Privacy Policy

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform the user (hereinafter, the “User”) of the website www.makingscience.co.uk (hereinafter, the “Website“) about the collection and processing of their personal data.

Access and/or use of the Website confers the condition of User, and implies acceptance, from said access and/or use, of this Privacy Policy.

1. Which company is responsible for the processing of your data?

The company responsible for the processing of your personal data is Making Science Group, S.A., with C.I.F. A82861428 and registered office at Calle Lopez De Hoyos 135, Piso 3, 28002 Madrid (Spain) (hereinafter, MAKING SCIENCE).

For any question related to the present Privacy and Data Protection Policy or to contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), the User may contact MAKING SCIENCE at the e-mail address protecciondedatos@makingscience.com.

2. What are the purposes of the processing and the legal bases that legitimize such processing?

PURPOSE OF PROCESSING

BASIS OF LEGITIMACY

(i) Provision of consulting and digital marketing services.

Article 6.1 b) GDPR (performance of a contractual relationship).

(ii) To manage the User’s job applications and candidacies. Article 6.1 b) (application at

the User’s request for pre-contractual measures).

(iii) To provide both potential customers and our customers with offers of products and services of interest to them.

Article 6. 1 a) GDPR (consent).

(iv) Sending information with a view to initiating a project with or investing in MAKING SCIENCE when requested by the User. Article 6.1 b) GDPR (application at the User’s request of pre-contractual measures).

request of the User of pre-contractual measures).

MAKING SCIENCE takes the protection of your privacy and personal data very seriously. Therefore, your personal information is kept securely and treated with the utmost care, in full compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter, “GDPR“) and the Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on Data Protection and guarantee of digital rights (hereinafter, “LOPDGDDD“).

The present Privacy Policy regulates the access and use of the website and the services that MAKING SCIENCE makes available to the User interested in the services and contents hosted on the Website.

With regard to the latter, the User may, in those cases in which the processing has as its legal basis article 6.1 a) RGPD (consent) the User will have the right to withdraw said consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent prior to its withdrawal, by sending an email to protecciondedatos@makingscience.com.

3. Retention of data

The personal data collected by MAKING SCIENCE will be kept for as long as it is useful to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, provided that the deletion of such data is not requested by the User. Subsequently, if necessary, MAKING SCIENCE will keep the information blocked for the legally established periods and for as long as responsibilities may arise from the same.

Users are informed that their data will be collected solely for the purposes set out in the previous paragraphs and will not be processed in a way that is incompatible with those purposes.

4. Truthfulness of the data provided by the User

The user guarantees that the personal data provided are truthful and is responsible for notifying MAKING SCIENCE of any modification of the same. The User will be responsible, in any case, for the veracity of the data provided, and MAKING SCIENCE reserves the right to exclude from the registered services all Users who have provided false data, without prejudice to any other actions that may be applicable by law.

Any modification or update of the same, will have to be communicated to MAKING SCIENCE through the means of communication available in the present Privacy Policy.

5. Rights of the User in relation to their data

The User has the right to:

  1. Access their personal data.
  2. Request the rectification of inaccurate data.
  3. Request its deletion.
  4. Request the limitation of the processing of their data.
  5. Oppose the processing of their data.
  6. Request portability.
  7. Not to be subject to automated individual decisions, including profiling that produces legal effects on him or her or significantly affects him or her in a similar way.

Through the data collection forms MAKING SCIENCE may obtain your consent to send commercial communications, promotions, special offers and other information related to our products and services by e-mail, SMS or any other equivalent means of electronic communication.

If at any time you wish to opt out of receiving further commercial communications of this nature or to update your communication preferences, you have the aforementioned rights, for which you may use the following communication preference management form.

The User may exercise all these rights at the following email address protecciondedatos@makingscience.com.

The User may also send his/her request by ordinary mail to the following address:

Making Science Group, S.A.
Calle Lopez De Hoyos 135, Piso 3, 28002 Madrid.

The communication addressed must contain information relating to the request in which the request is made.

Without prejudice to any other administrative remedy or legal action, the User shall have the right to file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency in the event that he/she considers that the processing of his/her personal data is not in accordance with the regulations, as well as in the event that the exercise of his/her rights is not satisfied.

6. Recipients and international data transfers

The User’s personal data may be transferred to other companies of the MAKING SCIENCE group of companies when this is necessary for the management of internal administrative tasks of the MAKING SCIENCE Group, based on the legitimate interest that, in balance with the interests, rights and freedoms of the User, exists in each case, as well as on the respective contracts of commissioning of the processing when necessary.

Thus, MAKING SCIENCE may only transfer the User’s personal data to other companies of the same business group and to public entities and authorities that require it when there is a legal obligation for MAKING SCIENCE to communicate such data.

MAKING SCIENCE may make international transfers of personal data to third countries, applying in each case the appropriate guarantees to protect the personal data of the User. In this regard, MAKING SCIENCE will make international transfers of data to the United States on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or, where applicable, the application of the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. MAKING SCIENCE may also transfer personal data to its group companies in Colombia through the application of the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. If MAKING SCIENCE wishes to transfer the User’s personal data to any other territory, it will ensure that there is an adequacy decision from the European Commission or, as the case may be, to implement the Standard Contractual Clauses.

7. Data Security

The protection of Users’ privacy and personal data is very important to MAKING SCIENCE. Therefore, MAKING SCIENCE does everything in its power to prevent your data from being used inappropriately. Your data can only be accessed by authorised personnel.

MAKING SCIENCE maintains adequate security for the protection of personal data in accordance with the applicable regulations and has established all the technical means at its disposal to avoid the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access and theft of the data provided by the User through the Website, without prejudice to informing you that security measures on the Internet are not impregnable.

MAKING SCIENCE undertakes to comply with the duty of secrecy and confidentiality with respect to the personal data in accordance with the applicable legislation.

8. Links

The MAKING SCIENCE Web Site may contain links to the Web sites of third party companies and entities.

MAKING SCIENCE cannot be held responsible for the way in which these companies deal with the protection of privacy and personal data, so we advise you to read carefully the Privacy Policy statements of these websites that are not owned by MAKING SCIENCE in relation to the use, processing and protection of personal data.

The conditions offered by these websites may not be the same as those offered by MAKING SCIENCE.

9. Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the processing of your data, please contact MAKING SCIENCE by e-mail at the following e-mail address: protecciondedatos@makingscience.com.

10. Updates and changes to the Privacy Policy

MAKING SCIENCE reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. For this reason, please check this Privacy Policy regularly for the most recent version of this Privacy Policy.

However, any changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated to the User.