Privacy policy

The “Educational Technology Department” informs you about its Privacy Policy regarding the processing and protection of personal data of users and clients that may be collected when browsing or contracting services through the website https://dte.uclv.edu.cu.

In this regard, the “Educational Technology Department” guarantees compliance with current regulations regarding the protection of personal data, as reflected in Law 149/2022 “On the Protection of Personal Data” (GOC-2022-832-O90), approved by the National Assembly of People’s Power and published in Official Gazette No. 90 of August 25, 2022.

Use of the website implies acceptance of this Privacy Policy as well as the conditions included in the legal notice.

Identity of the data controller.

Owner: Educational Technology Department.

Institution: “Marta Abreu” Central University of Las Villas.

Address: Carretera a Camajuaní, 5.5 km

Email: osvaldomr@uclv.cu

Website: https://dte.uclv.edu.cu

Principles applied to data processing.

Based on the current law “On the Protection of Personal Data” (149/2022), in its Article 10, the “Principles of personal data protection” are set forth below:
a) Collection limitation: The collection and storage of information that may lead to the identification of a specific person must be limited to what is relevant and strictly necessary for the required purpose, tailored to a specific, lawful, and explicit objective, and must be retained only for the time required for that purpose;

b) data quality: The personal data obtained, stored, and processed must be truthful, accurate, complete, correct, and up-to-date, provided by the data subject, without unfair or fraudulent means being used to obtain it. The data must be kept in this manner until the data subject indicates and proves the need for rectification, modification, updating, or deletion;

c) specification of purposes: The specific purposes for obtaining, storing, and technically processing any type of personal data must be disclosed to the data subject in advance, accurately, in a comprehensible, and relevant manner;

d) Limitation of use: Personal data obtained, stored, and processed may only be used for the specific and lawful purpose informed to the data subject, and by natural or legal persons, or other entities authorized by them;

e) Legal standing: Only bodies, agencies, entities, and natural or legal persons are authorized to obtain, store, and process personal data when they are authorized to create archives, in accordance with their functions or the activities they perform, as regulated by the legislation in force for such purposes;
f) safeguarding security: natural or legal persons responsible for files containing personal data are obliged to safeguard their security and, through appropriate technological, administrative, material, or physical measures, ensure that only they or authorized personnel, where applicable, access or process them using established procedures;

g) transparency of information: the person responsible for and in charge of personal data files guarantees the owner the right to access them for the purpose of verifying, correcting, updating, deleting, or objecting to them; the files must also be suitable for inspection or review by the competent authority;

h) individual participation: personal data may only be obtained with the individual participation of the owner, as an expression of respect for their right to identity, privacy, honor, image, and voice;

i) responsibility: natural or legal persons responsible for obtaining, storing, and processing personal data in registries, files, archives, and databases are responsible for their lawful use for the purposes informed to the data subject, with a guarantee of their security;

j) legality: the possession and processing of personal data is exclusively for lawful purposes; those responsible for registries, files, archives, and databases comply with the provisions of the corresponding regulatory provisions in their actions;
k) Levels of confidentiality of information: Personal data provided to registries, files, archives, and databases are confidential and may only be accessed by the data subject or a person with a proven legitimate interest; and

l) consent: The data subject must freely, unequivocally, specifically, and fully express their wishes regarding the processing of personal data, specifying the purpose for which consent is granted.

When processing your personal data, the “Educational Technology Department” must always request consent for processing, which may be for one or more specific purposes about which you will be informed in advance with absolute transparency. Only data strictly necessary for the purpose or purposes requested will be requested, and it will be retained for the time strictly necessary for the purpose or purposes of the processing.
You will also be informed of the corresponding retention period depending on the purpose. In the case of subscriptions, the lists will be periodically reviewed, and records that have been inactive for a significant period of time will be deleted.

The data will be processed in such a way that its security, confidentiality, and integrity are guaranteed. Necessary precautions will be taken to prevent unauthorized access or misuse of user data by third parties.

