Personal Data Protection

The FCRI is committed to complying with current legislation on the protection and processing of personal data, and in particular the Organic Law 15/1999 on Protection of Personal Data of December 13, as well as its corresponding regulations (Royal Decree 1720/2007, of 21 December). The personal data provided by the user will be stored in our files, duly registered with the Spanish Agency for Data Protection, and processed according to Organic Law 15/1999, in order to manage her/his involvement in this year’s Catalonian National Research Awards.

In addition, personal data provided by the award-winners, including all the photos taken at the award-giving ceremony, will be used to disseminate information about the event, and may be published on the website of the organizing entities and collaborators and on social media.
Award-winners agree to participate in media promotion of the Catalonian National Research Awards event.

All images shared on social media by the award-winners can be used by organisers, as a dissemination item, or for an exhibition or activities that will be of interest for the organisers.
Users may freely exercise the rights of access, rectification, opposition and/or cancellation of their data, in accordance with Organic Law 15/1999 on the Protection of Personal Data. These rights may be exercised by the user or, if applicable, by the person who represents them, by means of a written and signed request, addressed to: Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació, Paseo Lluís Companys, 23, 08010 Barcelona or at the following email: mailto:pnr@fundaciorecerca.cat. The application must contain the following information: name and surname(s) of the user, mailing address, photocopy of the National Identity Document or passport, and a specific description of the right exercised or consent withheld.