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I. Privacy policy and data protection

In compliance with current legislation, Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) (hereinafter also the Website) undertakes to adopt the technical and organisational measures necessary to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk posed by the data collected.

Legislation incorporated into this privacy policy

This privacy policy has been adapted to the current Spanish and European legislation on the protection of personal data on the internet. In particular, it complies with the following rules:

  • 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 (GDPR).
  • Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPD-GDD).
  • Royal Decree 1720/2007, of 21 December, approving the Regulation implementing Organic Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on the Protection of Personal Data (RDLOPD).
  • Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE).

Identity of the controller responsible for processing personal data

The controller responsible for processing the personal data collected by Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) is FundiPau (Fundació per la Pau), holder of Tax ID/CIF G-08967341 and registered in the Register of Foundations of the Generalitat de Catalunya under the following registration details: Number 128, 14 January 1985, whose representative is Enric Masllorens (hereinafter, the Data Controller). Its contact details are as follows:

  • Address: C/ Erasme de Janer 8, entresuelo, despacho 6. 08001 Barcelona
  • Contact telephone number: 622457162
  • Contact email address:

Record of personal data

In compliance with the GDPR and the LOPD-GDD, we inform you that the personal data collected by Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) through the forms available on its pages will be incorporated into and processed in our records for the purpose of facilitating, streamlining and fulfilling the commitments established between Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) and the User, or maintaining the relationship established through the forms completed by the User, or responding to a request or enquiry made by the User. Likewise, in accordance with the GDPR and the LOPD-GDD, unless the exception provided for in Article 30.5 of the GDPR applies, a record of processing activities is maintained specifying, according to their purposes, the processing activities carried out and the other circumstances established in the GDPR.

Principles applicable to the processing of personal data

The processing of the User’s personal data shall be subject to the following principles set out in Article 5 of the GDPR and Article 4 and following of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights:

  • Principle of lawfulness, fairness and transparency: the User’s consent shall be required at all times following fully transparent information on the purposes for which the personal data are collected.
  • Principle of purpose limitation: personal data shall be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes.
  • Principle of data minimisation: the personal data collected shall be only those strictly necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
  • Principle of accuracy: personal data must be accurate and kept up to date at all times.
  • Principle of storage limitation: personal data shall be kept only in a form that permits identification of the User for no longer than is necessary for the purposes of their processing.
  • Principle of integrity and confidentiality: personal data shall be processed in a manner that ensures their security and confidentiality.
  • Principle of accountability: the Data Controller shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the foregoing principles.

Categories of personal data

The categories of data processed by Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) are solely identification data. Under no circumstances are special categories of personal data processed within the meaning of Article 9 of the GDPR.

Legal basis for processing personal data

The legal basis for processing personal data is consent. Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) undertakes to obtain the User’s express and verifiable consent for the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.

The User shall have the right to withdraw consent at any time. It shall be as easy to withdraw consent as to give it. As a general rule, the withdrawal of consent shall not affect use of the Website.

Whenever the User must or may provide their data through forms in order to make enquiries, request information or for reasons related to the content of the Website, the User shall be informed if completion of any of them is mandatory because they are essential for the proper performance of the operation carried out.

Purposes for which personal data are processed

Personal data are collected and managed by Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) for the purpose of facilitating, streamlining and fulfilling the commitments established between the Website and the User, or maintaining the relationship established through the forms completed by the latter, or responding to a request or enquiry.

Likewise, the data may be used for commercial personalisation, operational and statistical purposes, and for activities relating to the corporate purpose of Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS), as well as for data extraction, storage and marketing studies in order to tailor the Content offered to the User and improve the quality, functioning and browsing of the Website.

At the time personal data are obtained, the User shall be informed of the specific purpose or purposes for which the personal data will be processed, that is, of the use or uses to which the collected information will be put.

Retention periods for personal data

Personal data shall be retained only for the minimum time necessary for the purposes of their processing and, in any event, only for the following period: the time necessary, or until the User requests their erasure.

At the time personal data are obtained, the User shall be informed of the period for which the personal data will be stored or, where that is not possible, of the criteria used to determine that period.

Recipients of personal data

The User’s personal data will not be shared with third parties.

In any event, at the time personal data are obtained, the User shall be informed of the recipients or categories of recipients of the personal data.

Personal data of minors

In compliance with Articles 8 of the GDPR and 7 of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights, only persons over 14 years of age may lawfully consent to the processing of their personal data by Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS). Where the data subject is under 14 years of age, the consent of the parents or guardians will be required for processing, and such processing shall be considered lawful only to the extent that they have authorised it.

