As the person responsible for this website, I want to offer you the greatest legal guarantees regarding your privacy and explain with the utmost clarity and transparency everything that concerns the processing of personal information within this website.
This Privacy Policy will be valid only for personal data obtained on the Website, and will not apply to information collected by third parties on other websites, even if they are linked by the Website.
The following conditions are binding for the user and for the person responsible for this website, so it is important that you spend a few minutes reading it, and if you do not agree with this policy, do not send your personal data on this website.
For the purposes of the aforementioned Personal Data Protection Law, the personal data you send us will be incorporated into a “WEBSITE USERS AND SUBSCRIBERS” file, owned by Roberto Perez. This file has implemented all the technical and organizational security measures established in Royal Decree 1720/2007, developing the LOPD.
Sending and Registration of General Personal Data
The sending of personal data on this website is mandatory to contact, comment, subscribe to the bostonlines.com blog, contract the services offered on this website, and purchase books in digital format.
Likewise, not providing the requested personal data or not accepting this data protection policy makes it impossible to subscribe to content and process requests made on this website.
It is not necessary to provide any personal data for browsing this website.
What data this website requires and for what purpose
bostonlines.com will collect Users’ Personal Data through online forms via the Internet. The Personal Data collected, depending on each case, may include: name, surname, email, and access connection. Additionally, in the case of contracting services, purchasing books, and advertising, I will request certain banking or payment data from the User.
This website will only require data strictly appropriate to the purpose of collection and commits to:
- Minimize the processing of personal data as much as possible
- Pseudonymize personal data to the extent possible
- Provide transparency regarding the functions and processing of personal data performed on this website
- Allow all users to supervise the processing of their data performed on this website
- Create and improve security elements to offer you the best secure browsing conditions
The purposes of data collected on this portal are as follows:
- To respond to user requirements. For example, if the user leaves their personal information in any of the contact forms, we may use that data to respond to your request and answer any doubts, complaints, comments, or concerns you may have regarding the information included on the Website, services provided through the Website, processing of your personal data, matters concerning legal texts included on the Website, as well as any other queries you may have.
- To manage the subscription list, send newsletters, promotions, and special offers. In this case, we will only use the email address and name provided by the user when subscribing.
- To moderate and respond to comments made by users on the blog.
- To ensure compliance with terms of use and applicable law. This may include developing tools and algorithms that help this website ensure the confidentiality of personal data it collects.
- To support and improve the services offered by this website.
- To market products and services offered on this website.
In some cases, information about visitors to this site is shared anonymously or in aggregate with third parties such as advertisers, sponsors, or affiliates for the sole purpose of improving my services and monetizing the website. All these processing tasks will be regulated according to legal standards and all your rights regarding data protection will be respected in accordance with current regulations.
In each case, the user has full rights over their personal data and its use and may exercise them at any time.
Under no circumstances will this website transfer users’ personal data to third parties without previously informing them and requiring their consent.
Services offered by third parties on this website
To provide services strictly necessary for the development of its activity, bostonlines.com shares data with the following providers under their corresponding privacy conditions:
- Hosting: sered.es
- Web platform: WordPress.org
Personal data capture systems used by this website
This website uses different personal information capture systems. This website always requires prior consent from users to process their personal data for the indicated purposes.
The user has the right to revoke their prior consent at any time.
Personal information capture systems used by bostonlines.com:
- Content subscription forms: There are several forms within the website to activate subscriptions. Check your email inbox. The user must confirm their subscription to validate their email address. The data provided will be used exclusively to send the Newsletter and keep you updated on news and special offers, exclusive to subscribers. The Newsletter is managed by Acumbamail.
- Comment form: The website includes a form to comment on posts. Users can publish comments on published posts. Personal data entered in the form to insert these comments will be used exclusively to moderate and publish them.
- Contact form: There is also a contact form for inquiries, suggestions, or professional contact. In this case, the email address will be used to respond to them and send the information the user requires through the website.
- Cookies: When the user registers or navigates on this website, “cookies” are stored. The user can consult the cookie policy at any time for more information about cookie use and how to deactivate them.
- Download systems: Different content can be downloaded from this website, which is periodically incorporated in text, video, and audio formats. In this case, an email is required to activate the subscription form. Your information is used for the purposes indicated for subscribers.
- Publication sales: Publications and info-products from bostonlines.com can be purchased through the portal. In this case, buyer data is required (Name, surname, phone, postal address, and email) using PayPal and Stripe as payment methods.
Users can unsubscribe at any time from services provided by bostonlines.com and the Newsletter.
Users will find within this site, pages, promotions, sponsors, affiliate programs that access users’ browsing habits to establish user profiles and show users advertising based on their interests and browsing habits. This information is always anonymous and does not identify the user.
Information provided on these sponsored sites or affiliate links is subject to the privacy policies used on such sites and will not be subject to this privacy policy. Therefore, we strongly recommend that Users carefully review the privacy policies of affiliate links.
Privacy Policy for advertising provided by AdSense: Google AdSense
Privacy policy for tracking sources used on this site: Google (Analytics)
At bostonlines.com, we also study our users’ preferences, demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, and other information collectively to better understand who constitutes our audience and what they need. Tracking our users’ preferences also helps us show you the most relevant advertisements.
Users and, in general, any natural or legal person, may establish a hyperlink or technical linking device (for example, links or buttons) from their website to bostonlines.com (the “Hyperlink”). Establishing the Hyperlink does not imply in any case the existence of relationships between bostonlines.com and the owner of the site or webpage where the Hyperlink is established, nor acceptance or approval by bostonlines.com of its contents or services. In any case, bostonlines.com reserves the right to prohibit or disable at any time any hyperlink to the Website.
Users can unsubscribe at any time from services provided by bostonlines.com and the Newsletter.
Accuracy and Truthfulness of Data
The User guarantees that personal data provided through different forms is truthful, being obligated to communicate any modifications thereof. Likewise, the User guarantees that all information provided corresponds to their real situation, is up to date and accurate. Additionally, the User is obligated to keep their data updated at all times, being solely responsible for the inaccuracy or falsity of the data provided and any damage this may cause to Roberto Perez as owner of the bostonlines.com website.
Exercise of Rights of Access, Rectification, Cancellation, or Opposition
User rights are as follows:
- Right to ask what personal data we store about the User at any time
- Right to ask us to update or correct incorrect or outdated data we store about the User free of charge
- Right to unsubscribe from any marketing communications we may send to the User
You may direct your communications and exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition through postal mail at Avinguda del Mar, 2, Barcelona, 08398 or by email: info(at)bostonlines.com along with valid legal proof, such as a photocopy of your ID or equivalent, indicating in the subject line “DATA PROTECTION”.
Acceptance and Consent
The User declares having been informed of the conditions regarding personal data protection, accepting and consenting to their processing by Roberto Perez in the manner and for the purposes indicated in the legal notice.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
bostonlines.com reserves the right to modify this policy to adapt it to legislative or jurisprudential developments as well as industry practices. In such cases, the Provider will announce on this page the changes introduced with reasonable advance notice before their implementation.
Commercial Emails
In accordance with LSSICE, bostonlines.com does not engage in SPAM practices, so it does not send commercial emails electronically that have not been previously requested or authorized by the User. On some occasions, it may send promotions and special offers from itself and third parties, only in cases where it has authorization from recipients. Consequently, in each of the forms on the Website, the User has the possibility to give express consent to receive my “Newsletter”, independent of commercial information specifically requested. You can also cancel your subscription automatically in the Newsletter itself.