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The following general terms and conditions govern the use of and the access to the InnoCells website, which the company Sabadell Innovation Cells, S.L.U. (hereinafter, “InnoCells”) with registered offices in C/ Sena, 12 in Sant Cugat del Vallés, holder of tax identification number (NIF) B67001669, registered in the Companies Registry of the province of Barcelona in vol. 45.954, folio 78, page B504020, has made available to its users at the following internet address: http://www.innocells.io the IP address of which is 192.230.82.127.

The use of the website by users entails their full acceptance of these terms, conditions and criteria, which are permanently displayed on the website, the applicable version being the latest published version. Users are recommended to carefully read the terms, conditions and instructions displayed on the websites each time they access the same, and to frequently refresh the page, using the refresh feature of their internet browser, in order to update the content in the cache memory of their personal computer and have access to fully up-to-date information.

Purpose

The main purpose of the website is to provide information about the activities, events, initiatives, projects and services of InnoCells and other companies that form part of Banco Sabadell Group. The website also provides access to either the specific websites of certain companies of Banco Sabadell Group (published on https://www.grupbancsabadell.com/) or to web portals controlled by companies associated with the Group. All access and use by users of each such website or web portal shall be governed by the specific terms and conditions of the latter, which are displayed on the “Legal Notice” link which can be accessed at the bottom of their home pages.

Terms of use

Users undertake to make appropriate, correct and lawful use of the content and services of the website. The use of the website for the following purposes is strictly prohibited: illegal and illicit activities, activities which are contrary to good faith and public order, and in general any conduct or behaviour that violates, is conducive to, or could potentially infringe upon human dignity or the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, religion, opinion, nationality or any other personal or social circumstance, or that goes against the protection of public health and that of consumers and users, or against the protection of youths and children. All activities intended to impersonate any person or entity, or to tamper with, hack into, alter or disconnect systems, servers, networks or content or to breach connection requirements are also prohibited. InnoCells reserves the right to withdraw users’ access to the service without prior notice, and to adopt as many measures as deemed necessary at any given time in order to prevent the aforementioned behaviour and activities.

Intellectual and industrial property

Express notice is hereby given that all website materials are subject to intellectual and industrial property rights. The content, source codes, format, design and names of the products, applications, tools, pages, brands, trade names, logos, images, sounds and graphics, including those which are copyrighted, are owned or have been assigned or licensed to InnoCells, for which reason all forms of authorship and rights of use are governed by the applicable commercial and criminal laws, any breach of which, irrespective of any applicable financial liability, shall constitute an unlawful or criminal act.

Users shall therefore refrain from reproducing, adapting, combining or incorporating into other applications, adjusting or otherwise tampering with, altering, or publicly broadcasting or distributing in any way, any of the content accessible through this website, unless expressly authorised to do so by InnoCells or any of the Banco Sabadell Group companies. Even when such authorisation has been obtained, users shall not perform the authorised activity using procedures other than those specified and set forth in the website, and under no circumstances shall they download, print or transfer the content to any other media when the content has been altered or modified in such a way so as to differ from, omit, add to, distort or modify the content provided, or when such actions result in information that conflicts with the messages and information displayed on and provided through the website as they appear in the system and computer records of InnoCells.

InnoCells and Banco Sabadell Group companies do not licence or authorise any form of use of their industrial and intellectual property rights or of any rights or property related to the website, services or content.

Any websites wishing to include hyperlinks to Banco Sabadell Group web pages shall require express authorisation to do so and in all cases shall refrain from duplicating such web pages and from directly including the link to any page other than the home page. They shall also refrain from using distinctive signs or symbols, trade names, logos, information or any other content of the website itself, with the exception of those included in the link. Under no circumstances shall it be implied or stated that InnoCells has authorised, is involved with, has accepted, participated in or overseen in any way any of the content of the page containing the hyperlink, or that it consents to the inclusion of such hyperlink, unless express authorisation has been obtained to that effect.

Privacy policy

Users may visit, obtain information, and send requests or communications through the various pages of the website.

