Privacy Policy

In accordance with the provisions of the applicable personal data protection regulations, below we explain how we process your personal data.

In general, we will inform you of the mandatory nature of the collection of certain personal data in the fields indicated by an asterisk (*). Failure to complete such data may prevent us from providing all those services related to such data, releasing us from all liability for the lack of provision or incomplete provision of such data.

Who is the Data Controller?

The data controller is ROCK INTERNET S.L. Spanish company, with NIF B-B-86907953, and registered office atCalle Barquillo nº8, 2º izquierda, 28004, Madrid, España, duly registered in the Mercantile Registry of Madrid, Volume 31853, Folio 1, Entry 1, Sheet M-573205 (hereinafter, “the Company” or “we” interchangeably). Email Data Protection Officer: dpd@arkeero.com

The Company, among other activities, focuses on the advertising sector through direct marketing, affiliate marketing, and online advertising with the prior consent of the recipient. We also operate as a rate or price comparator for third-party services and products aimed at “Home Savings,” including: telephone and internet, water, electricity, and gas, operating for these products as a service company in accordance with Law 34/2002 of July 11, on information society services and electronic commerce. See which sectors are included within the “Home Savings” category below.

What is the minimum age to register on the website?

Registration on the website is limited to users over eighteen (18) years of age. Minors may not use the services offered without the prior authorization of their parents, guardians, or legal representatives, who will be solely responsible for all actions carried out through the website by the minors in their care, including the completion of forms with the personal data of said minors and the marking, where applicable, of the accompanying boxes. By registering on the website, you guarantee that you are of legal age.

All registration information you submit to register must be true, accurate, complete, and up-to-date. Consequently, you are solely responsible for any direct or indirect damages that may arise from any breach of this obligation. If the data provided belongs to a third party, you guarantee that you have previously informed said third party of the aspects set out herein and have obtained their express and informed consent for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

What personal data do we collect?

Below, we detail the type of data we collect and how:

  1. Information provided directly through the registration forms: The registration information may include, among other data, name, surname, email address, telephone number, gender, country, postal code, date of birth, areas of interest so that we can manage our mailing lists and send you personalized advertising online. Likewise, whenever a user visits our website, the IP address, date and time of the visit and accepted conditions are automatically identified and recorded in our database as a mechanism to verify (i) the effective generation of a lead by the interested party; (ii) obtaining the consent and acceptance of the interested party of this Privacy Policy as well as our Cookies Policy; (iii) the control of foreign or duplicate IP addresses; (iv) the detection of fraud through the use of robots that generate false records; (v) the control and communication of leads generated in favor of clients.

    When you subscribe, we may ask you to verify your email address beforehand. To do so, you will receive an email with the subject “User account successfully registered” or similar in your inbox.
  2. Information provided directly through the contact form: We will use your name and email address to respond to any requests, queries, suggestions and/or professional matters and to provide you with the corresponding information where appropriate.
  3. Newsletter Information: As a subscriber, if you have agreed to receive our Newsletter, we may use your email address to periodically send you communications with information about our services, news related to comparison services in the indicated sectors and/or information that is useful and of interest based on your selected preferences.
  4. Social Networks: If you access or register through a social network or connect a Company service to a social network, you authorize the Company to obtain, store, and use the personal data of said social network for processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The data we obtain may include the identity or username associated with said social network and any information that you allow the social network to share with us, such as, for example, profile picture, date of birth or email address, and, in general, any other personal data that you have made public through said social network.
    We remind you that social networks can collect a large amount of personal data and information, such as the web pages you have visited and the IP address, and may install cookies on the device used to allow the correct functioning of the social network services. The Company is not responsible for the security or privacy of the information collected by such third parties. Therefore, we recommend that you consult the respective privacy policies of these social networks in order to understand how they process your personal data before giving your consent. You should also configure these services according to your interests.
  5. Activity Data: When you access and interact with our services, we may obtain certain information about these actions, including your interaction with the content and services available through the services. For example, in order to allow your connection to the Company’s services, our servers receive and store information about your terminal and browser, potentially including your IP address, browser type, and other information about the software or hardware used. We may also install cookies and other tracking technologies (such as pixels). These technologies may be used to obtain and store information about your use of our website and how you interact with our services, such as the pages and other content you view, the searches you perform, or the advertisements shown to you. For more information, please visit our Cookie Policy.
  6. Information provided during calls: In some cases, we will ask you for information that is essential to be able to offer you the services related to a comparison or that is necessary to contract any of the offers offered (such as, for example, your identification document, your postal address or bank account). Remember that, if you do not provide us with this information or do not consent to the transfer, it will be impossible to offer you the service or product you wish to contract.
  7. Information from other sources: We may supplement the information we collect with information from other sources, such as information publicly accessible on social networking services and commercially available sources or information that you freely provide to us.

