Thank you for visiting the World Birdfairs Council ·WBC· website and for viewing our Privacy Policy.
Confidentiality and security are core values of World Birdfairs Council ·WBC· and we therefore undertake to ensure the User’s privacy at all times and not to gather any unnecessary information.
What this Privacy Policy covers?
This policy has been designed to explain the information we collect, how and why we collect it, and when it is used. The personal data requested is necessary in order to manage your requests and/or provide you with the services that you can contract.
All the fields that appear on ours forms will be required to be completed, so the omission of any of them may lead to it being impossible for us to meet your request, unless the form itself has fields of voluntary completion. Therefore, if this data is not made available to us, we will not be able to attend to you correctly or provide you with the service that you have requested.
By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy. Please be sure to read this notice carefully.
Who is responsible for processing your data?
As of May 25, 2018, in the European Union the processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We endeavour to treat everyone’s data in the same secure manner, wherever you are from.
- Party Responsible: Sociedad de Gestión Pública de Extremadura, S.A.U (Gpex)
- Address: C/Benito Arias Montano, 1 – escalera 2, 4a planta, 06800 Mérida – BADAJOZ (ES)
- NIF: A06450829
- Email: WBF[@]worldbirdfairs.com
What information we collect
Personal information means information that can be used to identify and contact you. You do not need to submit personal information to access our website.
We collect information such as your name, contact details, passport details, travel preferences and special needs/dietary requirements that you supply us or is supplied to us, about you and other persons on your booking. We may also keep a record of: the date that you contacted us and how you first found us, booking-related emails and correspondence, tour feedback forms, and details of any previous bookings with us.
By submitting personal information through our website, you authorize to share this personal information for the purposes identified herein, such as responding to user inquiries, processing transactions and deliveries our products.
By providing this information to us we will assume that you have given your consent to the collection of such personal information.
If by means of a form you provide us with personal data of other people, we warn you that you must do so with their consent and have informed them, in advance, of the details contained in this Privacy Policy.
How we collect your data
We collect your information when you request from us more details about our services, contact us by email or phone (and vice versa), make a booking, use our website, connect with us via social media and any other interaction we have with you. We will update your information whenever we can to keep it current, accurate and complete. When you fill out a website form, email us, all the data is collected securely in our database.
When visitors leave comments on the web, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and the browser’s user-agent chain to help detect spam.
You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features.
How we use the information we collect
Contact form
- Purpose: to provide a means for you to contact us and for us to answer your requests for information, and to send you information about our products, services and activities, including by electronic means (email, SMS, WhatsApp), if you check the acceptance box.
- Legal basis: the consent given by the users when they request information through our contact form, and when they check the acceptance box for sending information.
- Storage: once your request has been resolved by means of our form or answered by email, if no new processing has been generated, and if you have agreed to receive commercial mail, until you request cancellation of this.
Sending of Emails
- Purpose: to reply to your requests for information, attend to other requests and reply to your enquiries or doubts.
- Legal basis: the consent given by the users when they request information through the email address.
- Storage: once your request has been answered by email, if no new processing has been generated.
If you do not agree to our use of your information as described above, we cannot accept your inquiries.
How long do we keep your data
Whenever we collect or process your personal data, we’ll only keep it for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or the law requires. The time period for which we keep data depends on the data type. Most of our data is retained for 3 years. Legally, some financial information must be kept on our files for 6 years. Data is not kept on our systems for longer than is needed, and is periodically reviewed and removed.
We have made every effort to ensure your data is stored and processed securely.
Recipients of your data
Your data is confidential and will not be assigned to third parties, unless this is required in order to manage the services contracted or there is a legal obligation to do so. We never sell or rent data to third parties.
We use the information that is provided to us only for the reason it was gathered.
We only permit suppliers to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
The following are some examples of how we may share or disclose your Personal Information.
Sharing with third parties
If you email us a question, we may use your email address to process your request and respond to your question.
If you are entering a competition, we may use your Personal Information in order to fulfil the terms of that promotion.