Any and all data provided by users shall be treated with utmost confidentiality. The entity responsible for the files, the persons involved in any stage of the data processing and the entities to which such data has been provided, having obtained prior authorisation from the user, shall be subject to the strictest professional secrecy, and shall expressly undertake to adopt the necessary levels of protection and technical and/or organisational measures to guarantee the security of personal data and prevent their alteration, fraudulent use, loss, theft, unauthorised processing or access, both externally and internally within their corporate structure and staff, taking into consideration the level of technology employed, the nature of the stored data and the risks to which the former are exposed, whether risks deriving from human actions or from their physical or natural environment. Guarantee is hereby given that the processing and registration in files, programmes, systems, equipment, offices and centres shall comply with the integrity and security terms, conditions and requirements set forth in applicable regulations.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, users should be aware and are expressly advised that internet security measures are not infallible.

1. a) Browsing
2. The act of browsing the InnoCells website is free of charge and does not require the user to register with the site.
3. Express notice is hereby given to users that the InnoCells website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are sent to and stored on users’ computers and which are associated with each anonymous user. Cookies cannot read data saved on your hard drive nor data from cookies created by other providers. Cookies are used to identify users who have registered with the website, allowing them to access the website’s secure areas and services without having to sign in each time they visit the website. They also provide information about the date and time of the user’s last visit to our website and the content they chose to view. Users can change their browser settings to receive notifications whenever cookies are received in their hard drives. Further information can be found in the browsers’ instructions and user manuals.
4. b) Personal data
5. When users are required to register their personal data, such data shall be included in files created for this purpose by InnoCells. The provision and registration of personal data by users entails their acceptance and express authorisation of InnoCells to gather such personal data, incorporate it in the respective files, process and retain such data for the data retention periods set forth in the applicable provisions.
6. Users are also advised that their provision of any personal data shall also entail their voluntary acceptance of and consent to the processing of such data by InnoCells in order for such data to be segmented or categorised in order to keep users up to date and send them communications, by email or any other equivalent means, create profiles and contact them.
7. In all cases, users may exercise their rights of access, rectification, objection and/or removal of such data, by writing to the party responsible for the corresponding files, which is Sabadell Innovation Cells S.L.U., holder of tax identification number (NIF) B67001669, registered in the Companies Registry of the province of Barcelona in vol. 45.954, folio 78, page B504020, and registered offices in Sant Cugat del Vallés, C/ Sena, 12.
8. Lastly, users are advised that the InnoCells website may provide access through links to various websites of entities, companies, institutions and organisations unrelated to InnoCells. InnoCells accepts no liability for any personal data registered by users with such websites.

Liability

InnoCells gives no guarantees to users as to the availability, access or continuity of the website connection or the supply of information or any other services offered through the website. InnoCells and any content providers shall therefore accept no liability for any discontinued services, delays, malfunction and in general any inconvenience arising from circumstances outside of the control of InnoCells and its providers, or from any criminal or wrongful actions by users, or force majeure. InnoCells gives no guarantees as to the usefulness, correct functioning or the infallibility of the content provided through the website, which in all cases shall be provided for guidance and information purposes only. This information has been obtained from sources deemed to be reliable, but should not be assumed to be infallible, and users should always compare and contrast such information with other sources before formulating any opinions or reaching any decisions. Any and all opinions, measures, investment actions or any other form of actions taken by users shall be taken at their sole risk and responsibility.

InnoCells accepts no liability arising from the use by users of the InnoCells website content, and reserves the right to modify, replace, update, renew, remove or restrict access, discontinue, block, temporarily suspend or definitively cancel any service, supply of information or any other content, whether relating to a specific user or general in nature.

Unless expressly set forth in each case, InnoCells is not involved with, does not take part in nor does it guarantee in any way the services and/or products offered by third party providers and which are accessible through hyperlinks or advertisements.

InnoCells accepts no liability for any damages that may be caused to users’ computers due to their being infected by computer viruses as a result of their browsing.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer whenever you visit a website. They are used to track browsing habits by storing data that can be updated and recovered. These files are stored on your computer, and contain anonymous data which are not harmful to your computer equipment. They are used to record users’ preferences, such as the selected language, access details and personalised page settings.

Cookies can also be used to record anonymous information about how visitors use websites. For example, whether they accessed our page from a different website, and if so which one, or whether they accessed it through a web banner.

Why does InnoCells use cookies?

InnoCells only uses strictly necessary and essential cookies to enable you to use our websites and navigate through them freely, accessing secure areas, personalised options, etc. InnoCells also uses cookies to collect data to analyse your use of the website. These cookies are used to improve users’ experience of the website by analysing the use and performance of the page, which allows it to be optimised and personalised.

