1. Introduction and definitions
  2. Compliance with the regulations in force
  3. Controller of the processing
  4. Purpose of processing User’s personal data
  5. Categories of data gathered through El País services
  6. Data shared with third parties
  7. Minors
  8. Data subjects rights
  9. Retention period
  10. Lawfulness of the processing



1. Introduction and definitions

For the correct understanding of this Privacy Policy of Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión S.L.U. (hereinafter, RADIO BARCELONA) website, the following definition is provided:

The User shall be a natural or legal person accessing and/or using RADIO BARCELONA website by any means without having to register. This Privacy Policy applies to:

  • Browsing as a User on the website of RADIO BARCELONA.
  • Browsing via any device allowing access to the contents or to RADIO BARCELONA website Services, such as computers, digital TVs, Smart TVs, PDAs, Tablets, iPads, iPhones, cell phones, Smartphones, or any other means of access to the contents made available on the Internet.

2. Compliance with the regulations in force

RADIO BARCELONA, being located in Spain, is subject to compliance with Spanish and European regulations in the field of Data Protection and Information Society Services.

Therefore, the User is guaranteed at all times the complete and full compliance with the obligations provided by the Data Protection and Information Society Services regulations, as well as by any other laws supplementing or replacing the foregoing.

3. Controller of the processing


Personal data gathered via RADIO BARCELONA website shall be processed by Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión S.L.U. (RADIO BARCELONA), with registered office at 6 Caspe, 08010 Barcelona.


RADIO BARCELONA, as part of Grupo PRISA, has voluntarily designated a Data Protection Officer through whom the User may forward claims, complaints and suggestions in relation to the processing of their personal data, as well as exercising their rights. To this end, the User may use the following email address: dpo@prisa.com.


4. Purpose of processing User’s personal data


The data provided by Users of RADIO BARCELONA website will be processed for the following purposes:

  • Granting the User access to the website and browsing through it.
  • Handling the incidents and maintenance of RADIO BARCELONA website.
  • Respond to contact requests received through the enabled form.

5. Categories of data gathered through RADIO BARCELONA website


RADIO BARCELONA shall only process User’s data gathered or generated via their use of RADIO BARCELONA website. 


RADIO BARCELONA shall process IP address from which they access the website. Furthermore, one user code shall be allocated unilaterally by RADIO BARCELONA for each device or browser accessing the website. These data may be considered personal data insofar as they allow the User to be identified or render them identifiable.


Likewise, data on the interests and profile of the User inferred from browsing or use of RADIO BARCELONA website, as well as information on the access device, the equipment model, the version of the operating system, the unique identifiers of the device or connection, data about the mobile network, as well as failures, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, date and time of connection request, referring URL, cookies and other storage devices and data recovery on terminal equipment (as explained in the COOKIES POLICY), which allow the User’s browser and device to be identified, as well as to carry out analytical studies and display personalized information based on the result of said studies, both in own and other services.

6. Data shared with third parties


RADIO BARCELONA will not transfer the personal data of Users to any third party without a lawful basis that legitimizes this processing.


7. Minors

Minors below the age of 14 shall not use RADIO BARCELONA website without the consent of their parents or guardians. If RADIO BARCELONA detect Users who might be less than 14 years old, they reserve the right to ask them for a copy of their national ID Card or an equivalent document or, as the case may be, the authorisation of their parents or guardians.


8. Data subjects rights

When it might be applicable, the User may exercise the rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, portability and restriction, by writing to RADIO BARCELONA, by post sent to the address above, accrediting sufficiently their identity and specifying the right they wish to exercise. The User is entitled to file a claim or complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Supervisory Authority (www.aepd.es) and with the Data Protection Officer of Grupo Prisa (dpo@prisa.com).


9. Retention period

The personal data of the User shall be processed actively as long as they retain their status as a User of RADIO BARCELONA website, that is, as long as they do not exercise their right of erasure.

Additionally, Users may exercise their right of erasure at any time. In such case, their data shall be blocked and preserved in a restricted manner, at the disposal of the relevant authorities, during a term of 5 years in order to meet any liabilities arising from the processing.


10. Lawfulness of the processing

The lawful basis legitimizing the above-mentioned processing activities are, depending on the case, the legitimate interests of RADIO BARCELONA in granting and controlling access to the website and/or the consent given by the User when submitting a contact request through the enabled form.

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