Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 2020
Welcome to COBI!
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY NOTICE (the “Notice”) CAREFULLY, WHICH WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES (“Mexico”) REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA HELD BY PRIVATE PARTIES.
Personal data is information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (the “Data Subject”), such as name, identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more elements of the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of such person (“Personal Data”).
At COMUNIDAD Y BIODIVERSIDAD, A.C. (“COBI”), with address for notices at Calle Isla del Peruano No. 215, Col. Lomas de Miramar, Guaymas, Sonora, C.P. 85448, Mexico, we understand how important the protection of the Personal Data you share with us is. The purpose of this Notice is to inform you of any operation or set of operations, whether automated or not, such as the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or modification, extraction, consultation, use, communication by transmission, dissemination or any other form of access enabling, comparison or interconnection, limitation, deletion or destruction (“Processing”) of your Personal Data.
At all times, you are the sole owner of the Personal Data you provide to us. By accepting this Notice, we act as the “Data Controller” of the Processing of your Personal Data and undertake to collect and use them only in accordance with this Notice and exclusively for the purposes you have authorized herein.
This Notice applies to any website owned by COBI, as well as related sites, mobile applications and digital tools, regardless of the form and place of access.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?
At COBI we collect your Personal Data only to the extent that you provide them to us. By accepting this Notice and providing your Personal Data, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as set forth herein.
To use our platform you must have accepted our Terms and Conditions and created a user account with COBI.
Category of Personal Data
Identification data
– Full name
– Gender
– Date of birth
Contact data
– Email address
– Region
Employment data
– Fishing organization to which you belong
Academic data
– N/A
Financial or patrimonial data
– N/A
Biometric data
– N/A
You may revoke your consent to this Notice at any time as provided in the section “MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES FOR REVOCATION OF CONSENT”.
At COBI we implement appropriate technical, administrative and organizational security measures to ensure a level of security that protects your Personal Data against destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, such as: (i) pseudonymization and encryption of personal data, (ii) the ability to ensure ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services, (iii) the ability to restore availability and access to Personal Data quickly in the event of a physical or technical incident, and (iv) a process for regular testing, assessment and evaluation of the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any security breach occurs that significantly affects your patrimonial or moral rights, we will notify you immediately once we become aware of such breach so you may take the appropriate actions.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA
Sensitive Personal Data are those affecting the most intimate sphere of the Data Subject, or whose misuse may give rise to discrimination or serious risk, such as racial or ethnic origin, health status, genetic information, religious, philosophical or moral beliefs, union membership, political opinions or sexual preference.
At COBI, we do not process Sensitive Personal Data. Should you provide any, they will be used exclusively to the extent authorized and for the minimum time necessary.
PURPOSES OF PROCESSING
a. Primary purposes
At COBI we collect your Personal Data for the following purposes: (i) to identify and manage your account registration, (ii) to respond to user inquiries, (iii) to carry out procedures necessary to formalize agreements, (iv) processing, updating, modifying, canceling and/or confirming services, products and information sent by COBI through the Website, mobile applications, phone calls and/or email, (v) to comply with obligations contracted with the Data Subject, (vi) to respond to requests to exercise cancellation of consent or ARCO Rights.
b. Secondary purposes
Personal Data may also be used for additional purposes not directly related to services or products but which help us provide better service: (i) service quality evaluation, (ii) sending news, offers and promotions, (iii) newsletters, (iv) marketing, advertising and commercial prospecting, and (v) design and development of technological tools.
As Data Controllers, we ensure your data are relevant, correct and updated. When no longer necessary, they will be canceled in accordance with applicable law.
PERSONAL DATA TRANSFERS
We undertake not to transfer your Personal Data to Third Parties without your prior consent, except for the exceptions provided in Article 37 of the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties: (i) when the transfer is provided for in a Law or Treaty to which Mexico is a party; (ii) when the transfer is necessary for medical prevention or diagnosis, the provision of healthcare assistance, medical treatment or the management of healthcare services; (iii) when the transfer is made to controlling companies, subsidiaries or affiliates under the common control of the Data Controller, or to a parent company or any company within the same corporate group of the Data Controller that operates under the same internal processes and policies; (iv) when the transfer is necessary by virtue of a contract entered into or to be entered into in the interest of the Data Subject, by the Data Controller and a Third Party; (v) when the transfer is necessary or legally required for the safeguarding of a public interest, or for the procurement or administration of justice; (vi) when the transfer is necessary for the recognition, exercise or defense of a right in a judicial proceeding; and (vii) when the transfer is necessary for the maintenance or fulfillment of a legal relationship between the Data Controller and the Data Subject.
OPTIONS TO LIMIT USE OR DISCLOSURE
To limit use or disclosure, or to stop receiving promotions, you may register in our internal exclusion lists following the procedure in the ARCO Rights section.
ARCO RIGHTS (Access, Rectification, Cancellation, Opposition)
You may exercise your rights by emailing comunicacion@cobi.org.mx
including: name, address or response method, proof of identity, description of data, supporting documents, and rectification evidence if applicable. We will respond within 20 business days and execute within 15 if applicable.
LIMITATION AND PORTABILITY
You may limit Processing or request transmission of your data following the same ARCO procedure.
