Privacy Statement

PRIVACY POLICY

1. Purpose of personal data processing

The data collected from registered and unregistered users of the UAM e-journal portal falls within the scope of the standard operation of peer-reviewed journals. It includes information that enables communication during the editorial process, is used to inform readers about authorship and editing of content, and allows the collection of statistical data on readership.

2. Addressees

The editorial team of the journals hosted on the UAM e-journal portal uses this data to guide their editorial work. Data that help develop this publishing platform, such as article metrics, may be shared as long as it is done anonymously. The data will not be disclosed by this journal or the Publications Service and will not be used for purposes other than those stated herein. Authors published in this journal are responsible for the accuracy of their personal data.

3. User’s rights to Access, Rectify and Cancel Personal Data

Those involved in editing this journal seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for “data subject rights” that include (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of “the public interest in the availability of the data,” which has a particular saliency for those involved in maintaining, with the greatest integrity possible, the public record of scholarly publishing.

The GDPR also allows for the recognition of the "public interest in the availability of the data", which is of particular relevance to those involved in maintaining, with the highest possible integrity, the public register of scholarly publications.

You may exercise these rights by contacting the UAM Data Protection Officer. See section 5.

4. Origin and legitimacy of data

The personal data are provided by users during the registration process. Legitimation is through the consent of the data subject. The editorial team is not responsible for the accuracy and truthfulness of the personal data and reserves the right to rectify or delete false or incorrect data.

We process the personal data you provide to us in accordance with the following legitimacy:

- Article 6.1.b) of the GDPR: processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the implementation at the request of the data subject of pre-contractual measures.

- Article 6.1.c) of the GDPR: processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation applicable to the controller.

- Article 6.1.e) of the GDPR: processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

- Organic Law 6/2001, of December 21, 2001, on universities.

- Statutes of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

- Privacy Policy of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

- Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.

- Law 40/2005, of October 1, 2005, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.

5. Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

Users are informed of the possibility of exercising their rights (Section 3 "Rights of the data subject in relation to the processing of their personal data") by means of a written request addressed to the editors of the journal or to the Publications Service (erevistas@uam.es).

It is also possible to contact the UAM's Data Protection Delegate at the e-mail address delegada.protecciondedatos@uam.es.

Likewise, we inform our users that if they submit a request for the exercise of these rights and consider that it has not been adequately addressed by our institution, they may file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency in accordance with the procedure provided at the following address:

https://sedeagpd.gob.es/sede-electronica-web/vistas/formReclamacionDerechos/reclamacionDerechos.jsf

When the processing of their personal data is based on consent, users have the right to withdraw it.

6. Cookies

The UAM electronic journals website (revistas.uam.es), owned by the Publications Service of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid communicates to users, through this notice, that it uses cookies when the user accesses the different screens and pages that make up the site. The cookies used by the UAM electronic journals website are stored on the user's hard drive but cannot read data contained thereon nor read the cookies created by other providers. The UAM electronic journals website uses cookies to recognize users who have registered and so as to offer them a better, more personalized service (the user's preferred language, etc.). They are also used to obtain completely anonymous information about access data (date, hour, minute, frequency, etc.), so as to be able to measure certain traffic parameters for the website itself and calculate the number of visits made, so that the UAM electronic journals website can focus and adjust the services offered most effectively. Despite this, the user may stop the generation of cookies by using the corresponding option offered by their browser. In this case, the website shall remain operative, but without the advantages offered for personalization.

The cookies we use do not store any personal data, or any information that can identify you, unless you want to register voluntarily in order to use services that we make available or to receive information about promotions and content of interest.

When browsing our website for the first time, a banner explaining the use of cookies will appear. By continuing on our website indicates that you are consenting to the use of the cookies listed above, and under the conditions contained in this cookies policy. If you do not agree please send an email to erevistas@uam.es.

You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your computer by configuring your browser options. You can find information on how to do this, in relation to the most common browsers, in the links included below:

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We inform you, however, that the deactivation of any cookie may prevent or hinder navigation or the provision of the services offered on the website.

Modifications of this Data Protection Policy

The UAM electronic journals website (revistas.uam.es), owned by the Publications Service of the UAM, may modify this cookies policy according to legal requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency or the Privacy Policy of the Autonomous University of Madrid. (http://www.uam.es/UAM/ProteccionDatos)

The UAM electronic journals website (revistas.uam.es), owned by the Publications Service of the UAM, reserves the right to modify its data protection policy in future in accordance with its own criteria or due to a change in the legislation, jurisprudence or business practices. If the UAM electronic journals website (revistas.uam.es), owned by the Publications Service of the UAM, introduces any changes, the new text shall be published on this same page, where the user is provided with information on the data protection policy. In any case, the relationship with users shall be governed by the regulations in force at the precise moment when they access the website and, as a result, they must be read every time users provide their data via our website.