This Privacy Policy sets out the terms under which the website Choosing to Educate (hereinafter, the “Website”) processes the personal data of users in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April (GDPR), Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December (LOPDGDD), and Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE).
1. Data Controller
The personal data collected through this Website will be processed by María del Carmen de Casas Arizón, with registered address at Calle Montearagón 5. 28033 Madrid (hereinafter, the “Controller”).
You can contact the Controller via email at: info@choosingtoeducate.com
2. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing
The data provided by users through the Website are processed for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:
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To manage contact requests and queries sent via the contact form or email (Art. 6.1.a GDPR – consent of the data subject).
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To manage participation in events, training sessions, or other activities (Art. 6.1.b GDPR – performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures).
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To comply with legal obligations applicable to the Controller (Art. 6.1.c GDPR).
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Data Retention Period
Personal data will be retained only for the time strictly necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected. Once this period has elapsed, they will be securely deleted or anonymised, unless there is a legal obligation to retain them for a longer period.
4. Data Disclosure
Data will not be disclosed to third parties, unless legally required. However, service providers that assist the Controller in managing the Website or providing services (such as hosting or email services) may have access to the data, acting as data processors under the terms of the corresponding data processing agreements.
5. International Data Transfers
No international transfers of personal data are foreseen. If such transfers were to occur in the future, they would be duly informed and carried out in compliance with the applicable guarantees required by data protection regulations.
6. Rights of the Data Subject
Users may exercise the following rights regarding their personal data:
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Right of access to obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed and, where that is the case, access to the data and further information.
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Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
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Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) when data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
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Right to restriction of processing under certain circumstances.
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Right to data portability in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
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Right to object to processing based on legitimate interest or direct marketing.
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Right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
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Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (in Spain, the Spanish Data Protection Agency – www.aepd.es).
Users may exercise these rights by writing to the Controller, enclosing a copy of their ID card or equivalent identification document, at the email or postal address indicated in section 1.
7. Security Measures
The Controller has implemented the technical and organizational measures necessary to ensure the security of personal data and to prevent its alteration, loss, unauthorized access, or processing, taking into account the state of the art, the nature of the stored data, and the risks to which they are exposed.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Controller reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time to adapt it to legal, jurisprudential, or interpretative developments by the competent authorities. In such cases, the Controller will announce the changes on this Website, indicating the date of the last update.
Last updated: 12/06/2025