Legal Process. We may disclose your personal information to legal or government regulatory authorities in response to their requests for such information.
To selected third-parties including:
Service providers who help us maintain our website and provide other administrative services to us. Including, but not limited to, providing user service, sending user communications on our behalf, winner selection, etc.
We work with third-party service providers to provide website and application development, hosting, maintenance, backup, analysis and other services for us, which may require them to access information about you.
Because such third-party service providers help us administer our website they will have access to users’ Personal Information, if you do not wish for our third-party service providers to have access to your information, please do not register or submit any Personal Information to us.
We will seek to ensure that these third parties will not use the Personal Information in a way which is outside the scope of this privacy policy and where applicable, for any purpose other than to provide the administrative services for which they are responsible.
If a service provider needs to access information about you to perform services on our behalf, they do so under instruction from us, and we enter into agreements that require them to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data.
Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not share your personal information with any person or entity that does not have our authorization.
Use of Photographs and Videos
All photographs and videos published on this webpage will be used for legitimate purposes. We places special care and attention in the use and publication of these, which at all times respect the privacy of individuals that appear in them. In any case, if anyone is dissatisfied with the published photographs, they may request the removal of such content at any time, please contact us at WBF[@]worldbirdfairs.com.
Images posted on this website contain personal data and comply with current legislation on data protection. They are not a publicly available source and may not be reproduced in whole or in part, or transmitted or recorded by any information retrieval system, without the consent of those affected.
Cookies
This website only uses technical, personalisation and analysis, first and third party cookies (Google Analytics), which in no case process personal data or gather browsing habits for advertising purposes.
Therefore, when you access our website, in compliance with article 22 of the Law on Information Society Services, and since analysis cookies are used, we have requested your authorisation to use them and provided information about them. At all events, they will be installed after a reasonable period of time, so the user has time to decide whether or not to authorise them.
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Links
Although our website and communications may contain links to other websites, we are not the owners of these sites, and therefore are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We are not responsible for the privacy policy regarding the personal data you may give to a third party by means of the links available on our website. We advise you to read the privacy policies of each website you visit which collects personal data.
Embedded content from other Web sites
Items on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). The embedded content of other Web sites behaves exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These web sites can collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are connected to that website.
Protection of your personal data
We have taken all security measures, including encryption and authentication tools, to protect personal data in accordance with the content of the provisions of the GDPR, and has established all the technical means at its disposal to prevent loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access and theft of data that you provide.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to view, edit or request the removal of your personal data. Any person can withdraw their consent at any time.
- Please let us know in writing if you like to see the personal data we hold about you, as you are entitled to a copy of this information and to correct any inaccuracies. We will supply this information within a maximum of 30 days of receiving your request.
- You have the right to ask not to receive direct marketing material from us, and as soon as properly notified by you, we will take steps to stop using your information in this way. You will also be able to remove yourself from our emailing list by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of all marketing emails.
- You also have the “Right to be Forgotten”, and as soon as properly notified by you, we will remove all your information from our records.
Where and how to request your rights
By means of a written statement addressed to the person responsible, either by post or email, indicating the reference “Personal Data”, and specifying the right you wish to exercise and in relation to which personal data.
Please note that if you choose to exercise your rights to have personal data restricted or deleted, then we may not be able to provide you with a full service.
If you are unhappy with how we deal with your Personal Information (and you are based in the EU), you have the right to complain to the relevant Supervisory Body within the EU.
Email: WBF[@]worldbirdfairs.com.
Including in both cases photocopy of your identification document.
Updating your data
It is important for us to keep your personal data up to date and that you inform us of any changes, as otherwise we cannot be held liable for its accuracy.
You will be solely responsible for any false or inaccurate statements that you make and for the damages caused to us or to third parties.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be modified to adapt it to possible changes in our website, as well as to any legislative or jurisprudential modifications on personal data that may appear, so we recommend reading it whenever you provide us with your data through this Website.
Contact Us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to WBF[@]worldbirdfairs.com.
Last updated 10 February 2021