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HackNights Privacy and Cookies Policy

In compliance with current regulations on the protection of personal data you are informed of the following aspects.


1. DATA CONTROLLER

ASSOCIACIÓ HACKERS AT UPC (hereinafter, “HACKERS AT UPC”) with NIF/VAT G66642778 and address at C/ Jordi Girona, num. 1-3, Campus Nord UPC, Edifici Omega, D.S102, 08034, Barcelona (Spain) is the Data Controller of the processing of your personal data.

You may contact HACKERS AT UPC in the postal address previously indicated or in the following email address for any query, request or clarification regarding the processing of your personal data: contact@hackupc.com.

2. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE PROCESS AND HOW WE HAVE OBTAINED IT

HACKERS AT UPC shall process the following personal data: (i) Any initial data that you voluntarily provide related to a request to register as a participant, information requests made to our company, requests to take part in promotions or requests to receive any of the services offered by HACKERS AUPC (We shall give clear, precise instructions of the mandatory data you must provide on each form), (ii) any data that are subsequently generated or exchanged with Users in order for HACKERS AT UPC to fulfil your initial request and (iii) any personal data that you provide through social media in order to handle your requests. These data shall depend on the privacy settings of each participant, the use made by each participant of social media, in addition to the privacy policies of the social media in question.

Here are the details of which personal data is collected when you subscribe to be the first to know when applications open:

Here are the details of which personal data is collected when you register as a Participant:

Here are the details of which personal data is collected when you register as an Organizer:

Here are the details of which personal data is collected when you register as a Speaker or “other attendees/users”:

Here are the details of which personal data is collected when you register as a Sponsor:

3. WHAT WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR

When you subscribe to be the first to know when applications open, register as a Participant, register as a Volunteer, register as an Organizer, register as a Judge or a Mentor or register as “other attendees/users”:

When you register as a Sponsor:

Regarding the images and videos of yourself:

Regarding food allergies and intolerances:

4. WHY WE MAY PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA

When you subscribe to be the first to know when applications open, register as a Participant, register as a Volunteer, register as an Organizer, register as a Judge or a Mentor or register as “other attendees/users”:

When you register as a Sponsor:

Regarding the images and videos of yourself:

Regarding food allergies and intolerances:

5. WHEN AND WHY WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR DATA TO THIRD PARTIES

Your data may be transferred to the following addressees for these reasons:

You will be duly informed if HACKERS AT UPC transfers personal data to other addressees in the future.

6.INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

HACKERS AT UPC has hired technology service providers located in countries that do not have a data protection regulation equivalent to the European (“Third Countries”). These service providers have signed the confidentiality and data processing agreements required by the regulation, which apply the warranties and safeguards needed to preserve your privacy.

For further information regarding warranties to your privacy, you may contact HACKERS AT UPC at the electronic or postal addresses previously indicated.

7. HOW LONG WE WILL STORE YOUR DATA

Your personal data will be stored while your relationship with HACKERS AT UPC is ongoing and, once said relationship is terminated for whatever cause, for the applicable legal terms. Once the relationship is terminated, your data will be processed solely to the effects of demonstrating compliance with the legal or contractual obligations of the Company. Once said legal terms are met, your data will be eliminated or, alternatively, anonymized.

8. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS

We inform you that you have a right to access your personal data, rectify inaccurate data, request their erasure when they are no longer necessary, oppose or limit the processing or request the portability of the data, through the postal and electronic addresses indicated.

Furthermore, if you consider the processing of your personal data violates the regulation or your rights to privacy, you may file a complaint:

9. WARNING TO MINORS

HACKERS AT UPC hereby informs you that minors under the age of 14 may not register on this Website and, therefore, they may not take part in promotional campaigns that HACKERS AT UPC may conduct in relation to its activity.

Furthermore, you are informed that if you are aged over 14 but under 18, it is recommended that you tell your parents or legal guardians that you intend to access the Website before doing so, in order that the former explain to you the implications of these Terms and Conditions and, specifically, of the Privacy and Cookies Policy contained herein, as well as elucidating on the possible uses to be made of this Website, notwithstanding the specific cases in which by law the parents or legal guardians of minors between the ages of 14 and 18 must give their consent for their personal data to be processed.

10. COOKIES

What are cookies and how we use them?

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our Website. By accessing the Site, you expressly accept the use of this type of cookies on your devices.

There are two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. We also allow third parties to use cookies on our Website.

Which cookies do we use?

We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our Website. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time

Cookie Owner Duration Purpose
_ga Google 2 years Used to distinguish users.
_gat Google 1 minute Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_>property-id<.
_gid Google 1 day Used to distinguish users.
IDE Google 9 months Used to track browsing patterns.
appdata HackUPC Undefined Used to save event subscriptions.

We also use local storage to save if users have clicked on “OK” on the cookie notification bar. The data saved only consists of a key “cookies” with value “1”.

Can I refuse or opt out of cookies?

You can delete cookies at any time using the special settings of your web browser. Given the large number of browsers and versions available on the market, we cannot provide technical assistance on the process of blocking or removing cookies from each of them. For such purposes, you should consult the manuals and support services provided by the manufacturer of the browser that you are using. In any case, for information only, we provide the following links that detail how to allow, block or delete cookies in the main browsers in the market at the time of writing this Policy:

Everything related to Google’s cookies, both analytical and advertising, as well as their administration and configuration can be consulted at:

If you choose to disable cookies, we may not be able to offer you some of our services.

Last Reviewed: March 08, 2023.