1. Site ownership
FERRANDO JORDÀ & ASOCIADOS
Marine Surveyors & Consulting Engineers
C/. Pau Claris, 97 — 4th floor, door 1
08009 Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 934 123 942
Fax: +34 937 926 559
Mobile: +34 659 942 473
Email: administracion@ferrandojorda-asociados.com
2. Introduction
This Privacy Policy has been drafted in accordance with the Spanish legislation in force on the protection of personal data and with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data —hereinafter, the GDPR.
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform data subjects, whose information is being collected, of the specific aspects of the processing of their data —including the purposes of the processing, contact details for exercising their rights, retention periods and security measures.
3. Data controller
For data-protection purposes, FERRANDO JORDÀ & ASOCIADOS shall be deemed the Data Controller of the files and processing activities described in this policy, particularly in section Data processing.
The identifying details of the operator of this website are as follows:
Data Controller: Ferrando Jordà & Asociados
Email: administracion@ferrandojorda-asociados.com
4. Data processing
The personal data requested, where applicable, will consist solely of those strictly necessary to identify and respond to the request made by the data subject (hereinafter, the data subject). Such information will be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner. Personal data shall be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and will not be further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes.
The data collected shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the corresponding purposes, and shall be updated whenever necessary.
The data subject will be informed, prior to the collection of their data, of the general aspects governed by this policy, so that they may give express, specific and unambiguous consent for the processing of their data.
5. Purposes of the processing
The explicit purposes for which each of the processing activities is carried out are detailed in the information clauses included in each data-collection channel (web forms, paper forms, signs and information notices).
Notwithstanding, the personal data of the data subject will be processed solely for the purpose of providing an effective response and addressing the requests made by the user, as specified alongside the option, service, form or data-collection system used.
6. Legal basis
As a general rule, prior to processing personal data, Ferrando Jordà & Asociados obtains the express and unambiguous consent of the data subject by means of informed-consent clauses included in the various data-collection systems.
Where consent is not required, the legal basis on which Ferrando Jordà & Asociados relies is the existence of a specific law or regulation that authorises or requires the processing of the data subject's data.
7. Recipients
As a general rule, Ferrando Jordà & Asociados does not transfer or disclose data to third parties, except where legally required. Where such transfers or disclosures are necessary, the data subject will be informed through the informed-consent clauses included in the various data-collection channels.
8. Source
As a general rule, personal data is always collected directly from the data subject. In certain exceptional cases, data may be collected through third parties, entities or services other than the data subject. In such cases, this circumstance will be communicated to the data subject through the informed-consent clauses included in the various data-collection channels, within a reasonable period after the data is obtained and at the latest within one month.
9. Retention periods
The information collected will be retained for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which the data was collected. Once that purpose has been fulfilled, the data will be cancelled. Such cancellation results in the blocking of the data, which shall remain solely available to public authorities, courts and tribunals to address any liabilities arising from the processing during the relevant statute of limitations. Once that period has elapsed, the information will be destroyed.
For information purposes, the legal retention periods applicable to different matters are set out below:
| Document | Period | Legal reference |
|---|---|---|
| Labour or social-security related documentation | 4 years | Art. 21 of Royal Legislative Decree 5/2000, of 4 August, approving the consolidated text of the Law on Infringements and Sanctions in the Social Order |
| Accounting and tax documentation for commercial purposes | 6 years | Art. 30 of the Spanish Commercial Code |
| Accounting and tax documentation for tax purposes | 4 years | Arts. 66 to 70 of the General Tax Law |
| Building access control | 1 month | AEPD Instruction 1/1996 |
| Video surveillance | 1 month | AEPD Instruction 1/2006 · Organic Law 4/1997 |
Browsing data
With regard to browsing data that may be processed through the website, where data subject to applicable regulations is collected, please refer to the Cookies Policy published on our website.
10. Rights of data subjects
Data-protection legislation grants a number of rights to data subjects —users of the website or users of the social-media profiles of Ferrando Jordà & Asociados
These rights are the following:
- Right of access
- The right to obtain information on whether your own data is being processed, the purpose of the processing, the categories of data concerned, the recipients or categories of recipients, the retention period and the source of such data.
- Right of rectification
- The right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right of erasure
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The right to obtain the erasure of data in the following cases:
- When the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
- When the data subject withdraws consent.
- When the data subject objects to the processing.
- When erasure is required to comply with a legal obligation.
- When the data has been obtained in connection with an information-society service pursuant to Art. 8(1) of the GDPR.
- Right to object
- The right to object to a specific processing based on the data subject's consent.
- Right to restriction
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The right to obtain the restriction of processing in the following cases:
- When the data subject contests the accuracy of the personal data, for a period enabling the company to verify its accuracy.
- When the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the data.
- When the company no longer needs the data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
- When the data subject has objected to processing while the legitimate grounds of the company are being verified.
- Right to portability
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The right to receive the data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transmit it to another data controller when:
- The processing is based on consent.
- The processing is carried out by automated means.
- Right to lodge a complaint
- The right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Data subjects may exercise the above rights by contacting Ferrando Jordà & Asociados in writing at: administracion@ferrandojorda-asociados.com, indicating in the subject line the right they wish to exercise.
Ferrando Jordà & Asociados will respond to the request as promptly as possible, in accordance with the time limits set out in data-protection legislation.
11. Security
The security measures adopted by Ferrando Jordà & Asociados are those required under Article 32 of the GDPR. Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing, as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, appropriate technical and organisational measures have been put in place to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
In any event, Ferrando Jordà & Asociados has implemented sufficient mechanisms to:
- Ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services.
- Restore the availability of and access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident.
- Regularly test, assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the technical and organisational measures put in place to ensure the security of the processing.
- Pseudonymise and encrypt personal data, where appropriate.
Last updated: 9 May 2026