Privacy Policy

In compliance with the information duty established in article 10 of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, this website is hereby declared as a personal website managed by CARLOS IBARRA EDO MIRANDA – VENEZUELA.

Responsibility Any person who accesses this website assumes the role of user, committing to the observance and strict compliance with the provisions herein, as well as any other legal provision that may be applicable. The provider disclaims any liability arising from the information published on its website and for the lack of availability (outages) of the site, which will also undergo periodic stops for technical maintenance. Additionally, the provider reserves the right to modify any type of information that may appear on the website, without any obligation to give prior notice or inform users of such obligations, it being understood as sufficient with the publication on the provider’s website.

Use of Cookies The provider’s website may use cookies (small text files that the server sends to the computer of the person accessing the page). This is a technique commonly used on the Internet to perform certain functions that are considered essential for the proper operation and display of the site. The cookies used on the website are, in any case, temporary with the sole purpose of making their subsequent transmission more effective and disappear when the user’s session ends. Under no circumstances will cookies be used to collect personal information.

Third Party Content Since the provider cannot always control the content entered by third parties on their websites, they do not assume any responsibility for such content. In any case, the provider is committed to the immediate withdrawal of any content that may contravene national or international law, morality, or public order, proceeding to the immediate removal of the redirection to said website, and notifying the competent authorities of the content in question.

Protection of Personal Data The provider complies with Spanish regulations on the protection of personal data and guarantees full compliance with the obligations set forth in Organic Law 15/1999, of December 13, on the Protection of Personal Data (LOPD), Royal Decree 1720/2007, of December 21, approving the Regulations for the development of the LOPD and other current regulations, and ensures the correct use and treatment of the user’s personal data.

Anti-spam Policy The provider declares itself completely against the sending of unsolicited commercial communications and any kind of behavior or manifestation known as “spam”, and is committed to fighting against this type of abusive practice. Therefore, the provider guarantees the user that under no circumstances will the personal data collected on the website be transferred, shared, transferred, or sold to any third party.

Data Hosting For technical and service quality reasons, the blog is hosted on servers provided by the company Banahosting (privacy policy). For similar reasons, the email subscription service and newsletter delivery are carried out from the facilities of the company Aweber (privacy policy). Both companies are of US origin with facilities located in the same country.

Google Analytics Google Analytics is a statistical data analysis service provided by Google (privacy policy). This website uses this service to track the usage statistics of this. Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyze statistical data about its use (total number of visits, most viewed pages, etc.). The information generated by the cookie (including your IP address) will be directly transmitted and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of generating statistical information about the use of this website. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Google may transfer this information to third parties when required by law, or when such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Google AdSense Google, as an associated provider of this website, uses cookies to publish ads on this website. The user can disable the use of these cookies by following the instructions in the advertising section of Google’s privacy policy. Google uses associated advertising companies to publish ads when you visit our website. These companies may use the information they obtain from your visits to this and other websites (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) to provide you with ads about products and services that interest you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your options for preventing these companies from using this information, please visit the link above.

Feedburner This website uses FeedBurner as a subscription manager for the feed, under Google’s aforementioned privacy policy. The Citizen uses FeedBurner to serve the user the XML files corresponding to the feed content and display AdSense ads in them. Feedburner treats IP addresses during this process in a similar way to the one described above for Google Analytics and AdSense, whose details can be consulted in the aforementioned privacy policy.

User Consent to the Processing of Personal Data As part of its activities, this website allows user registration for sending email communications, making comments on the blog, and sending messages through the contact form. By subscribing to the blog, making comments, or using the contact form, the user will be giving their express consent to the processing of the personal data provided in accordance with article 6 of the LOPD. The user may exercise their rights in the terms set forth in article 5 of the LOPD. These same acts also imply the user’s express consent to the international transfer of data that occurs in terms of the LOPD due to the physical location of the facilities of the aforementioned providers. The personal data requested in these activities will be incorporated into a file whose purpose is the communication of news related to the website, acting as the file manager the provider. The fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory, and it is impossible to fulfill the stated purpose without providing this data.

User Rights In accordance with the provisions of article 5 of the LOPD, the user is informed that the exclusive purpose of the registration database is to send information about news related to the website. Only the owners will have access to their data, and under no circumstances will these data be transferred, shared, transferred, or sold to any third party. In accordance with the LOPD, the user may at any time exercise their rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition before the provider. To facilitate the exercise of these rights, a link to request cancellation is provided in all communications, which will result in the immediate removal of the user’s personal data from our database.

Affiliate Links This website occasionally uses affiliate links for products and services from brands that have established an affiliate program. These links are used exclusively after having used such products and services, or after conducting tests that allow us to assess that they meet an adequate level of quality. The provider undertakes not to include arbitrary affiliate links to products that do not meet the conditions described above, understanding also that this type of practice would be very counterproductive to the reputation of the website that promotes them.

Intellectual Property and Use of Content The website, including but not limited to its programming, editing, compilation, and other elements necessary for its operation, designs, logos, text, and/or graphics are the property of the provider or, if applicable, have a license or express authorization from the authors. This website grants the user a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license, the exact terms of which can be consulted at this link. Any unauthorized use by the provider will be considered a serious breach

Intellectual Property and Use of Content (continued) of the intellectual or industrial property rights of the author. Designs, logos, text, and/or graphics belonging to third parties and that may appear on the website are their respective owners’ property, who are responsible for any possible controversy that may arise regarding them. In any case, the provider has the express and prior authorization of these owners. To make any comments regarding possible breaches of intellectual or industrial property rights, as well as regarding any of the contents of the website, you can do so through the contact form on the website.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction For the resolution of all disputes or issues related to this website or the activities carried out therein, Spanish law shall apply, to which the parties expressly submit.