Privacy Policy

Your Privacy Matters to Us

Explore our Privacy Policy to learn how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you share with us.

1. WHO IS THE DATA CONTROLLER OF YOUR DATA?

EducaSeeker is a trademark belonging to

StepsBridge, S.L.
NIF: B16872558
Registered office: Calle Almenares 42, 46540 El Puig de Santa María, Spain

While you (the “User”) browse the (https://www.educaseeker.com) website (the“Website”), or make use of any of the services that we offer on our Website, your data may be processed by the following organization:

StepsBridge, S.L.
NIF: B16872558
Registered office: Calle Almenares 42, 46540 El Puig de Santa María, Spain


2. INFORMATION AND CONSENT

By reading this Privacy Policy, the User is informed regarding the manner in which StepsBridge SL collect, process and protect the personal data provided to them through the forms made available on the Website, by third parties with which we have signed collaborative agreements, and received in any other way permitted in law, along with any data relating to browsing and any other information that may be provided through any other medium or channel. The User must read carefully this Privacy Policy, which has been drafted in clear and simple terms in order to help its understanding, and must freely and voluntarily decide whether he/she wishes to pass on his/her personal data to StepsBridge SL and any future subsidiaries of the company.

3. OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA

The data requested are in general mandatory (unless otherwise indicated in the required field) in order to meet the stated purposes. Therefore, if such data are not provided or are provided incorrectly, it will not be possible to attend to the User’s requests, notwithstanding the fact that the User may freely browse the contents of the Website.

4. FOR WHAT PURPOSE WILL THE PERSONAL DATA OF THE USER BE PROCESSED AND FOR HOW LONG?

The personal data provided will be stored in StepsBridge data base so long as they are useful and aligned with the purpose for which were collected. The personal data provided will be processed by StepsBridge for the following purposes:

  • To provide personalized information on academic activities, other services, events, initiatives and relevant news items through the forwarding of communications, including commercial communications, using traditional, digital or other kinds of media, such as email, telephone calls, text messages and messages posted on social media (e.g. WhatsApp, Line, Telegram, Wechat, LinkedIn Messenger, etc.). In order to achieve this, a commercial profile will be created based on the User’s own preferences, which will be obtained using the information provided by the User or information received from external sources. In the event that Users no longer wish to receive commercial or promotional communications, they can ask to be unsubscribed from the service by sending an email to the following address: gdpr@educaseeker.com, or through any of the communications they have received.

    The legal basis for processing Users’ personal data for this purpose may be the consent they have given, or it may result from the enforcement of a contractual or pre-contractual relationship between the User and StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, depending on the nature of the relationship and the means of communication used.

  • To respond to enquiries, questions or requests received from Users in relation to academic activities, other services, events, initiatives and relevant news, or in relation to any other matter. The legal basis for processing Users’ personal data for this purpose is a legitimate interest in attending and responding to enquiries.

  • To contact Users using any of the means indicated above for the purposes of maintaining relations and/or continuing with the admission and, where relevant, enrolment process, or in order to arrange participation in initiatives. Users are hereby informed that some conversations may be recorded, solely for the purposes of monitoring relations and the relevant admission and/or enrolment process.


    The legal basis for processing Users’ personal data for this purpose may be the consent they have given, or it may result from the enforcement of a contractual or pre-contractual relationship between the User and StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, depending on the nature of the relationship and the means of communication used.

  • To manage enrolment in the corresponding event, program or initiative, when Users have provided their data for this purpose.

    Users are informed that StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, reserve the right to record and broadcast any events or initiatives that are organized by or that involve StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, either live or in a pre-recorded broadcast, and to take photos at such events and initiatives, and to use, reproduce, distribute and communicate such recordings and photos using analogue or digital media, such as the Intranet or social networks, both in Spain and abroad, for academic purposes or in order to promote their activities or the activities of the sponsors of the event or initiative.

  • To manage Users’ requests relating to the exercise of their personal data protection rights and any other legal rights to which they may be entitled. The legal basis for processing Users’ personal data for this purpose is the legal obligation to attend to the relevant request.

  • To comply with any collaborative agreements, conventions, contracts or other agreements signed by StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries.


    The legal basis for processing personal data for this purpose is compliance with the contractual or pre-contractual relationship in question.

  • To make surveys and rankings.

    The legal basis for processing personal data, which will be carried out in order to improve and appraise the quality of the courses offered with the assistance of StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries.

  • To improve the provision of services and make the relationship with the User as close and personalized as possible; as well as any other purpose appropriate in relation to the services and aims of StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, pursuant to the law and in accordance with their duly notified legitimate interests.

5. WHICH USER DATA WILL BE PROCESSED?

StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, may process the following kinds of User data, depending on the application made via the Website or through any other channel: identifying data (including image and voice) and biometric data, contact details, information on personal characteristics, information on social circumstances, information on employment, economic, financial and insurance data, and browsing data gathered through the use of cookies, such as browsing history, IP address or other similar information.

