In accordance with EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 27 April 2016. (GDPR), Garita Automotive informs you that by accepting this Privacy Policy, you give your informed, express, free and unequivocal consent for the data you provide to Garita Automotive to be processed by the information systems for which Garita Automotive is responsible for processing, and for which the security, technical and organisational measures provided for in current legislation are applied.

Identification of the Person Responsible for Processing

The party responsible for processing this website is Industrias Garita S.L. with Tax ID No. ESB48045942 and registered office at Poligono Eitua, 33 – 48240 Berriz (Bizkaia) Spain. Their contact e-mail address is garitaautomotive@garitaautomotive.com and that of the corporate data protection delegate is garitaautomotive@garitaautomotive.com.

Sources of Processing, categories of data processed and forecasts of transfers

Personal data is obtained on this website directly from the User, his or her legal representative, a volunteer or a power of attorney.

Furthermore, Garita Automotive hereby informs you that it does not transfer data to other companies located, or whose servers are located, outside the European Economic Area.

Purpose and Legitimacy of the Data Processing

The User is hereby informed that, depending on the channels and services that they use, the data may be processed for the following purposes:

  1. In relation to the management of possible enquiries for information or complaints made through the website.

Garita Automotive is authorised to process the data of interested parties (whether or not they are clients of the company) in order to guarantee the correct handling of the requests made.

  1. In relation to the sending of commercial communications.

The company will send promotional communications (by post, mailing, fax, SMS, e-mail and any other means) of a general nature or adapted to personal characteristics.

Such communication shall be made in the legitimate interest of Garita Automotive for the promotion of its business or, where applicable, after obtaining the consent of the interested parties. This consent may be revoked and the customer may object to such processing at any time.

  1. In relation to the organisation of promotions and draws.

Garita Automotive occasionally organises promotions and draws that may be considered of interest to Users. Furthermore, in such cases Garita Automotive will put in place the necessary procedures to guarantee compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.

  1. In relation to the processing of data for profiling and biometric purposes.

Garita Automotive may enable identification devices using fingerprint, facial and/or iris recognition, digitalisation tablets for writing and signing, as well as any other device that involves the processing of biometric data of any nature in order that the User may sign for transactions, requests, instructions, contracts, orders, declarations or documents of any kind. However, when Garita Automotive offers these procedures for identifying and/or signing documents, the User may decide at all times whether or not to use them.

  1. In relation to the processing of candidate data that is received physically or electronically.

In order to take part in selection processes being held by Garita Automotive or which may be held in the future, such data will be processed in internal information systems and will be retained unless otherwise indicated, provided that this personal data is valid in selection processes based on the professional profile of the candidates. This processing will always be carried out with the consent or positive action of the various candidates (either face-to-face or electronically) and may require express acceptance in order to continue the processing before the personal profile becomes part of the internal databases of candidates. No transfer will be made without the express consent of the interested party.

  1. In relation to the processing of own and third party cookies.

The User can view detailed information on the Garita Automotive policy for the treatment of the above mentioned data in the following link.

  1. In relation to the processing of third party data.

Garita Automotive may process third party data provided by the Users themselves. In this respect, the User guarantees that they have informed and obtained the consent of said third parties for the processing of their personal data by Garita Automotive. The User also guarantees to have informed these third parties of their data protection rights and that they may contact Garita Automotive’s registered office to exercise their rights, attaching a photocopy of their ID document.

In those cases in which the personal data is provided by persons who have parental authority or by legal representatives of incapacitated persons, it will be these persons who authorise the inclusion thereof, as well as its use and processing by Garita Automotive for the purposes described in this Website Privacy Policy.

Security and Rights of the website Users

For the security of the electronic services provided, Garita Automotive informs you of the existence and use of computer mechanisms which do not necessarily identify the User but which may collect data on browsing, techniques and usage or use of pages and contents and the purpose of which may be to obtain statistics on use and operation, the resolving of issues or for the proposal or development of new services or products, the User being able at any time to configure his/her browser in such a way as to prevent the obtaining of such information.

Garita Automotive is firmly committed to the protection of personal data and the confidentiality of User information.

Garita Automotive guarantees compliance with the appropriate organisational and technical security measures to guarantee a level of security appropriate to the risk that may arise from the processing, in order to ensure the security and integrity of personal data and to prevent its alteration, loss, unauthorised processing or access, taking into account the state of technology, application costs, the nature of the data stored, the scope of the processing, as well as the risks to which it is exposed and the impact that this may have on the rights and freedoms of individuals, whether arising from human intervention or from the physical or natural environment, thus complying with the requirements of current legislation.

Nevertheless, the User is informed and accepts that Internet security measures are not infallible.

The User may at any time, in the event of controversies relating to the processing of personal data, contact Garita Automotive’s data protection representative via email at garitaautomotive@garitaautomotive.com, submit a claim to the relevant control authority, as well as exercise their rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, limitation of processing, portability and not to be the subject of automated individual decisions regarding their personal data, being able to exercise these rights in writing by means of a communication addressed to the Garita Automotive registered office indicated above, attaching a photocopy of the ID card.

In relation to the processing time-frame, the data will be processed and stored as long as it is necessary for the relationship established with the User. The data will also be retained in order to comply with the requirements of the applicable regulations, prevent illicit activities, resolve disputes or solve controversies of a diverse nature. As soon as it is not necessary to process your data, Garita Automotive will delete and/or block it in accordance with the corporate data retention and deletion policy and the legally established statutory time limits.

Any changes made to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this website without retroactive changes that reduce the rights to privacy unless legally required, in which case the User will be involved in obtaining, where appropriate, the corresponding consent for the processing performed.