Remember that, at any time, you can revoke your consent or inform us that you do not wish to continue subscribing to any of our services, following the instructions contained in this Privacy Policy. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your access codes and account usage. In the event of unauthorized use or access to your account, please contact us immediately and change your access keys from your user panel.

For what purposes do we process your data?

We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

  1. To offer the Company’s services in general.
  2. To respond to requests for information and consultations.
  3. To offer the comparison you request of third-party products and services in the sectors indicated below and the subsequent contracting of the products if you request it. This means that you will interact not only with the Company but also with third-party providers of the services you request.
  4. Record the telephone calls you have with us to provide you with the requested information and carry out the contracting of the product and/or service offered. When you contact us by phone, we will inform you that said call will be recorded, and we may retain it to manage requests for information, allow the provision of the service, respond to your requests, improve the quality of our services and serve as evidence in case of any complaint or doubt about the services.
  5. Allow you to participate and subscribe, when possible, to promotions, contests and/or sweepstakes.
  6. Allow you to log in to the Company’s services through a social network.
  7. Manage current or future personnel selection processes carried out by the Company.
  8. Allow navigation, personalization and configuration of alerts on our site through technical and functional cookies in order to keep our tools secure and allow them to function correctly and continuously improve.
  9. Prepare statistical and/or research reports related to user activity during navigation on the website or your participation in advertising or promotional actions in an anonymous manner.
  10. Maintain updated suppression lists to ensure that you are not contacted if requested through official suppression lists, partners with whom we may collaborate or through the exercise of your rights.
  11. Verify the absence of fraudulent actions or those contrary to the terms and conditions of the website or the Privacy Policies, being able to justifiably eliminate any user who breaches them.
  12. Send commercial communications (Newsletter): Send you (via email, SMS, telephone, social networks or other means of communication that is, where appropriate, enabled) offers, promotions or other commercial communications related to services and/or products of the Company, related entities and/or associated third parties that operate in the sectors included in this policy as well as, where appropriate, other sectors in which you may be interested in accordance with the criteria of the website, the chosen cookie settings and/or the requested comparisons. We will only contact you for this purpose when you have expressly requested it, or when you have previously requested any of our services and have not objected or informed us that you do not wish to receive these communications.

    The purpose of the processing is to make offers, promotions, marketing and contracting of products and services aimed at “Savings at home” in the following sectors: insurance, finance and banking, telephony, technology telecommunications, energy and water, electricity and gas, real estate, furniture, retail trade related to the home (including, but not limited to, consumer goods, electronics, garden, toys, children, appliances, pharmacy and pets) surveillance and security.

Please remember that, by selecting the corresponding box, you are giving your free and express consent to receive your own and third-party advertising from the indicated sectors. At any time, you can revoke your consent or inform us if you no longer wish to continue subscribing to all or some of our services, following the instructions set out in this Privacy Policy.

What is the legal basis?

The legal basis for purposes a) – d) is the management necessary for the provision of the Company’s own services (Art. 6.1.(b) GDPR) and the application of pre-contractual measures or execution of contracts with final distributors (for example, the insurance company). Without this, the provision of these services is not possible.

The legitimate basis for purposes e), f), g), h), and m) is your express, informed consent (Art. 6.1.(a) GDPR). This is discretionary, but the associated purposes cannot be carried out without your consent, in particular being able to provide you with generic communications about services and products from the Company and/or third parties or communications based on your interests and preferences.

Finally, we will sometimes process your data for our commercial interests that do not conflict with your rights, maintaining a balance between our interests and yours. Therefore, the legitimate basis for purposes i), j), k) and l) is the legitimate interest of the Company. (Art. 6.1.(f) GDPR), however, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

How long will we keep your personal data?

Generally, your personal data will be kept as long as you do not request its deletion, limitation of processing, or it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected after a period of inactivity (without active interaction with commercial communications or third parties) of three (3) years.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will keep the data that you have received through a request on the contact form for the time necessary to resolve your questions or respond to your requests.

If we have your data due to your application for a job offer, we will keep it for a maximum period of one (1) year. We understand that this period is reasonable for a new job opportunity to arise or for you to contact us regarding a contract or service that may be of interest to you.

After the above periods have elapsed, for a period of five (5) years and/or the maximum time legally permitted, the data will be duly blocked and kept available to public administrations, judges and courts to address any potential liabilities arising from the relationship maintained and to comply with any legal obligation required of us.