In the event that Users provides data from third persons, he/she hereby states to have obtained consent from the third party in question and undertakes to pass the information contained in this Privacy Policy, holding StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, harmless from any liability in this sense whatsoever. However, StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, may carry out periodic verifications to confirm this fact, adopting the corresponding due diligence measures, according to the data protection regulations.

6. WHICH IS THE LAWFULNESS OF THE PROCESSING OF USER PERSONAL DATA?

As established above, StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries’ processing of the User´s data is based on the following:

  • Explicit consent given by the User, which may be withdrawn at any time. However, if the User withdraws his or her consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out previously;

  • Enforcement of a pre-contractual or contractual relationship;

  • Provision of services that have been engaged or are to be engaged;

  • Compliance with a legal obligation; or

  • Legitimate interests of StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries.


7. TO WHOM WILL THE USER’S PERSONAL DATA BE COMMUNICATED?

Users’ personal data may be communicated, among others, to the following:

  • Public Administrations in the cases provided by law;

  • Legal and natural persons with whom StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, have signed agreements for the provision of services in which they act as data controllers or under which the transfer of data is necessary in order to perform the contracted service (software and marketing providers, Mutual Accident Insurance Companies, insurance companies, social welfare organisations, external lawyers and administrators, educational institutions, companies providing trainings, hotels and transport companies for the management of trips, messenger services, etc.);

  • Third party institutions for the grant or management of aid, grants and subsidies, or any process required by the competent authorities or bodies;

  • The media, social networks, industry websites and third party companies in charge of recording while events are taking place;

  • Banks and financial institutions for the management of payments, requests for financial assistance, loans, financing and any other kind of service;

  • Companies belonging to StepsBridge, for administrative and management purposes, and any others that may be incorporated in the future.

In some of these cases, data may be forwarded to organisations located outside the EEA or outside the group of countries recognised as safe by the EU, which would involve an international data transfer. In that case, StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, will implement the guarantees required in order to provide a sufficient level of protection for personal data, such as making use of standard contractual clauses (e.g. with countries such as Brazil, Canada, China, USA, India, Kenya, etc.) For more information on these guarantees, the User may contact StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, in the manner described below.

8. USER’S LIABILITY

The User:

  • Hereby guarantees that he/she is over the age of 18 and that the data that he/she provides to StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, are true, precise, complete and up-to-date. To this end, the User is liable for the veracity of any data provided, and he/she shall ensure that these data remains updated in such a way that it reflects his/her current status.

  • Guarantees that he/she has informed any third parties whose data he/she provides, where applicable, of the contents of this document. He/she further guarantees that he/she has obtained their authorisation to forward their data to StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, for the purposes indicated.


  • Shall be responsible for any false or inaccurate information he/she may provide via the Website and for any damage caused directly or indirectly to StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, or to any third parties as a consequence.

9. COMMERCIAL AND PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

One of the purposes for which StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, will process the personal data provided by Users is to send them personalised electronic communications containing information relating to products, services, events, courses, promotions and news that is relevant to Users. Whenever any communications of this nature are sent out, they will solely and exclusively be addressed to Users who have not previously expressed a wish not to receive them. In order to achieve this, a commercial profile will be created based on the User’s own preferences, which will be obtained using the information provided by the User or information received from external sources. In the event that Users no longer wish to receive commercial or promotional communications, they can ask to be unsubscribed from the service by sending an email to the following address: (gdrp@educaseeker.com), or through any of the communications they have received.

10. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS

The User may send a written notice to gdrp@educaseeker.com marked “Data Protection”, at any time, accompanied by a photocopy of his/her identity document and/or passport, for the purposes of:

  • Withdrawing any consent provided.

  • Obtaining confirmation as to whether or StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, are processing personal data affecting the User.

  • Accessing his/her personal data.

  • Correcting any inaccurate or incomplete information.

  • Asking for his/her data to be deleted when, among other reasons, his/her data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were gathered.

  • Requiring StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, to limit their processing of the data when any of the conditions provided for in the data protection regulations are met.

  • Objecting to the processing of the data. In this case, StepsBridge, and/or any of StepsBridge future subsidiaries, shall then cease processing the data, unless this is necessary for legitimate mandatory ends or for the exercise or defence of

    any potential claims.

  • Requesting the portability of his/her data.

11. SECURITY MEASURES

User’s data will be processed at all times in an absolutely confidential manner, and the necessary duty of secrecy will be retained in respect thereof, pursuant to the provisions of the applicable legislation. The necessary technical and organizational measures will be adopted in order to guarantee the security of the User´s data and prevent their alteration or loss or any unauthorized processing or access, bearing in mind the technological state of the art, the nature of the data being held and the risk to which they are exposed.


Last update: November 2024