Legal Notice

• Corporate name: ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY (AWO) 
• Address for communication purposes: Calle Sánchez Barcaiztegui, number 34, Esc. 4, floor 1, C.P.: 28007 Madrid
• Tax ID (NIF): G88148028 
• Email address: privacidad@animalwelfareobservatory.org 
• Registration data in the National Registry of Associations (Spain): section 1st / National Number: 615639
• This information forms and regulates the conditions of use, the limitations of responsibility, and the obligations that the users of the web page published under the domain name animalwelfareobservatory.org, assume and commit to respect.

2. Definitions

• “Page”. The domain animalwelfareobservatory.org that is made available to internet users.
• “User”. A natural or legal person who uses or navigates through the page.
• "Content". These are the pages that make up the entirety of the domain animalwelfareobservatory.org, which comprise the information and services that ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY makes available to internet users. They contain messages, texts, photographs, graphics, icons, logos, technology, links, textures, drawings, sound and/or image files, recordings, software, appearance, graphic design and source codes and, in general, any kind of material contained on the page.
• “Web”. A technical term that describes the system of accessing information via the internet, which is configured through pages made with HTML language or similar, and programming mechanisms such as Java, Javascript, PHP, or others, etc. These pages, designed and published under an internet domain name, are the result of the information that the entity or individual owner makes available to internet users.
• “Hyperlink”. A technique by which a user can navigate through different web pages, or through the internet, with a simple click on the text, icon, button, or indicator that contains the link.
• “Cookies”. A technical means for "traceability" and tracking of navigation on websites. They are small text files that are written on the user's computer. This method has implications for privacy, so the ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY will notify promptly and reliably of its use at the time of implementation on the website.

3. Users / Terms of Use

Access to and/or use of the animalwelfareobservatory.org website confers the status of USER, who accepts, from said access and/or use, the present terms of use, without reservations of all and each of the clauses and general conditions included in the legal notice.

If the user does not agree with the clauses and conditions of use of this legal notice, they should refrain from using the page.


4. Use of the Website

Animalwelfareobservatory.org  provides access to articles, information, and data (hereinafter, “THE CONTENT”) owned by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY. The USER assumes responsibility for the use of the web.

Some pages of the website (animalwelfareobservatory.org) may allow participation through comments, in which case any user can send texts through the form established for that purpose. By sending such texts, clicking on the corresponding link, THE USER commits and agrees to make appropriate use of the content that animalwelfareobservatory.org offers through its website, to not use it to:

• Engage in illicit, illegal activities or those contrary to good faith and public order.
• Spread content or propaganda of a racist, xenophobic, pornographic-illegal nature, advocating terrorism, or attacking human rights.
• Cause damage to the physical and logical systems of animalwelfareobservatory.org, its suppliers, or third parties, introduce or spread computer viruses or any other physical or logical systems that are capable of causing the previously mentioned damages. 
• Attempt to access and, where applicable, use the email accounts of other users and modify or manipulate their messages. 
• In summary, to respect the applicable legislation, morals, and generally accepted good manners, public order, and the present general conditions of access and use.

To this end, THE USER is obliged and commits NOT to use any of the contents for purposes or effects that are illicit, prohibited in the legal notice, or by current legislation, harmful to the rights and interests of third parties, or that in any way can damage, render useless, overload, deteriorate, or prevent the normal use of the contents, computer equipment, or documents, files, and all kinds of content stored on any computer equipment owned or contracted by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY, other users, or any internet user (hardware and software).

THE USER is obliged and commits not to transmit, disseminate or make available to third parties any kind of material contained on the page, such as information, texts, data, contents, messages, graphics, drawings, sound and/or image files, photographs, recordings, software, logos, trademarks, icons, technology, photographs, software, links, graphic design, and source codes, or any other material that they had access to in their capacity as a user of the page, without this list being limiting.

Likewise, in accordance with all of the above, THE USER may not:

• Reproduce, copy, distribute, make available, or in any other way publicly communicate, transform, or modify the contents, unless they have the written and explicit authorization of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY, who owns the corresponding rights, or unless it is legally permitted.
• Remove, manipulate, or in any way alter the "copyright" and other data identifying the reservation of rights of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY or its owners, digital fingerprints and/or identifiers, or any other technical means established for their recognition.
• The user must refrain from obtaining and even attempting to obtain the contents using means or procedures other than those which, as the case may be, have been made available for this purpose, or have been indicated for this purpose on the web pages where the contents are found, or in general, from those that are habitually used on the internet for this purpose, provided they do not entail a risk of damage or make the page, and/or the contents unusable.

Likewise, THE USER acknowledges:

• That ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY will not be liable in any way for the opinions expressed by users, who participate under their sole and exclusive responsibility.
• That the comments of the users do not represent the opinions of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY, its partners or its employees.
• That ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY does not guarantee, in any case, the publication of the content sent by users. In this sense, all comments received will be automatically reviewed by an anti-spam filter and moderated, in terms of their form, by a website administrator, who will always act respecting the democratic freedoms of expression and information.

