Privacy policy

The COL·LEGI DE PERIODISTES DE CATALUNYA aims to offer a safe, reliable service and browsing experience. For this reason, we have implemented this Privacy Policy, which complies with the standards and security measures, both technical and organisational, set out in Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the protection of personal data and guarantee of digital rights (hereinafter, the “LOPDGDD“) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and 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“). Our aim is to ensure your privacy and to be transparent in the use of your data, especially those provided when you are using our website [www.premipicadestats.cat] (hereinafter, the “website“).

 

1. WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIVACY POLICY?

 

The owner of the website and party responsible for the Privacy Policy is:

 

COL·LEGI DE PERIODISTES DE CATALUNYA

Tax ID No.: Q-5856081-D

Registered address: Rambla de Catalunya 10, 08007 Barcelona

Email address: premipicadestats@periodistes.cat  

Email for data protection queries: dpo@periodistes.cat

Telephone: +34 93 317 19 20

Official registration: Entered in the Register of Professional Associations of the Government of Catalonia’s Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities, on 5 December 1986, under entry number P/C-2001.

Social media profile: Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Bluesky, Facebook.

 

2. TYPE OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

 

The personal data that we collect through the website correspond to the information provided by persons who register as participants in the “Pica d’Estats” Awards organised by the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya and any information provided by others who visit or contact this association through this website.

 

These data are collected exclusively for the purpose of managing participation in the Awards scheme, contacting participants and carrying out all necessary actions related to the organisation and conduct of the scheme.

 

Through the website we therefore collect data to identify and contact those interested in participating in the Awards scheme, and any other information necessary to validate and correctly manage their participation or interest.

 

3. USERS AND OTHER PERSONS AFFECTED BY DATA PROCESSING

 

In the context of our activities on the website, those affected by the processing of personal data may be:

 

1. Persons participating in the Awards scheme: These are persons who voluntarily register, using the forms provided, to enter for the “Pica d’Estats” Awards or who submit their entry through the channels established in the legal rules and regulations or other applicable legal texts. These persons provide us with personal data such as their forename, surname(s), contact details and any other information necessary for the management and conduct of the Awards scheme.

 

1. Website visitors: These are persons who access and browse the website without registering or participating in any specific activity. In some cases they may contact us via forms or email.

 

Generally, when no specific distinction is made, all of them will be referred to as users, and their data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy.

 

4. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

 

The personal data that we process may be collected through the following channels provided on our website:

 

4.1. Through the “Pica d’Estats” Awards entry form

 

When a person enters for the Awards, we collect their personal data in order to manage their participation, communicate with them during the judging and when the results are announced and, if applicable, make arrangements for presenting the prize.

 

4.2. Through the contact form

 

Visitors who wish to contact the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya can do so using the form on the website. In this case, we will collect the data necessary to identify the person and respond appropriately to their query.

 

4.3. By email

 

Personal data can also be collected when the person concerned writes directly to us via the email address provided. In this case, only the data strictly necessary to answer the query will be processed.

 

4.4. Through a subscription to newsletters

 

If users decide to subscribe to newsletters or information bulletins from the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya, we will only ask for their email address, which will be used exclusively to send this information.

 

 

 

We may collect your data through your social media profile.

 

5. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING

 

5.1. Registration for the “Pica d’Estats” Awards

 

The main purpose of collecting data on the website is to manage your participation in the competition, and to inform you about any aspect related to its conduct, assessment, the decisions of the judges and the presentation of the prize. This applies to all users who register using the “Pica d’Estats” Awards form.

 

5.2. Contact

 

Another purpose is to maintain direct personalised contact with users. We will also use your data to deal with queries, manage requests for information and facilitate any procedure involved in your relationship with the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya.

 

The email address from which you write to us will be used exclusively to respond to any queries or requests you have submitted or to help you with the procedures you have requested.

 

Under no circumstances will you receive information from third parties nor will any data be transferred internationally without your prior express consent, compliance with current legislation on data protection always being ensured.