Our sites may also have links to social media (such as LinkedIn and Twitter). InnoCells does not control any of the cookies used by these external websites. For further information about cookies used in social media or other websites not related to InnoCells, we recommend users to review their respective cookie policies.

Why do we use different types of cookies?

Their use depends on their purpose:

Technical cookies
Technical cookies are essential and strictly necessary for the correct operation of a web portal and for the use of the different options and services provided. Examples of technical cookies include those used for maintaining active sessions, managing response times, executing and validating options, using security aspects, sharing content on social media, etc.

Personalisation cookies
These cookies allow users to specify or personalise certain characteristics of the website’s general settings, for example, setting language preferences, regional settings and configuring browsers.

Analytical cookies
Our web portals use analytical cookies to create browsing profiles and determine users’ browsing preferences in order to improve our offering of products and services. For example, analytical cookies are used to determine which regions users are most interested in, which products they like the most, etc.

Advertising cookies
Advertising cookies allow advertising spaces to be managed in line with specific criteria. For example, access frequency, edited content, etc. Advertising cookies allow information about behaviour to be stored by tracking habits frequency of access and creating a profile based on users’ preferences to offer them advertising directly related to their interests.

They vary according to their lifespan:

Session cookies
Session cookies are erased when the user closes the web browser.

Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies are stored on users’ hard drives for a longer period of time, to enable their chosen preferences to be applied without having to repeat certain parameters each time they visit the website.

What if I do not want these cookies or if I do not give my consent to their use?

In order to comply with current legislation, we have to request your permission to manage cookies. Should you decide not to authorise our use of cookies by letting us know of your rejection of our cookie policy, we will only use technical cookies, as these are essential for users to navigate our website. In this case, we could not store any cookies. The continued navigation of our website without expressly withholding your authorisation implies that you accept our use of cookies.

Please note that if you reject or delete browsing cookies from the InnoCells website, we will be unable to save your preferences, certain features of our website will not be operational, we will be unable to offer you personalised services and each time you navigate our website we will have to ask whether you authorise the use of cookies.

If, in spite of the foregoing, you decide to change your website access settings, please be aware that cookies can be deleted and you can prevent this information from being stored in your hard drive at any time by changing your browser’s settings:

Internet Explorer cookies settings Firefox cookies settings Google Chrome cookies settings Safari cookies settings

These browsers are subject to updates and changes, therefore we cannot guarantee that our cookies will be fully compatible with the version of your browser. It may be that you use other browsers, e.g. Konqueror, Arora, Flock, etc. To avoid possible compatibility issues, you can access cookie settings directly from your browser, and these are generally located in the “Options” menu under “Privacy”. (Please consult the “help” section of your browser for further information).

If you agree with the InnoCells cookie policy, please click “Accept”.

Is the information obtained from cookies used in websites other than that of InnoCells?

Some of our cookies are used to generate advertising in third party networks and as part of analyses for which we use third party tools. The cookies we use are for the sole and exclusive use of InnoCells and are not used for marketing purposes.
At InnoCells we work with trusted providers who help us to manage and personalise our web pages.

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So what does the above information mean?

Your acceptance of our cookies will allow us to improve the InnoCells website to offer you a better browsing experience and a more efficient and personalised service.

You can also change the settings on your browser to only accept the use of cookies for certain trusted websites or pages which you are navigating at one particular time, in order to select your preferences.

By providing this policy, InnoCells demonstrates its compliance with current legislation governing the use of cookies, by providing you with information about what type of cookies we use and to what purpose. With this policy we aim to be transparent in terms of the information we process relating to your navigation of our website.

This policy is regularly reviewed to ensure that it is up to date, therefore it may be subject to changes. We recommend that you regularly visit our web page, where we will give notice of any updates to this policy.

Where can I find more information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies which have not been addressed in this policy, please send us your comments through our Customer Care service.

If you require any further information about the cookies directive, please consult the Official State Gazette published on 31 March 2012 (for Spain), which transposes directives relating to electronic communications. You can also consult the directive at the Information Commissioner Office (in English).

You can also access video tutorials published by the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (Spanish Data Protection Agency) which explain, step by step, how to change the privacy settings of the most commonly used web browsers, social media and operating systems here:  Videos AEPD.