Privacy Policy
General Information
This Privacy and Cookies Policy applies to all personal data you, as a user (understood as any individual who accesses the website), provide to UpNorth Spain in your use of https://upnorthspain.com, hereinafter referred to as the “Website.”
The purpose of this Privacy and Cookies Policy is to provide you with information about how we handle the personal data we collect from users, as well as to inform you of your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Organic Law on Data Protection and Guarantee of Digital Rights.
Who is the data controller?
The data controller of the personal data collected through the Website is UpNorth Spain its registered office at Asturias, 33211, Spain.
What do we use your data for?
| Purpose | Description | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Contacting the user | To respond to inquiries made through the contact form, complaints, or other customer service channels. | Name and/or surname, Email address |
| Newsletter subscription | To manage the subscription to the newsletter, which may include sending personalized information about other products and services via those channels (SMS, email, etc.) as authorized in the subscription form. You can unsubscribe at any time. | Name and/or surname, Email address |
| Comments on articles | Name and/or surname, Email address |
What is the legal basis for processing your data?
The legal basis for processing your personal data is as follows
- Consent: If you have explicitly given consent when entering your personal data by checking the appropriate box.
- Performance of a contract: If there is a contractual relationship between you and UpNorth Spain, or if processing your personal data is necessary for the performance of a contractual relationship.
- Compliance with a legal obligation: If we have a legal obligation as data controllers.
- Legitimate interest: In cases where there is a legitimate interest of UpNorth Spain or third parties related to the operation of the Website or the provision of services to the user, as long as the interests and fundamental rights of the user do not outweigh the legitimate interest.
How long will we keep your data?
Personal data collected through the Website will be processed and retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected.
Specifically, personal data collected for the development and performance of a contract with you will be kept for the duration of the contractual relationship, while personal data collected based on legitimate interest or consent will be kept only for as long as necessary to fulfill that purpose.
After the strict period necessary for the fulfillment of the described purposes, we will retain your personal data for an additional period until any actions arising from our responsibility related to each of the processes have expired.
If we need to transfer data to third parties outside the European Union or the European Economic Area (Iceland, Norway, or Liechtenstein), and the European Commission has not issued an Adequacy Decision regarding that country, or we do not have Binding Corporate Rules, we will comply with the provisions for these cases by the European Commission to provide the necessary guarantees, by signing standard contractual clauses or collecting your informed consent.
If you want more information about the transfer of your personal data to countries outside the EU/EEA, you can contact us at: upnorthspain@gmail.com
When these companies have their headquarters or servers in the United States, you should be aware that the United States has not received an adequacy decision from the European Data Protection authorities, meaning the standards of data protection may not be the same as those provided by European regulations. By continuing to use our services or the Website, you are consenting to the processing of your personal data in the United States.
What are your rights?
You can exercise the following rights at any time and free of charge:
- Access: To know what data we hold and how we use it.
- Rectification: To inform us of any inaccurate data.
- Erasure: To request the deletion of your personal data, to the extent possible.
- Objection: To request that we stop processing your personal data for any of the above purposes, as long as no legal obligation prevents us from doing so.
- Portability: To request the transfer of your personal data to a third party, as far as possible.
- Restriction: To request the suspension of your data when its accuracy is contested, or you want us to keep it for exercising any legal action.
- Not to be subject to automated decisions: You have the right not to be subject to decisions solely based on automated data processing.
You can exercise your rights by sending an email to upnorthspain@gmail.com, indicating the right you wish to exercise, accompanied by a document proving your identity.
If we fail to properly respect your rights as the data controller, you are informed that you can file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency at C/Jorge Juan, 6, 28001 Madrid, or by email at dpd@agpd.es.
Confidentiality and Security Measures
UpNorth Spain, as the data controller, is committed to respecting the confidentiality of users’ personal data and processing it in accordance with the purposes for which it was collected.
We have implemented all necessary technical and organizational security measures to ensure the protection of personal data in compliance with data protection regulations.
Cookies Policy
What is a cookie? What types of cookies exist?
A cookie is a small text file that websites place on the computer or mobile device of users visiting the site. Cookies are generally used to make websites work or function more efficiently and to gather information about their use.
Cookies can be classified as follows:
- Based on the entity managing them: first-party and third-party cookies;
- Based on how long they remain active: session cookies and persistent cookies;
- Based on their purpose: technical, preference or customization, analytical, and marketing cookies.
What cookies do we use?
The following table explains the cookies we use and their purpose:
| Name | Purpose | Owner | Domain | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga_BD3QHLCJZX | Analytics or measurement | upnorthspain.com | 729 days | |
| _ga | Analytics or measurement | upnorthspain.com | 729 days | |
| _gid | Behavioral advertising | taboola.co | upnorthspain.com | 23 hours |
| _gat_gtag_UA_40268979_1 | Analytics or measurement | upnorthspain.com | 48 seconds | |
| wevamishpass | Strictly Necessary | Varnish | upnorthspain.com | Session |
| wevamishpass | Strictly Necessary | Varnish | upnorthspain.com | Session |
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the Cookie Settings tool. You may need to refresh the page for the settings to take effect.
How to delete cookies
Most web browsers allow control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can set cookies on popular browsers by following their instructions:
For information on other browsers, please visit the corresponding website of the browser.
Changes to the Privacy and Cookies Policy
This Privacy and Cookies Policy was last updated on 05/03/2025. UpNorth Spain reserves the right to update and modify certain aspects of this policy to adapt it to legal and jurisprudential changes. Therefore, we recommend that you review it periodically.