OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA: “INFORMED PEOPLE AND PROTECTED DATA”

The Management / Governing Body of INSTITUTO CANARIO DE MEDICINA AGEL, S.L. (hereinafter, the data controller) assumes maximum responsibility and commitment to the establishment, implementation and maintenance of this Data Protection Policy, guaranteeing continuous improvement by the data controller with the aim of achieving excellence in relation to compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of 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, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJEU L 119/1, 04-05-2016), and the Spanish regulations on the protection of personal data (Organic Law, specific sector legislation, and its implementing regulations).

The Data Protection Policy of INSTITUTO CANARIO DE MEDICINA AGEL, S.L. is based on the principle of proactive responsibility, according to which the data controller is responsible for compliance with the regulatory and jurisprudential framework that governs said Policy, and is able to demonstrate this to the competent supervisory authorities.

In this regard, the data controller shall be governed by the following principles, which shall serve as a guide and frame of reference for all its staff when processing personal data:

1. Data protection by design: the data controller The controller shall implement, both when determining the means of processing and at the time of processing, appropriate technical and organizational measures, such as pseudonymization, designed to effectively implement data protection principles, such as data minimization, and to integrate the necessary safeguards into the processing.
2. Data protection by default: The controller shall implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that, by default, only personal data necessary for each of the specific purposes of the processing are processed.
3. Data protection throughout the information lifecycle: Measures ensuring the protection of personal data shall apply throughout the entire information lifecycle.
4. Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: Personal data shall be processed in a lawful, fair, and transparent manner with respect to the data subject.
5. Purpose limitation: Personal data will be collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and will not be further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes.
6. Data minimization: Personal data will be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
7. Accuracy: Personal data will be accurate and, where necessary, kept up-to-date; All reasonable measures will be taken to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate with respect to the purposes for which they are processed are erased or rectified without delay.
8. Retention period limitation: Personal data will be kept in a manner that allows the identification of data subjects for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed.
9. Integrity and confidentiality: Personal data will be processed in a way that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage, through the application of appropriate technical or organizational measures.
10. Information and training: One of the keys to ensuring the protection of personal data is the training and information that is provided. Provide the personnel involved in processing the data. Throughout the information lifecycle, all personnel with access to the data will be appropriately trained and informed about their obligations regarding compliance with data protection regulations.

The Data Protection Policy of INSTITUTO CANARIO DE MEDICINA AGEL, S.L. is communicated to all staff of the data controller and made available to all interested parties.

Consequently, this Data Protection Policy concerns all staff of the data controller, who must be aware of it and adopt it, considering it as their own. Each member is responsible for applying it and verifying the data protection regulations applicable to their activity, as well as identifying and providing any opportunities for improvement they deem appropriate with the aim of achieving excellence in compliance.

This Policy will be reviewed by the Management / Governing Body of INSTITUTO CANARIO DE MEDICINA AGEL, S.L. as often as deemed necessary to comply, at all times, with the current provisions regarding the protection of personal data.