 

Personal data will not be segmented or used for purposes other than those indicated, which are related to the management of services and activities that may be of interest to you.

 

6. DISCLOSURE OF DATA TO THIRD PARTIES

 

 

 

If this needs to be done for other reasons or in relation to third parties, users will be informed in advance and their consent will be sought.

 

7. LEGAL BASIS

 

In compliance with the provisions of the LOPDGDD and the GDPR, every time users provide us with personal data, they must give their express consent by ticking the box provided for this purpose on the forms. In each form, reference will be made to this Privacy Policy, by means of which users will be duly informed about the processing of their data.

 

This includes the contact form and the registration form for the “Pica d’Estats” Awards, data from which will be processed to manage participation in the competition and related communications.

 

When users write to us at the email addresses provided (for general enquiries, to request information or to participate in specific activities), they expressly accept that their data will be processed for the purpose of responding to their request or enquiry.

 

The user hereby recognises that they have been duly informed and freely and unequivocally expresses their consent for the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya to process his/her data in accordance with the purposes indicated in the previous sections of this Policy.

 

Users’ consent to data processing may be revoked at any time under the terms of current legislation. This has no retroactive effect. Users may withdraw their consent through the channels indicated in the following section, although this does not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on previously given consent.

 

8. RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES

 

At any time and/or whenever you wish, you may exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, opposition and portability, to be forgotten and to restrict  processing by sending an email to dpo@periodistes.cat, or writing to the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya at the postal address given. In both cases, you must attach a copy of your identity document, expressly indicating the request you wish to make (access, rectification, erasure, opposition, portability, to be forgotten and restriction of processing).

 

Below, we explain what each right consists of:

 

• Access: Through the exercise of this right you can find out what personal data concerning you are processed by the organisation, their purpose, origin and possible transfer to third parties.

 

• Rectification: This consists of ensuring that you can modify inaccurate or incomplete personal data, specifying in the request which data you wish to modify.

 

• Erasure: You can ask for your personal data to be deleted if you consider them inappropriate or excessive.

 

• Opposition: You can oppose the processing of your data for advertising and commercial prospecting or when the purpose of processing is the adoption of a decision concerning you, based solely on the automated processing of your personal data.

 

• Portability: You are entitled to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and be able to transfer them to another data controller, where this is technically feasible.

 

• To be forgotten: You may ask for your personal data to be deleted without undue delay if any of the situations justifying this occur. For example, unlawful processing of data or processing when the purpose for which the data were collected or processed has ceased to exist.

 

• Restriction of processing: In general, in cases where it is not clear whether personal data should be erased, you can exercise your right to restrict processing. This right exists in the following cases: (i) when the accuracy of the data concerned is in question; (ii) when you do not want the data to be deleted; (iii) when the data are no longer necessary for the original purpose, but may give rise to legal proceedings; (iv) when a decision on your objection to processing is pending.

 

Restriction means that, except for storage, your personal data may only be processed with your consent for the purpose of formulating and submitting claims, to provide a defence against claims, or for reasons of public interest in the EU or a particular EU Member State.

 

• Not being subject to automated processing: You are entitled not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which have legal effects concerning you or significantly affect you in other ways.

 

As a user, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you contravenes data protection laws and regulations, notwithstanding any other administrative or judicial remedy. To do so, you may contact the Catalan Data Protection Authority (www.apdcat.gencat.cat), if you so wish or consider it appropriate.

 

Please note that the purpose of data processing will not be to make decisions about your information based solely on automated processing (automated decisions), including profiling, i.e. it does not include automated profiling with no human intervention of your data to assess personal matters such as analysing or forecasting your financial situation, health, personal preferences or interests, your reliability or behaviour, or your current situation, insofar as it may have legal consequences for you or affect you significantly.

 

In fact, it would only be applicable when required by law, in which case the processing would be subject to appropriate safeguards, including information specific to you, as the data subject, and the right to receive an explanation if a decision is made based on the assessment, and to challenge it, where appropriate.

