Warning:
The contents of this website are informative and indicative, and therefore cannot replace your health professional. Institut Catala d’Oncologia (ICO)’s Tobacco Control Unit (UCT) recognizes the importance of maintaining the privacy of all information obtained through its website. To do so, one of our main focuses is to use all means, human and electronic, so that it can be ensured that your data is used exclusively for the purpose for which they were given, and that you are sufficiently informed (RD 994/1999 of 11 June, BOE 25 June 1999 and the law 15/1999 of 13 December Protection of Personal data). If taking personal information is necessary, we guarantee it will not be sent or shared with any entity or person outside the professional team of UCT.
Only UCT professionals will have access to the provided data. Security requirements are mandatory for all professionals and collaborators with UCT, who have access to the data and to third parties that may occasionally have access to them.
To ensure adequate control of security mechanisms, only people with an authorized system user profile and password will have direct access to data. Confidentiality will be their responsibility. If a second opinion is needed, the person whose data we are using’s express permission will be asked.
Under no circumstances will cookies or other similar means that may be used to store information to identify the person using this website be used. Demographics (such as zip code, age or profession) will be used to improve the quality, content review for the interest of this website’s visitors and/or other websites owned by UCT.
If your data is used, without identifiers, in a scientific study, you will be adequately informed, and your informed consent will be required. The data will be stored for the time length marked by Law 21/2000 of the Generalitat of Catalonia permits. There will be a monthly review of the system of data protection.
Right of access, rectification and cancellation
In the event that the creation of a file to record the user’s personal data is necessary, users have the right to access, rectify or delete their personal data, by requesting at the following e-mail: dades@qtabac.cat
Right of complaint
Any person who believes that UCT has acted improperly in the control and treatment of personal data contained in our files may express their complaint at to the following e-mail: dades@qtabac.cat
Links to other pages
Links to other websites will only be included if it is believed that they are important enough to inform the scientific community studying smoking. We trust in the ability of our visitors’ personal decision. At any rate, we will not include pages with harmful or offensive information. We are not responsible for any information obtained through links to external systems that are not dependent on this portal.
Changes
Any change in our privacy policy will be noted in our front page and included in this document.
Data Privacy Policy
Tobacco Control Unit. ICOGran via 199-203 08908 de l’Hospitalet
Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona
Phone: (+34) 93 260 73 57
E-mail: direccio@qtabac.cat
Website: www.qtabac.cat
In accordance with the provisions of Law 15/1999 on Protection of Personal Data (LOPD) and implementing regulations, the manager of the website, in compliance with the provisions of articles 5 and 6 the LOPD, inform all users of this website who provided or want to provide their personal data, that the information will be incorporated into an automated file that is duly registered in the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
Users expressly agree freely and unequivocally that their personal data will be processed by the UCT to perform the following functions:
- Sending of commercial advertising by email, fax, SMS, MMS, social media or any other electronic or physical, present or future, which enables commercial communication. These commercial communications will be related to products or services offered by the provider or collaborators with whom they have reached an agreement. In this case, third parties will never have access to personal data. Commercial communications will be performed by the provider and will be for products and related services provider sector.
- Statistical studies.
- Processing orders or requests of any kind made by the user user through any form of contact that is made available on the company’s website.
The UCT informs and expressly guarantees users that their personal information will not be disclosed under any circumstances to third parties, and whenever any sort of transfer of personal data were necessary, the user’s express, informed, and unequivocal consent will be asked.
All information requested through the website is mandatory, as it is necessary to provide optimal service to the user. If all data is not given, the UCT does not guarantee that the information and services provided will be completely tailored to the user’s needs.
UCT ensures that the user the exercise of rights of access, rectification, cancellation, information and opposition under the terms established in the legislation. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of Law 15/1999 on Protection of Personal Data (LOPD), they may exercise their rights by sending an express request, along with a copy of your ID card through the following means:
E-Mail: dades@qtabac.cat
Postal Mail: Unit of Tobacco Control. Gran Via l’Hospitalet 199-203
08908 – L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona
Phone: (+34) 93 260 73 57
Users may cancel any subscription services provided by sending an email to baixa@qtabac.cat
Similarly, all necessary technical and organizational measures have been taken to ensure the security and integrity of personal data concerned, and to prevent their loss, alteration and / or access by unauthorized third parties.
Cookies and Activity Files
The UCT on their own or through a third party contracted to provide measurement services may use cookies when a user browses the website. Cookies are files sent to the browser by a web server in order to register the user’s activities during his time navigation.
The cookies used by the website are only associated with an anonymous user and their computer and do not provide on their own the user’s personal data.
The use of cookies makes the recognition of the user’s web browser possible. This makes navigation easier, allowing, for example, users that have registered previously access to areas, services, promotions or competitions reserved exclusively for them without having to register with each visit. They will also be used to measure audience and traffic parameters, and to monitor progress and number of visitors.
This website uses Google Analytics, a traffic analytics service that helps website owners understand, anonymously, how they interact with visitors to the website. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on their servers. Google will use this information on our behalf so that we can analyze patterns of behavior and use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services aimed at improving the user experience on your website and optimize its performance. Users can refuse to give personal data by rejecting the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. They should know, however, if they do so, they may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
The user can configure their browser to be warned of the reception of cookies and prevent their installation on their computer. Please read your browser’s instructions for more information. To use the website, it is necessary that the user allows the installation of cookies sent by the website or third parties acting on their behalf.
Security
This website uses information security techniques generally accepted in the industry, such as firewalls, access control procedures and cryptographic mechanisms. Everything is used in order to prevent unauthorized access. To achieve these ends, the user accepts that the UCT obtain a