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PRIVACY POLICY
1.- POLICY ON THE PROTECTION
OF PERSONAL DATA
WPS’s policy on the protection of personal data is subject to Organic
Law 15/1999 of 13th December 1999 on the Protection of Data of a
Personal Nature (Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal)
(BOE [Official Gazette] 14.12.1999) and Regulations governing Organic
Law implementation which in turn is a restatement of the European Community
law, together within its implementing and supplementary legislation. The
standards of protection for personal data under this legislation are of the
highest order.
1. By this notice Worldwide Payment Systems S.A. (
2. WPS reserves the right to change its present policy so that it
conforms to any changes in legislative
or other legal requirements and in industry practices or advancements in
information technology. If any such changes are made WPS will announce the new
policy on this site with sufficient notice to enable the Users to be properly
conversant with them.
3. Certain services provided by WPS may contain particular
conditions with specific provisions relating to the protection of personal
data.
4. Any personal data obtained will be processed and incorporated
into the appropriate registries which WPS
is responsible for and maintains. With this end in mind, WPS will provide User
with the appropriate resources to enable them to access this notice about the
company’s data protection policy and any other relevant information through which
they can give their consent to WPS to process their personal data.
5. The only reason for the collection and computerised processing of
personal data is to ensure that the services provided are adequate; to enable
the exchange of necessary information between Users; to ensure the maintenance,
if appropriate, of any contractual relationship which may be entered into with
WPS; to facilitate the handling, administration, provision, expansion and improvement
of the services used by the Users, or to ensure that these services meet the
preferences and requirements of the Users; to study how the services are received
by the Users; to design new services in relation to the existing services; and
to deal with messages and communications between WPS and the Users in relation
to WPS services, through both traditional and electronic means.
6. WPS has met the legally required levels of security for the
protection of personal data and has installed all the technical measures with diligence
and the current state of the technology permit in order to avoid the loss,
improper use, alteration, unauthorised accessing and theft. However, the User does
agree that Internet security measures are not impregnable and secondly that
they themselves must maintain the required levels of diligence in terms of
their responsibility for looking after their own information, logins,
passwords, access to data and services provided by WPS including its web portal
and their responsibility for the information obtained as a result of or through
the services provided by WPS.
7. For security and crime prevention reasons, WPS may record for a
limited period of time, some of the information or messages arising in the
course of the activities and services which it provides through its web portals.
However, in the interests of protecting the right to privacy, WPS will not be
liable if any of the contents or messages posted should turn out to be criminal or unlawful. In
the event that WPS becomes aware, either by itself or through a User, of the
criminal or unlawful contents of any information, WPS will remove it
immediately, without prejudice to any legal actions which might follow or
arise. For these purposes WPS is acting solely as a distributor of information
and messages.
8. WPS will not provide the Users’ personal data to third parties
or to any other company whether or not it is located within the European
Community or abroad, except when necessary to complete WPS services.
9. As a result of Spanish Legislation, the data of the contact
personnel working at the Customer’s company are not considered personal data to
be protected,.
10. In cases where the Users provide third-parties’ personal data
related to the bookings, such as name and surname of a guest, to be processed
within WPS services, WPS shall act in the name of the Users, and shall meet the
following requirements as set forth in art. 12 of the Spanish Legislation on
Protection of Data of a Personal Nature.
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WPS
shall only process this data on the instructions of the Users, who are the
controllers of the data.
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WPS
shall not apply or use this data for any purpose other than that provided
herein in the context necessary to complete the WPS Services.
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WPS
shall not disclose the data, even for their conservation, to other persons
except when necessary to complete the WPS Services contracted
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WPS
has implemented the basic security measures contemplated in the Royal Decree
1720/2007, of June 11, passing the Regulations for Security Measures of
automated systems containing personal data.
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Data
will be destroyed when it is no longer necessary for the purpose it was
received and once the resulting Statutes of Limitation for Liabilities are no
longer in effect.
2.-
CONFIDENTIALITY
Worldwide Payment Systems S.A. shall not disclose any information
supplied by Users, either who have
contracted WPS services, are intermediaries or who receive outputs from WPS Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, WPS
reserves the right to access and show information to comply with applicable
laws, regulations, lawful government requests and fulfil WPS Services.