Legal notice

By browsing the Fundació Puigvert website and, specifically, using the forms that can be accessed on it, you effectively and formally consent to the content of this document and to that of the Fundació Puigvert's Privacy Policy, which you may consult here. Please refer to this link.

This website was launched on 1 February 2023. The Fundació Puigvert warns that some contents or features may be subject to review at this launching stage.

The Fundació Puigvert aims to provide comprehensive, effective and humane care in urology, nephrology, andrology and assisted human reproduction, as well as promoting the development and scientific knowledge of these specialties with teaching, training, research, dissemination and health education activities.

Access to this website involves acquiring user status and accepting the conditions of use of this website, as mentioned in all its legal notes and policies regarding data protection, intellectual property, security measures and competent jurisdiction. Access to this website is therefore at the user's own risk.

Links to defamatory, pornographic and racist or any other website offering misinformation or harming the Fundació Puigvert or any of its co-workers or users are forbidden.

The Fundació Puigvert reviews and updates the information on this website, but does not guarantee that the information is correct. Thus, it is not liable for damages caused by decisions made based on information drawn from the contents published on this website.

1. The Fundació Puigvert informs the interested parties, i.e. patients, users, candidates and any other person accessing the website, that it complies with current legislation on personal data protection, as it is considered that the privacy of interested parties and the secrecy and security of personal data that may be provided via this service requires the adoption of technical and organisational measures to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access and theft of personal data provided, where appropriate, bearing in mind the state of technology, the nature of said data and the risks to which they are exposed.
2. Thus, the Fundació Puigvert will process the personal data provided by users in accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (hereinafter, LOPD) confidentially and with the security measures required by said law and by the European data protection regulation (GDPR) EU 2016/679.
3. The current legislation on data protection establishes a series of obligations as well as the rights of individuals with regard to personal data protection. For proper knowledge and, where appropriate, exercise of the rights that may apply to them, the website user must carefully read this and other legal notices on the website.
4. The Fundació Puigvert reserves the right to amend this notice in order to adapt it to new legislation and case law, as well as changes or practices in the industry. In such cases, this website will provide reasonable advance notice of any changes to the data protection policy and when they will come into full effect. In terms of the LOPD (Organic Law on Personal Data Protection), personal data is understood to be any information corresponding to identified or identifiable natural persons.
5. The only personal data to which the Fundació Puigvert will have access will be that provided by the user themselves and of which they have been informed. The user must bear in mind that certain data transfers are necessary for the foundation to be able to carry out the commissioned services or its main activity.
6. The user guarantees that the personal data provided to the foundation is true and that they are responsible for notifying the company of any change to them.
7. The purpose of the collection and automated processing of personal data is to maintain the relationship that was established, where appropriate, for the management, administration, provision, extension and improvement of the services which the user wishes to access, as well as the provision of information and products offered by the Fundació Puigvert.
8. Users have the rights of access; cancellation; rectification and objection; deletion; limitation of processing and portability, as well as the right to be informed of the transfers made with regard to their personal data, which are not covered by the provisions herein or as established by law. In this regard, the user or their duly accredited legal representative may exercise their rights by means of a request addressed to the Fundació Puigvert by ordinary mail, providing a copy of their ID card or document proving the representation, to the following address: Fundació Puigvert, to the attention of the Data Protection Officer, Calle Cartagena, no. 340, Barcelona; or by e-mail to the following address: dpd@fundacio-puigvert.es

The user should be aware that security measures on the internet are not impregnable. Thus, the user is informed and warned through this notice that the means used on the internet are not foolproof; hence, the Fundació Puigvert cannot be held responsible for practices in which the user does not apply the appropriate level of security or due diligence nor for their consequences. The user must, therefore, be aware that the internet is by definition an open and global tool. For all of the above reasons, the user is advised to exercise the utmost diligence in this matter and to use all the security mechanisms available to them.

Some pages of the Fundació Puigvert website may use "cookies". These cookies are neither invasive nor harmful, they only inform the system of the configuration the user has chosen, but do not automatically recognise any data concerning the identity of the people who visit our website. If the user so wishes, they can refuse any "cookie" by selecting the appropriate option of their own browser.

Access to the website does not involve any obligation on the part of the Fundació Puigvert to check that there are no viruses or any other harmful computer element. In any case, it is the user's responsibility to have suitable tools for detecting and removing these harmful computer elements.

1. All contents and graphic elements (images, sounds, texts, logos, source code, etc.) that are part of the website www.fundacio-puigvert.es are the exclusive property of the Fundació Puigvert or of third parties who have authorised their use by the Fundació Puigvert and are therefore protected by the current Intellectual Property Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 and its subsequent amendments, with the exception of the provisions of Article 13.
2. Access to the Intellectual Property contents by the user does not bestow any rights on them. In this regard, any use or reproduction of these contents, or others that may be included in the future, must be made in accordance with the provisions and respecting the restrictions of the aforementioned regulations.
3. More specifically, the reproduction (except for private use), transformation, distribution, public communication, making available to the public or any other exploitation of the contents of this website is forbidden without the written consent of the owner (the Fundació Puigvert). For this purpose, the interested party should contact the entity at the following e-mail address: comunicació@fundacio-puigvert.es
4. No links may be established to this website without the owner's consent, whereas only links to the home page of this website are allowed. Thus, in order to establish a link from this website to other websites, you must request the consent of the Fundació Puigvert's management by writing to the registered office or to the following e-mail address: comunicacio@fundacio-puigvert.es

For resolving any questions, differences, disputes or issues that may arise regarding the construction, application and enforcement of this policy, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction to which the user may be entitled and without prejudice to the jurisdiction resulting by operation of law, the user willingly and expressly submits to the Courts and Tribunals of the city of Barcelona.