Making Science Group, S.A., for the benefit and on behalf of its affiliate in the United States: MAKING SCIENCE LLC (together with Making Science Group, S.A., “Making Science”, “we”, “our”), has created the following Privacy Policy to inform the user (“User”, “you”, “your” “yours”) on the following: what information we collect, when we collect it, how and why we collect it, how we use it, how we protect it, how we share it and what choices you have regarding our collection and use of this information.
This Privacy Policy applies to the following website: https://www.makingscience.com/ (“Site”). Accessing and/or using the Site constitutes acknowledgement of the User’s status and implies your acceptance and agreement to the terms contained in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy, please do not continue to browse the Site.
Making Science will not collect any Personal Information about the User (that is name, address, payment information, telephone number, or e-mail address) unless User provides it to Making Science voluntarily. You are not required to provide any personal information as a condition of using our Site, except as may be necessary to provide you with a service at your request or reply to a comment or question.
1. Which Company Is Responsible For The Processing Of Your Data?
Regardless of the country where the data is obtained, the company responsible for the processing the User’s personal data is Making Science Group, S.A., with C.I.F. A82861428 and registered office at Calle Lopez De Hoyos 135, Piso 3, 28002 Madrid (Spain).
For any question regarding this Privacy Policy or to contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), you may contact us at: dataprivacy@makingscience.com.
2. What Types of Information Do We Collect?
Making Science collects and uses three types of information when the User visits the Site.
- Information You Give Us: For example:
- search or shop for products or services on our Site;
- communicate with us by phone, email, or otherwise;
- complete a questionnaire, pop-up, a support ticket, or a form;
- provide and rate reviews;
- Automatic Information: We automatically collect and store certain types of information about your use of our Site, including information about User’s interaction with content and services available through the Site. Like many websites, we use “cookies” and other unique identifiers, and we obtain certain types of information when User’s web browser or device accesses our Site. Check our Cookie Policy for additional information.
- Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about User from other sources, such as updated delivery and address information from our carriers, which we use to correct our records and deliver User’s next purchase more easily.
User may decline to submit any Personal Information to Making Science; however, doing so may result in us not being able to provide certain services to the User.
3. How Does Making Science Use My Information?
Making Science may use User’s collected information for any and all of the following:
- Provision of consulting and digital marketing services.
- To manage the User’s job applications and candidacies.
- To provide both potential customers and our customers with offers of products and services of interest to them.
- Sending information with a view to initiate a project with or investing in Making Science when requested by the User.
4. How long will Making Science keep my Personal Information?
The personal data collected by Making Science, will be kept by Making Science for as long as it is useful to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, provided that the deletion of such data is not requested by the User. Additionally, Making Science will keep the information so long as legally required or mandated.
Users are informed that their data will be collected solely for the purposes set out in the previous paragraphs and will not be processed in a way that is incompatible with those purposes.
5. Does Making Science Share My Information with Third Parties?
Making Science does not sell personal information to outside parties for their commercial use. However, we may share information with third parties, including our service providers, partners, affiliates and associated companies, as follows:
- Service Providers: We sometimes use third-party service providers to perform services on our behalf. We may share your personal information with such third-party service providers to allow them to perform the duties for which they have been retained, subject to confidentiality and use obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy. These service providers are used for things like: payment processing; marketing and analytics; research insights and User analytics.
- Affiliates and Associated Companies: We may share your personal information with affiliated legal and business entities for uses that are consistent with this Privacy Policy.
- Partners: We may share your personal information with our workplace, community, and business partners for the purposes of administering installation, transportation, sales, and customer service.
- Government Departments and Agencies: Where we have a statutory and/or other regulatory obligation to provide information.
6. Truthfulness Of The Data Provided By The User
The User guarantees that the personal data provided is truthful and is responsible for notifying Making Science of any modification of the same. The User will be responsible, in any case, for the veracity of the data provided, and Making Science reserves the right to exclude from the registered services all Users who have provided false data, without prejudice to any other actions that may be applicable by law.
Any modification or update of the same will have to be communicated to Making Science through the means of communication available in the present Privacy Policy.
7. Recipients And International Data Transfers
The User’s personal data may be transferred to other companies of Making Science on an as-need basis based on a legitimate interest and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations protecting a User’s data rights.
Making Science may make international transfers of personal data to third countries, applying in each case the appropriate guarantees to protect the personal data of the User, including Europe, in accordance with EU-US Data Privacy Framework and Colombia through the application of the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
8. Links To Other Websites
Our Site may contain links to the websites of third-party companies and entities. When you click on a link to any other website or location, you will leave our Site and another entity may collect personal and/or non-personal information from you. We have no control over, do not review, and are not responsible for these outside websites or their content. The terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites or content, or to any collection of data after you access links to such outside websites.
9. Social widgets
The Site supports third party widgets, such as Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tik Tok, LinkedIn and Twitter buttons on the Site, that allow Users to share articles and other information on different platforms. These widgets may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the widgets to function properly. These widgets do not collect or store any personal Information from Users on the Site and simply act as a bridge for your convenience in sharing information. Your interactions with these widgets are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
10. Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports Site traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
11. Cookies.
Making Science uses certain technologies on its Site to collect information that helps us improve your online experience. In our Cookie Policy, we refer to these technologies, which include cookies, pixels, web beacons, and gifs, collectively as “cookies.” Please refer to our Cookie Policy if you wish to learn more about Making Science’s practices.
12. Personal Data Protection
Making Science considers essential the protection of personal data of the Users of its Site and the strict compliance with the rights and guarantees enshrined in the applicable US laws. In consequence shall endeavor and shall take every precaution to maintain adequate physical, procedural, and technical security with respect to our offices and information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of the User’s Personal Information under our control.
Making Science will endeavor to do everything in its power to prevent the User’s data from being used inappropriately. User’s data can only be accessed by authorized personnel. Making Science maintains adequate security for the protection of personal data in accordance with the applicable regulations and has established all the technical means at its disposal to avoid the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorized access, and theft of the data provided by the User through the Site. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, a loss of data can occur for reasons beyond the control of Making Science. In such cases neither will be responsible for data loss which is beyond its reasonable efforts to keep it safe.
Making Science undertakes to comply with the duty of secrecy and confidentiality with respect to personal data in accordance with the applicable legislation.
13. Safety of Minors
This Site is not intended for persons under the age of 18, and we have no intention of collecting or soliciting Personal Information from persons under the age of 18. If you are not 18 or older, you are not authorized to use the Site. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at dataprivacy@makingscience.com immediately. If you become aware that a child under age 18 has provided us with Personal Information, we will use all reasonable efforts to delete such information from our files. In such cases, Making Science will not be responsible for access to the Site or the provision of personal data by children under 18 years of age which be beyond its reasonable efforts.
14. Notice to California Residents.
If you interact with our Site and services while physically located in California you need to review our Notice to California Residents, which supplements the information contained in this Privacy Policy, before continuing to browse our Site.
15. Privacy Policy Revisions
Making Science reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. For this reason, please check this Privacy Policy regularly for the most recent version of this Privacy Policy. However, any changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated to the User.
16. Contact
If you would like to communicate with us or have questions, comments or complaints about this Policy, or the Site, please contact Making Science at dataprivacy@makingscience.com.
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