When we no longer need to use your personal data, it will be deleted from our systems and records or anonymized so that it is not identifiable.

To which recipients will your data be communicated?

All the transfers indicated below are necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes indicated above or are carried out in compliance with a legal obligation. Personal data may be transferred to:

  1. Associated companies in order to allow the contracting of the products or services you request. If we have provided you with information about a third-party product or service that interests you, we need to know your data in order to transfer or assign it to the provider of the selected services, so that they can register you as a customer and provide you with the desired service. See the section “Third-party data processing” below.
  2. Competent authorities, Public Administrations and State Security Forces and Corps when required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.

Furthermore, we remind you that third-party service providers to whom the Company entrusts all or part of the provision of certain services may have access to personal information as data processors, such as hosting, maintenance and support providers in our databases, consultants and advisors or related entities, for administrative purposes or unified management of resources within the framework of the provision of services.

Third-party data processing

For clarification purposes, this Privacy Policy does not apply to data collected by third parties through their websites, even if any of these websites contain links to and from our website. Please also remember that the third party that provides you with the contracted product or service will have its own privacy policy, which you should consult before contracting the service. The Company is not responsible for any content within the respective privacy policies of such third parties, and does not offer any guarantee, express or implied, in relation to the accuracy, legality, correctness, or validity of any third-party website or the data processing carried out by these third parties. If you want to know how these third parties process your personal data, please consult their privacy policy through the link provided on the website.

What do we do to guarantee the security and confidentiality of your personal data?

Your personal data is processed through automated and non-automated means, and is protected by those technical and organizational security measures that we consider sufficient and appropriate, taking into account the data processing to be carried out and the state of current technology.

To this end, we appropriately restrict access to personal information and implement the necessary measures and controls, including physical and supervisory measures, to store and transfer data securely and protect the personal data in its possession against any loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification.

Are there international data transfers?

The personal data we collect may be transferred to, accessed from, and stored on our servers located in Spain.

Similarly, in order to provide our services, we may need to store or provide access to your personal data to a supplier or one of our affiliated entities located outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), in the United Kingdom or the United States. In any case, these transfers would be carried out on the basis of the signing with such companies located outside the EEA of the standard contractual clauses authorized by the European Commission (more information at aepd.es), which offer adequate legal guarantees in accordance with data protection regulations and safeguards defined by the European Union.

Remember that you have the right to request additional information about the processing of your personal data at any time by contacting us at the addresses indicated in this Privacy Policy.

What are your rights when you provide us with your personal data?

You may exercise your rights to information, rectification, objection and erasure, as well as the right to restriction of processing, objection to being subject to automated individual decisions or data portability of your personal data by sending a written communication to the Company at the address indicated above or by email to dpd@arkeero.com.

The request must include your name, surname, the right you wish to request, and the content of your request. Likewise, the request must be accompanied by a copy of your identity document, in order to verify ownership of the data.

Remember that, at any time, you have the possibility and the right to withdraw consent for any specific purpose granted at the time, through the procedure described in the previous paragraph, without affecting the legality of the processing based on the consent prior to its withdrawal.

Likewise, if you consider that the processing of your personal data is not adequate, you can file a complaint with the competent national supervisory authority, that is, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (aepd.es).

Commercial Communications and Declaration of Good Practices

The Company does not send commercial communications without the prior and informed consent of the interested party in accordance with current legislation. In this regard, we inform you that we comply with current legislation and, in particular, with European protection standards in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, and implementing regulations, guaranteeing the highest standards of protection in the processing of your personal data (GDPR).

The content of communications sent by electronic means complies with the regulations established in the GDPR, Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights (“LOPDGDD”), and Law 34/2002, of July 11, on information society services and electronic commerce (“LSSI”).

All emails include a link to unsubscribe from our commercial communications, as well as a link to this privacy policy with the instructions you must follow if you are interested in exercising any of your data protection rights in accordance with current legislation.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy may be updated as a result of changes and legal requirements, as well as due to Improvements and changes included in the way we offer and provide our services and information of interest. Therefore, we recommend that you visit and access our Privacy Policy periodically to access and be aware of any recent changes that may have been made. If these changes are related to the consent you have provided, you will be sent a separate notification to obtain it again.

Do you have any questions? Contact us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy and the processing of your data, please contact us at the following addresses:

  • Email address: dpd@arkeero.com
  • Postal address: ROCK INTERNET S.L., Calle Barquillo, 8, 2st floor, left, 28004 Madrid, Spain.

 

Last updated: December 2021