Collection of personal data.
To browse “https://dte.uclv.edu.cu“, you do not need to provide any personal information. Personal data is provided as follows:

– When contacting us through the contact forms or sending an email.

– When commenting on an article or page.

– When requesting any of the services provided by the “Educational Technology Department.”

Individuals’ rights regarding their personal data.

Based on the current law “On the Protection of Personal Data (149/2022), Chapter II of the law sets forth the following “Rights of Individuals Regarding Their Personal Data”:

Article 19. Individuals are the owners of their personal data and have the right to non-disclosure of such data and, consequently, to respect for their personal and family privacy, their honor and personal identity, their own image and voice.

Article 20. Data subjects have the right at all times to access their personal data and public information held in registries, files, archives, databases, or other technical means of data processing, whether physical or digital, public or private, and to know the information related to the conditions and general details of their processing.
Article 21.1. The data subject has the right to have their personal data rectified, corrected, modified, and updated by the person responsible for or in charge of the physical or digital registry, file, archive, database, or other technical means of data processing, when they are inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date.

2. Failure to comply with the obligation to properly obtain, safeguard, and use the data, as well as obstructing or denying the data subject access to the personal data, generates liability and allows the data subject to demand compensation for any damages or losses caused, in accordance with current legislation.

Article 22. The data subject has the right to have their personal data contained in physical or digital registries, files, archives, databases, or other technical means of data processing erased when they consider that the purpose for which they were obtained has been fulfilled or that the data is being processed inappropriately, which significantly affects or may significantly affect their interests and rights.

Article 23.1. The data subject may object to the processing of his or her personal data when it may cause harm or damage, or significantly affect his or her rights or legitimate interests.

2. You may also object to the processing of your personal data, whether automated or not, if it significantly harms your interests and rights and is intended to evaluate certain personal aspects of the data subject, analyze or predict, in particular, their professional performance, economic situation, health status, reliability, behavior, or poses a serious risk to the data subject, in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of this Law, or any other provision that entails a distinction detrimental to human dignity.

Purpose of the processing of personal data.

By browsing the website “https://dte.uclv.edu.cu” to send an email, subscribe to a newsletter, or purchase any of its services, you are providing personal information for which the “Educational Technology Department” is responsible. This information may include personal data such as your IP address, first and last name, physical address, email address, telephone number, and any other information. By providing it, you consent to its collection, use, management, and storage by this website only as described in this Privacy Policy.
Purpose of personal data according to the information capture system:

-Contact forms: The Educational Technology Department requests personal data, which may include: first and last name, email address, and telephone number, in order to respond to your inquiries. For example, this data is used to respond to your messages, questions, complaints, comments, or concerns you may have regarding the information included on the website, the services provided through it, the processing of your personal data, questions regarding the legal texts included on the website, as well as any other questions you may have that are not subject to the website’s terms and conditions.

-Service Request Form: The “Educational Technology Department” requests personal data, which may include: first and last name, ID or passport number, email address, faculty or research center, department, category, among others, for the purpose of requesting the services provided by the department.

There are other purposes for which the website processes your personal data:

-To ensure compliance with the conditions set forth in the Legal Notice and applicable law. This may include the development of tools and algorithms that help this website ensure the confidentiality of the personal data it collects.

-To support and improve the services offered by this website.

-To analyze browsing habits. Other non-identifying data is collected through the use of cookies downloaded to your computer when you browse the website, the characteristics and purpose of which are detailed in the Cookie Policy.

Under no circumstances will the “Educational Technology Department” use social media follower profiles to send individual advertising.

Content from other websites.

The pages of this website may include links to content published by social media (for example, videos, images, articles, etc.). External content from other websites behaves exactly the same as if you were visiting those sites. The “Educational Technology Department” website warns against accessing content from these social media sites.

Cookie Policy.

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On the Cookie Policy page, you can view all the information regarding this policy.