 

9. LEGAL AGE

 

Users do not have to be of legal age to visit our website. However, in order to enter for the “Pica d’Estats” Awards, the user must be over eighteen (18) years of age and have the legal capacity to act.

 

10. SECURITY MEASURES IN THE COLLECTION OF DATA

 

To ensure the security of our website, we have incorporated a security system that allows us to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of our users’ personal data.

 

This allows the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya to maintain the standards of data protection security required by the LOPDGDD and the GDPR, and it has implemented all the technical means at its disposal to prevent unauthorised access to the data provided by the user through the website and their loss, misuse, alteration or theft.

 

As a user of our website, you are aware, accept and understand that security measures on the internet are not impregnable and that, therefore, you must adopt the security measures necessary to trust the veracity of the website where you are entering your data. We will also do our utmost to ensure the privacy and security of your identity data at all times, always taking the utmost care and implementing all necessary measures.

 

Users are solely responsible for the security measures that they implement in relation to the protection of their data, and the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya cannot, therefore, be held responsible for situations in which the person concerned has not applied the relevant security measures, their consequences, or damage caused by third parties external to the organisation, including fortuitous events and/or force majeure.

 

In accordance with the above, the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will not have knowledge of the type of use you make of the services offered on the website, and the conditions, characteristics and circumstances of such use. Nevertheless, as a precautionary measure, conditions of use have been set out in our Legal Notice.

 

11. DATA STORAGE

 

Your data will be retained for the time necessary to fulfil the purposes described above and to comply with applicable legal obligations. When they are no longer needed for the purposes of the award scheme and the statutory limitation period has expired, your data will be deleted from our files and systems.

 

12. SOCIAL MEDIA

 

The Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya has a corporate profile on the following social media: Instagram, LinkedIn and X, TikTok, Bluesky and Facebook.

 

We will use social media to announce significant news or information related to the activities carried out at the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya and on topics that we believe may be of interest to you. Through these platforms, on your wall or profile, you may see news published with this type of information.

 

Please note that there is no link between the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya and these platforms or social media networks, so that you will be accepting their policy of use and conditions when you access them and/or validate their notices, terms and conditions in the registration process. The Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya will thus never be responsible for the use or processing of data outside the strict relationship and provision of services indicated in this policy.

 

13. COOKIE POLICY

 

The Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya uses third-party cookies to monitor and improve certain functionalities and services. To see our policy on this, click here.

 

The Col·legi de Periodistes does not use its own or third-party cookies on its website.

 

14. CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

 

The Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy in accordance with future legislative or jurisprudential developments, and for any future uses of the personal data of website users.

 

If such modifications affect the processing of your data, because, for example, we intend to carry out some additional processing you were not previously informed about, we will proceed to notify you, so that you can indicate your agreement or disagreement.

 

We recommend you to read the Privacy Policy for our website every time you access it.

 

15. COMMITMENT BY THE USER

 

The user guarantees that the personal data submitted to the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya by any of the means made available in the website are truthful and is responsible for notifying any changes thereto.

 

The user also undertakes to use the resources the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya makes available through its website and corporate profiles responsibly, not disrespecting the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya itself, its members or other users.

 

The user also undertakes to respect the code of ethics in any interaction or activity involving the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya website, the social media and other digital media it uses, which has to do with the organisation, its members or people and companies related to its activities.

 

16. LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

 

The Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya undertakes to process data for the purposes indicated in this Policy in accordance with the consent granted by the user, applying appropriate mechanisms available to it.

 

However, if users accept that their data may be processed by third parties, such as other partners, from that moment onwards, these companies will be responsible for the processing of their data and, in the event of any doubt or problem, users should contact these companies. In this case, users must address the third party, and the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya will have no responsibility in this respect and will be exempt from any liability.

 

17. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LEGAL TEXTS

 

This Privacy Policy is complemented by the , and by the legal rules and regulations of the “Pica d’Estats” Awards, in the case of those who decide to participate. These texts apply jointly and should be consulted if users wish to understand all the conditions governing the use of the website and participation in the Awards scheme.

 

Latest version: July 2025