REVOCATION OF CONSENT
You may revoke consent at any time following the same ARCO procedure.
USE OF COOKIES, WEB BEACONS AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
In addition to the Personal Data mentioned in this Notice, cookies are stored on your computer when you visit and use our website.
Cookies are small text files stored in your device’s browser to retain certain information. When you revisit our website from the same device, the information stored in the cookies is transmitted either to our website (“First-Party Cookies”) or to another website to which the cookie belongs (“Third-Party Cookies”).
Through the information stored and transmitted to the corresponding website, we recognize that you have accessed the site and visited it using the browser on that device. We use this information to design and display the website optimally according to your preferences. In this regard, only the cookie is identified on your device. Beyond this, your Personal Data will only be stored with your express consent or when strictly necessary to use the service offered to you.
Below we list the different types of cookies, whose scope and functionality we explain further below:
a. Strictly necessary cookies (Type A)
b. Functionality and performance cookies (Type B)
c. Marketing, advertising and/or commercial prospecting cookies (e.g., marketing) (Type C)
You will also find more information in this Notice about the types of configured cookies used in the tools implemented on our website.
Strictly necessary cookies (Type A)
Strictly necessary cookies ensure functions without which you could not use our website as intended. These cookies are used exclusively by us and are therefore first-party cookies. This means that all information stored in cookies is transmitted to our website.
Strictly necessary cookies serve, for example, to ensure that when you log in as a registered user, your session remains active when accessing different subpages, so you do not have to re-enter login data each time.
The use of strictly necessary cookies is possible without your consent. Therefore, these cookies cannot be individually enabled or disabled, although you may disable cookies in your browser at any time.
Functionality and performance cookies (Type B)
Functionality cookies allow our website to store information already provided (such as registered user or language selection) to offer enhanced and personalized features. These cookies collect and store anonymous information and cannot track your activity on other websites.
Performance cookies collect information about how our website is used to improve attractiveness, content and functionality.
These cookies help us determine, for example, whether subpages are visited, which content users are interested in, number of visits, number of subpages accessed, time spent on the site, navigation order, search terms used, country, region and city of access, as well as the proportion of mobile devices accessing our websites. We also capture mouse movements, clicks and scrolling behavior to understand areas of special interest.
This allows us to tailor content more specifically and optimize our offering. Your IP address transmitted for technical reasons is automatically anonymized and does not allow identification of the individual user.
To review and update your consent and cookie storage settings at any time, continue reading this Notice.
Marketing, advertising and commercial prospecting cookies (Type C)
Cookies that are neither strictly necessary (Type A) nor functionality/performance (Type B), such as marketing cookies.
We reserve the right to use information obtained through cookies derived from anonymous analysis of visitor behavior to display targeted advertising of some of our products. We believe this benefits users by showing advertising aligned with browsing interests.
Type C cookies originate from external advertising companies (third-party cookies) and are used to collect information about visited websites to generate relevant advertising based on user interests or those of similar users.
Management and deletion of cookies
You may configure your browser to generally prevent cookies from being stored and/or to ask for consent each time. You may also delete cookies at any time. See your browser help function.
Disabling cookies may cause functional restrictions on our Website. However, you may block or disable them through browser settings.
Most browsers allow warnings about cookies or automatic rejection. If rejected, you may continue using the Website but some services may be limited.
To withdraw consent related to this Notice, you must delete stored cookies through your browser settings.
More information: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/es/administrar-las-cookies/
Unless you have configured your browser otherwise, our system will create cookies when you visit our Website. All browsers allow configuration changes. See:
Microsoft Edge
https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-microsoft-privacy
Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-sitios-web-rastrear-preferencias
Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es
Safari
www.apple.com/es/privacy/use-of-cookies/
You may also manage cookies via tools such as:
Ghostery
Your Online Choices
Website Analytics
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses a specific type of cookie that is stored on your computer and enables the analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States.
We wish to inform you that Google Analytics has been integrated into this website to include the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” in order to ensure that IP addresses are recorded anonymously (so-called IP masking). Due to IP anonymization on this website, Google truncates your IP address within the territory of the European Union and the States party to the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there in exceptional cases. Google has committed to complying with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework).
Google uses this information on our behalf to analyze your use of this website, compile reports on website activity, and provide additional services related to website and Internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law, or where such third parties process the data on Google’s behalf. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
You may prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software. In addition, you may prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=es
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PROCEDURE AND MEANS TO COMMUNICATE CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY NOTICE
We continuously seek to improve our services; therefore, we reserve the right to modify this Privacy Notice from time to time. We will notify you of any changes through a notice on the COBI website. In order to continue using our services, you must accept each update to our Notice.
MINORS
At COBI we do not collect Personal Data from individuals under 18 years of age. If you are a minor and for any reason provide us with such information, once we become aware through our verification process we will proceed with the immediate deletion of your Personal Data.
If you believe that Personal Data belonging to a minor may exist in our records, please contact us via email at comunicacion@cobi.org.mx
We strongly recommend that individuals under 18 request permission from their parents before sending personal information over the Internet, and we encourage parents to teach their children safe Internet practices.
