to remember privacy preferences. Optional services include Google Analytics for audience statistics and embedded YouTube videos. These services may receive technical and usage information, including your IP address, when enabled. You can choose or change your preferences through the website’s cookie controls. See the Cookie Policy for the services detected and the available settings.

Links to LinkedIn, Bluesky and other external websites take you to services with their own privacy policies. If a translation service is used, page text may be processed by the translation provider. Google’s privacy information is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

Who may receive information?

Enquiries and subscriptions are handled by the authorised SPORE-MED team. Hosting, maintenance and communication service providers may process information when needed to provide their services. The website is hosted with Webempresa. Information may also be disclosed where required by law. External services can involve processing outside the European Economic Area; the applicable provider information describes its processing locations and safeguards. Optional services can be refused through the cookie controls.

How long is information kept?

Enquiries are kept for the time needed to respond and manage the matter, and for any applicable legal or institutional retention requirements. Subscription details are kept while the subscription remains active, subject to withdrawal and the project’s communication needs. Security records and backups are retained according to their operational purpose and applicable obligations. You can contact the project or the Data Protection Officer for information about a specific record.

Your rights

Where applicable, you may request access, correction, erasure, restriction of processing or portability of your personal data, object to processing, and withdraw consent. Contact sporemed.lequia@udg.edu or the University’s Data Protection Officer at dpd@udg.edu. Include enough information to identify the request; additional identification will only be requested where necessary.

You may lodge a complaint with the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT). Further information about the University’s data protection framework and exercising your rights is available on its official data protection page.

Changes to this notice

This notice may be updated when the website’s services or processing arrangements change. The date at the beginning identifies the latest revision.