1. User responsabilities

Access to this Web site is the user’s exclusive responsibility. Those risks derived from the use of this Web site by the user will be their own.

Metropolis is not liable either for possible damages derived from problems in the website’s operations for causes unrelated to it; nor for damages which may have been caused by third parties by means of illegitimate intrusions outside Metropolis’ control.

The user commits him/herself not to use the website and the services and contents at his/her disposition for illicit ends, unauthorised or fraudulent and/or with different ends to those established in the present legal notice which could damage Metropolis’ interests and/or rights and those of third parties.

Metropolis’ reserves the right to stop or forbid access to this Web to any Internet user who may introduce into this Website any content contrary to law or of an immoral character, reserving the right to exercise any legal measures deemed necessary to curtail this type of conduct. Metropolis also reserves the right to hide any commentary contrary to the law or of an immoral character.

2. Service conditions

The information appearing in the website is current as from the date of its last update.

Metropolis reserves the right to update, modify or delete the Web site’s information, being able to limit or to deny access to it and carry out, at any time, as many changes and modifications as it may deem necessary.

Metropolis can use this right at any time and without previous notice. All efforts are made to avoid errors in the contents appearing in the web site and Metropolis takes responsibility for them if there are any.

Due to the service’s special conditions and with the aim of delivering a more appropriate service, Metropolis may modify the terms and conditions of the present agreement, which will have to be followed by the users at all times.

The use of this web site as well as the services provided in it for the user will suppose knowledge and full acceptance, unreservedly, of all and each of the general conditions collected in the present Private Policy.

1. Who we are

The party in charge of processing any personal data collected is the World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis), whose details are as follows:

• ●  The World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis)
• ●  Tax Code: G65011652
• ●  Calle Avinyó no 15, 3rd floor
• ●  08002 Barcelona (Spain)

  This data protection policy governs the data processing carried out by the World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis) via its website.

  Metropolis complies strictly with current data protection legislation, in particular 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 and on the free movement of such data.

2. Purpose of data processing

Data provided to Metropolis by different means are gathered in accordance with current data protection legislation. We inform users of the purpose of the data processing, and the length of time the data will be held, for each means by which data is collected.

Data is provided voluntarily at all times, and this guarantees that the personal data provided is true. We reserve the right to exclude any user who has provided false information from our services, without prejudice to any other actions that may be taken by law.

Under no circumstances will automated decisions be taken using your data.

The data provided will only be used for the purposes that the user has authorised and been duly informed of. Your data will not be transferred to third parties, unless you expressly authorise otherwise during data collection.

The legal basis for processing your data is the provision of the services you have requested and expressly authorised.

In order for Metropolis to carry out its activities and services, we make use of services (CRM, sending communications, etc.) that are stored on technology platforms run by specialist companies. This data is managed with the sole and exclusive purpose of guaranteeing the provision, security and availability of the services we offer, and with the guarantee that these

technology companies will apply the measures and act in good practice in terms of information security.

All of our service providers are located within the European Economic Area, or otherwise in countries that guarantee the level of compliance required by legislation.

Your personal data will not be transferred outside the European Economic Area, or to countries that do not have a similar level of compliance, without your prior express authorisation.

3.- Your rights when you provide us with your data

You can request and obtain information on how we are processing your data, and what for, at any time.

You can:

• ●  Access your data: request what data we have and what we use it for, and even ask us for said data to provide it to another entity.
• ●  Rectify your data: request a modification or rectification of inaccurate data.
• ●  Delete your data: request for your data to be deleted and for it not to be processed,

  except any data we are legally required to store.

• ●  Object to data processing: so that we do not use your data for a specific purpose.

  Metropolis is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of personal data in accordance with applicable legislation. Likewise, the association undertakes to process any data transfers securely, where they take place.

  Metropolis adopts all the technical and organisational measures necessary to avoid the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access to or theft of any personal data provided, via the website in this case, taking into account current technology, the nature of the data in question, and the risks to which it might be exposed.

  If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

  For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

  If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Should you wish to exercise your rights, you can write a letter indicating which right you wish to exercise (Access, Rectification, Deletion, Objection or Transfer of your data), attaching a copy of your ID, and addressing your letter to the Secretariat General of the World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis), Calle Avinyó, 15, 3.o, 08002 Barcelona (Spain), or send an email to learning@metropolis.org.

4. Your activity in the Metropolis Learning Forum

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

5. Cookies policy

In fulfillment of article 22 of the Spanish electronic commerce laws we inform you that this website uses cookies with the aim of improving web searching, providing a better service to the user and offering its own direct advertising or that of third parties depending on the user’s search habits.

In the section “Policy on cookies” we detail the web’s typology and use of cookies.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

6. Submission of complaints

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.agpd.es) is the Supervisory Body that oversees compliance with data protection legislation in Spain. If you consider that Metropolis has failed to comply with any of the precepts established in this regulation, you may file a claim.

7. Intellectual property and copyright law

Unless otherwise expressed on the Website, the texts, images, illustrations, designs and other content found in the website are Metropolis’ property or that of third parties from which authorisation, license or grant of use has been obtained.

The User commits him/herself not to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, transform or modify the Contents of the website, unless with the copyright holder’s authorisation or with Metropolis’ previous express written authorisation.

Any user or third party that considers there has been a violation of intellectual or industrial property rights on account of specific content on the website may notify Metropolis thereof in writing at the address indicated at the head of this legal notice, or via email to learning@metropolis.org.