Secrecy and security of personal data

Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) undertakes to adopt the technical and organisational measures necessary to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk posed by the data collected, so that the security of personal data is guaranteed and the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration of personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed, or unauthorised disclosure of or access to such data, is prevented.

The Website has an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate, which ensures that personal data are transmitted securely and confidentially, since the transmission of data between the server and the User, and in feedback, is fully encrypted.

However, because Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) cannot guarantee the invulnerability of the internet or the total absence of hackers or others who fraudulently access personal data, the Data Controller undertakes to notify the User without undue delay when a personal data breach occurs that is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. In accordance with Article 4 of the GDPR, a personal data breach means any breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration of personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed, or to the unauthorised disclosure of or access to such data.

Personal data shall be treated as confidential by the Data Controller, who undertakes to inform and to guarantee, by means of a legal or contractual obligation, that such confidentiality is respected by its employees, partners and any person to whom it makes the information accessible.

Rights arising from the processing of personal data

The User has the following rights in relation to Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) and may therefore exercise the following rights recognised in the GDPR and Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights, against the Data Controller:

  • Right of access: this is the User’s right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) is processing their personal data and, where that is the case, to obtain information about their specific personal data and the processing that Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) has carried out or is carrying out, as well as, among other things, the information available on the origin of those data and the recipients of communications made or planned in relation to them.
  • Right to rectification: this is the User’s right to have personal data corrected where they are inaccurate or, having regard to the purposes of the processing, incomplete.
  • Right to erasure (“the right to be forgotten”): this is the User’s right, provided that current legislation does not establish otherwise, to obtain the erasure of their personal data where those data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed; where the User has withdrawn consent to the processing and there is no other legal basis for it; where the User objects to the processing and there is no other legitimate ground for continuing it; where the personal data have been unlawfully processed; where the personal data must be erased in compliance with a legal obligation; or where the personal data were obtained as a result of a direct offer of information society services to a child under 14 years of age. In addition to erasing the data, the Data Controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps to inform controllers processing the personal data of the data subject’s request to erase any link to those personal data.
  • Right to restriction of processing: this is the User’s right to restrict the processing of their personal data. The User has the right to obtain restriction of processing where they contest the accuracy of their personal data; where the processing is unlawful; where the Data Controller no longer needs the personal data but the User requires them for the establishment of legal claims; and where the User has objected to the processing.
  • Right to data portability: where processing is carried out by automated means, the User shall have the right to receive from the Data Controller their personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller. Wherever technically feasible, the Data Controller shall transmit the data directly to that other controller.
  • Right to object: this is the User’s right not to have their personal data processed, or to have such processing cease, by Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS).
  • Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling: this is the User’s right not to be subject to an individual decision based solely on automated processing of their personal data, including profiling, unless current legislation provides otherwise.

Accordingly, the User may exercise their rights by means of a written communication addressed to the Data Controller with the reference “GDPR-https://taohs.eu/”, specifying:

  • The User’s first name, surname(s) and a copy of their national identity document. In cases where representation is allowed, identification of the person representing the User by the same means will also be required, together with documentary proof of such representation. The photocopy of the identity document may be replaced by any other legally valid means of proving identity.
  • The request, stating the specific reasons for the application or the information to which access is sought.
  • An address for service of notices.
  • The date and signature of the applicant.
  • Any document supporting the request made.

This request and any other attached document may be sent to the following address and/or email address:

  • Postal address: C/ Erasme de Janer 8, entresuelo, despacho 6. 08001 Barcelona
  • Email address:

Links to third-party websites

The Website may include hyperlinks or links allowing access to webpages belonging to third parties other than Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS), and which are therefore not operated by Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS). The owners of such websites shall have their own data protection policies and shall themselves, in each case, be responsible for their own files and their own privacy practices.

Complaints to the supervisory authority

Should the User consider that there is a problem or an infringement of the current legislation in the way their personal data are being processed, the User shall have the right to effective judicial protection and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the State of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. In the case of Spain, the supervisory authority is the Spanish Data Protection Agency (https://www.aepd.es/).

II. Acceptance of and changes to this privacy policy

It is necessary for the User to have read and agreed to the conditions on the protection of personal data contained in this Privacy Policy, and for the User to accept the processing of their personal data so that the Data Controller may carry it out in the manner, for the periods and for the purposes indicated. Use of the Website shall imply acceptance of its Privacy Policy.

Together Against Online Hate Speech (TAOHS) reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policy in accordance with its own criteria, or as a result of a legislative, case law or doctrinal change of the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Changes or updates to this Privacy Policy will not be expressly notified to the User. The User is advised to consult this page periodically in order to keep up to date with the latest changes or updates.

This Privacy Policy has been updated in order to adapt it to 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 (GDPR), and to Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights.