The IVI Institute website (hereinafter, “the Site”) is owned by the IVI Institute Foundation, with its registered address at (46026) Valencia (Spain), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, Tower A, 1st floor, La Fe University Hospital, Biopolo Building, with Tax Identification Number (CIF) G-96699566, incorporated on November 10, 1997, by a deed executed before Mr. José Manuel López Laborde, Notary Public of Valencia, and registered in the Registry of Foundations of the Department of Foundation Supervision of the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports under number 621.
The IVI Institute Foundation provides information about its activities, products, and services through this Site. All content on the pages of our Site is the exclusive and sole property of the IVI Institute Foundation. All industrial and intellectual property rights are reserved. Access to the Site’s content does not imply the granting of a license to use the aforementioned rights; therefore, unless expressly authorized in writing by the rights holders—IVI Institute Foundation—the reproduction, modification, distribution, or public communication of such content is prohibited under current Spanish law.
All links used on this Site are provided for the visitor’s use and convenience. The existence of a link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement or recommendation of that site, nor does it imply that such a website has any relationship with the IVI Institute Foundation. It is the user’s responsibility to make their own decisions regarding whether the information on external sites linked to this Site is accurate, up-to-date, reliable, and correct.
This Site can be accessed from countries around the world and, as a result, may contain references to IVI services that are not available in your country. These references do not imply that IVI Institute Foundation provides or intends to provide such services in a specific country, as the services offered will depend on the existence of a clinic, its range of services, and the laws of the country in which it is located. For all purposes, this Site is governed by the laws of Spain and the courts of the city of Valencia.
The IVI Institute Foundation shall not be held liable under any circumstances for the content or opinions expressed by users through our online services.
The IVI Institute Foundation provides the content and services available on the Site, subject to the following Terms of Use (hereinafter, “the Terms of Use”) and the Privacy Policy (hereinafter, “Privacy Policy”).
By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by these Terms of Navigation and the Privacy Policy which are incorporated into the Site.
Likewise, the user declares to be of legal age and to have sufficient legal capacity to be bound by these Terms of Navigation and by the Privacy Policy that are incorporated into the Site.
For the purposes of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, we ask that the user carefully read our Privacy Policy regarding the provisions on Personal Data Protection. When it is incorporated into the Site, it becomes part of the Terms of Navigation that regulate its use.
1) Obligations and responsibilities of the user of the Site.
When accessing or using the Site, the user must abide by these Terms of Navigation and any special warnings or instructions for access or use contained herein. You must at all times act in accordance with the law, custom and the requirements of good faith, with the diligence that corresponds to the nature of the information, statements or any other content or services from which you benefit. You may not make any changes or modifications to the information, statements or other content or services appearing on this Site or in any way impair the integrity or operation of this Site.
The processing of data that users provide to the IVI Institute Foundation—such as their name or email address—is subject to the Privacy Policy.
The information that the user provides to the IVI Institute Foundation must always be truthful and accurate. If, through negligence or willful misconduct, you fail to comply with any of the obligations set forth in these Terms of Use or in our Privacy Policy, you will be liable for all damages that may result from such noncompliance to the IVI Institute Foundation.
2) Representations and Warranties. Limitation of Liability
The content and services offered on the Site are provided for informational purposes only and are presented “as is.” Consequently, in providing them, the IVI Institute Foundation makes no warranties or representations to the user regarding these Terms of Use or the Site, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, or fitness for a particular purpose, except to the extent that such representations and warranties cannot be excluded by law.
The user agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the IVI Institute Foundation shall not be liable or responsible under any circumstances for
(a) the interruption of the activity;
(b) delays or interruptions in access to the Site;
(c) non-delivery, misdelivery, corruption, destruction or other alteration of data;
(d) damages of any kind arising from operating links to sites other than the Site or from their presence on the Site;
(e) computer viruses, bugs or system malfunctions that may occur in connection with your use of the Site, including through hyperlinks to or from third party websites;
(f) the obligation to monitor or verify the information, statements or any other content or services on the Site or on those of other websites that may be accessed through hyperlinks on the Site; or
(g) events beyond our reasonable control.
The sole obligation and responsibility of the IVI Institute Foundation with respect to the content of the Site is to remove from the Site, as soon as possible, any information, statements, or other content or services that are incorrect, or to replace them with correct information, statements, content, or services.
Provided that the obligations described in the preceding paragraph are fulfilled, neither the IVI Institute Foundation nor its managers, employees, affiliated entities, or partners shall be liable for any damages you may incur as a result of your use of or access to, or failure to use or access, the Site or any other site accessible through hyperlinks on the Site, nor for any damages of any kind that you may suffer as a result of accessing or using the content or services.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DATA PROTECTION
Below, we describe the processing of your personal data and your rights under current data protection regulations – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, and regulations implementing it, hereinafter referred to as “data protection regulations” or “GDPR”.
1. Controller and contact information
The entity responsible for processing your data is the IVI Institute Foundation, located at (46026) Valencia (Spain), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, Tower A, 1st floor. La Fe University Hospital, Biopolo Building. If you wish, you may contact us by email at the following address: education.rgpd@ivirma.com.
Additionally, if you wish, you can contact the Data Protection Delegate through the following e-mail address DPO@ivirma.com or through the postal address described above, sending your letter to the attention of the Data Protection Delegate.
2. For what purpose(s) will we process your data and on what legal basis?
Your personal data is processed, in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, on the legal basis and for the purposes set out below:
a) Consent of the data subject
Your personal data will be processed, provided you have given us your consent, for the following purposes depending on the form from which your data has been collected:
- To respond, initially, to and follow up on the inquiries/requests you have submitted to us through our contact channels. We understand that by filling out the contact forms and providing the necessary information, you consent to the processing of your data for this purpose.
- To share your personal information with other IVI Fertility companies in order to respond to and follow up on inquiries, requests, comments, questions, complaints, or any other concerns you have submitted to us via the contact form.
- To carry out commercial, informative and informative communications free of charge, both through electronic and non-electronic means.
- Manage your participation in the IVI forum as a registered user. We understand that by completing the registration forms and providing the necessary data, the interested party gives his consent to process his data for this purpose.
- Manage your participation in the IVIRMA Global Education blog as a registered user. We understand that by completing the registration forms and providing the necessary information, you consent to the processing of your data for this purpose.
- Your personal data will be processed, provided that you have given us your consent, for the purpose of sending you the newsletter periodically by electronic means.
- Evaluate your activity history, navigation analysis and use of digital channels through the information captured by cookies.
You may revoke such consents at any time. In this regard, it should be noted that the revocation of the consent given will not affect the request for processing made prior to the withdrawal of such consent.
b) Justified by a legitimate interest
When necessary, the IVI Institute Foundation will process your personal data to pursue its own legitimate interests, provided that your interests, rights, and fundamental freedoms do not override those legitimate interests of the IVI Institute Foundation. In this regard, your data will be processed for the purpose of analyzing your needs, including segmentation, in order to identify potential campaigns that may be of interest to you.
c) To comply with a legal obligation applicable to the data controller
The IVI Institute Foundation will process your data for the purpose of obtaining, storing, and managing the data protection consents you have provided, in order to demonstrate compliance with data protection regulations.
In this regard, if you do not consent to the processing of your personal data for this purpose—and given that such processing is necessary to comply with the legal obligations applicable to the IVI Institute Foundation—we will not be able to provide you with the services you have requested.
3. Automated individual decisions and profiling
We do not use fully automated decision-making processes as described in Article 22 of the GDPR. In the event that we employ this procedure from time to time, you will be informed of this and will have the right to obtain human intervention in the decision making process.
Your data may also be processed for the purpose of assessing various aspects (profiling) in order to be able to inform and advise you about our services based on your preferences.
4. To whom will your data be communicated?
To carry out all the purposes described above, the IVI Institute Foundation relies on third-party service providers, who may have access to personal data as a result of performing the contracted services. In any case, the IVI Institute Foundation follows strict criteria for selecting such third parties in order to comply with its data protection obligations and enters into a corresponding data protection agreement with them, under which these third parties are required to comply with their data protection obligations, and specifically, to comply with legal, technical, and organizational measures; to process personal data only for the agreed-upon purposes; and to refrain from processing such personal data for other purposes or transferring it to third parties.
Likewise, if you give us your consent to do so, your data may be provided to other IVI centers, in those cases in which the communication is necessary to respond to the request/consultation made by you through the corporate contact channels.
In addition, the IVI Institute Foundation may disclose the User’s personal data and any other information when required to do so by public authorities in the exercise of their lawfully assigned functions and in accordance with applicable provisions.
5. How long will we keep your data?
The IVI Institute Foundation will comply with the provisions of current regulations regarding the obligation to delete personal information once the intended purpose has been achieved, or when you revoke your consent to the processing of such information; such information will remain available exclusively to judges and courts, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, or the competent public authorities for the purpose of addressing any potential liabilities arising from the processing, and only for the periods specified for such liabilities. Once these periods have elapsed, such information will be permanently deleted using secure methods.
6.How did we obtain your data?
The personal data processed by the IVI Institute Foundation consists of personal data collected through the various contact channels provided and directly provided by the data subjects.
7. What are your rights when you provide us with your data?
In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, as well as national data protection laws, you have the right, if you so wish, to exercise your rights of access, rectification, and erasure of data, as well as to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted, to object to such processing, to request data portability, and to not be subject to automated individual decision-making.
In addition, in the event that the processing of personal data described above is based on the consent given by you, you may revoke such consent at any time. In this regard, it should be noted that the revocation of the consent given will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out prior to the withdrawal of such consent.
You may exercise the rights described above through the following channels, providing the necessary documentation that allows us to verify your identity (copy of ID card, passport, NIE, etc.):
- In writing, by sending a request to the IVI Institute Foundation, located at (46026) Valencia (Spain), Avenida Fernando Abril Martorell, Tower A, 1st floor. La Fe University Hospital, Biopolo Building
- By email to the following address: rgpd@ivirma.com
8. Before whom can you exercise your claims??
If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated or if you have any complaints regarding your personal information, you may contact the Data Protection Officer, whose contact information can be found in Section 1.
In any case, the interested parties may always appeal to the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the supervisory authority for data protection, https://www.aepd.es/esC/ Jorge Juan 6, 28001, Madrid.