Privacy Policy – IGLUE website

The GING (Next Generation Internet Group) research group of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal data we obtain through the IGLUE website (https://iglue.dit.upm.es), the official website of the IGLUE project (Implementation of Game-Based Learning Using Escape Rooms) co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme (Project Reference: 2024-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000256356). This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data collected and processed through this website, in accordance with Spanish and European data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, we kindly ask you not to use or access the IGLUE website.

1. Data controller

The GING (Next Generation Internet Group) research group of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, with registered address at Avenida de Ramiro de Maeztu, Nº 7, 28040, Madrid, Spain and Tax Identification Number Q2818015-F, is the data controller for the personal data collected through the IGLUE website. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the protection of your personal data, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at the following email address: gi.internetng@upm.es.

2. Personal data collected

The IGLUE website may collect and process the following personal data:

  • Data contained in third-party cookies used to collect information on how users interact with the website. More information about the cookies used on the IGLUE website can be found in section 8 of this Privacy Policy.
  • Data provided via the contact form: name, email address, and message.

3. Purpose of data processing

The personal data collected through the IGLUE website is used for the following purposes:

  • To better understand how the website is used through statistical information such as the number of visits, most visited pages, time spent, devices used to access the site, and users’ geographical location.
  • Manage and respond to inquiries, information requests, or communications submitted by users through the contact form available on the website.
  • To occasionally send via email communications and invitations to participate in surveys and studies related to the IGLUE project to users who have contacted us via the contact form.

4. Legal basis for data processing

The processing of your personal data collected through the IGLUE website by GING is based on your explicit consent, freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For personal data contained in cookies, your consent is considered given when you click the “Accept” button in the cookie notice. For data provided via the contact form, your consent is considered given when you check the corresponding box to accept the Privacy Policy within the contact form.

5. Data retention

Your personal data will be retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable regulations, unless there is a legal obligation to retain the data for a longer period. Once the data is no longer needed, it will be deleted.

6. Users’ rights

As the data subject, you have certain rights you may exercise in relation to your personal data, including:

  • Access and rectification of your personal data.
  • Erasure or restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • Objection to the processing of your personal data.
  • Portability of your personal data.
  • Withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at the email address provided above.

7. Data recipients

To fulfill the purposes described above, we may allow third-party companies to access the personal data we process. Specifically, we use Google Analytics, an analytics service provided by Google that allows to measure website traffic and user interaction with websites. More information about this service is available in section 8 of this Privacy Policy.

8. Use of cookies and tracking technologies

The IGLUE website uses first-party cookies to ensure the proper functioning of the site (these first-party cookies are not used to store personal data), as well as third-party cookies to collect information about how users interact with the website. In particular, we use Google Analytics, an analytics service provided by Google that allows to measure website traffic and user interaction with websites. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as IP address, device type, browser type, pages visited, visit duration, and approximate location. This information is collected for statistical and analytical purposes and does not personally identify users. Before using cookies that are not technical or strictly necessary, we will request your consent through a cookie notice displayed when accessing the website. You can find additional information about the cookies used on the IGLUE website in our Cookie Policy.

9. Updates to the Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in privacy practices related to the IGLUE website. You can always check the date of the last update of this policy on this page.

Last updated: April 7, 2025.