Likewise, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY reserves the right to remove any comments or contributions that violate respect for the dignity of the person, that are discriminatory, xenophobic, racist, pornographic, that threaten youth or childhood, order or public safety, or which, in its judgment, would not be suitable for publication.

Under no circumstances animalwelfareobservatory.org will  be responsible for the opinions expressed by users through the blog or other participation tools that may be created, in accordance with the provisions of applicable regulations.


5. Privacy Policy. Data Protection

ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY is aware of the importance of data protection, as well as the privacy of the USER, and has therefore implemented a data processing policy aimed at providing maximum security in their use and collection, guaranteeing compliance with current regulations in this regard, and configuring such policy as one of the basic pillars in the entity's lines of action. Therefore, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY insists on the mandatory reading of its "Privacy Policy."


6. Hyperlinks

As a service to our visitors, our website may include hyperlinks to other sites that are not operated or controlled by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY. Therefore, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY does not guarantee, nor is it responsible for the legality, reliability, usefulness, truthfulness, and timeliness of the contents of such websites or their privacy practices. Please, before providing your personal information to external websites not affiliated with animalwelfareobservatory.org be aware that their privacy practices may differ from ours.

Likewise, those who intend to establish hyperlinks between their website and ours (animalwelfareobservatory.org) must observe and comply with the following conditions:

• No prior authorization will be necessary when the hyperlink only allows access to the homepage, but it may not reproduce it in any form. Any other form of hyperlink will require explicit and unequivocal written authorization by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY. 
• No "frames" will be created with web pages or on the web pages of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY. 
• No false, inaccurate, or offensive statements or indications about ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY, its directors, employees, or collaborators, or of the people who are related to the page for any reason, or of the users of the pages, or of the contents provided will be made. 
• It shall not be stated or implied that ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY has authorized the hyperlink or that it has supervised or assumed in any way the contents offered or made available to the website on which the hyperlink is established. 
• The website in which the hyperlink is established may only contain what is strictly necessary to identify the destination of the hyperlink. 
• The website in which the hyperlink is established shall not contain information or content that is unlawful, contrary to morality and generally accepted good customs and public order, nor shall it contain content that is contrary to any third-party rights.

7. Modification of the Legal Notice

In order to improve the performance of the Website, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY reserves the right to make modifications and updates to the information contained on the website, its configuration and design, and this legal notice, as well as any other specific conditions, at any time and without prior notice. Therefore, THE USER must read the legal notice each time they access the page.


8. Intellectual / Industrial Property

ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY holds all intellectual and industrial property rights to its website, as well as the elements contained therein (for example, images, sound, audio, video, software, or texts; trademarks or logos, color combinations, structure and design, selection of materials used, computer programs needed for its operation, access, and use, etc.), owned by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY or its licensors, with all rights reserved.

Any use not previously authorized by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY will be considered a serious violation of the author's intellectual or industrial property rights.

THE USER agrees to respect the intellectual and industrial property rights owned by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY. The User may view the web elements and even print, copy, and store them on their computer's hard drive or any other physical medium provided it is solely and exclusively for their personal and private use. THE USER must refrain from deleting, altering, evading, or manipulating any protection device or security system installed on the pages of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY.

All trademarks, trade names, or distinctive signs of any kind that appear on the page are the property of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY or, where applicable, third parties who have authorized their use, without it being understood that the use or access to the portal and/or the contents gives the user any right over the mentioned trademarks, trade names, and/or distinctive signs, and without it being considered transferred to the user, any of the exploitation rights that exist or may exist on such content.

Similarly, the contents are the intellectual property of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY, or third parties where applicable, therefore, the intellectual property rights are owned by ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY or third parties who have authorized their use, to whom corresponds the exclusive right to exploit them in any form and, especially, the rights of reproduction, distribution, public communication, and transformation. The reproduction, distribution, and public communication, including the modality of making available, of all or part of the contents of this web page, for commercial purposes, in any medium and by any technical means, without the authorization of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY, are expressly prohibited.

Unauthorized use of the information contained on this website, as well as the infringement of the intellectual or industrial property rights of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY or third parties included on the page who have transferred content, will lead to the legally established liabilities.


9. Cookies

Cookies are the technical means for "traceability" and tracking of navigation on websites. They are small text files that are written on the user's computer. This method has implications for privacy, therefore ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY informs that it may use cookies for the purpose of compiling usage statistics of the website as well as to identify the user's PC or device, allowing them to be recognized in future visits. In any case, the user can configure their browser to not allow the use of cookies during their visits to the website.ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY  is aware of the importance of data protection, as well as the privacy of THE USER, and therefore insists on reading the "cookie policy" of our website.


10. Website Availability

ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY does not guarantee the absence of interruptions or errors in accessing the website, its contents, or their updating, although it will make its best efforts to avoid, correct, or update them if they occur. Therefore, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY is not responsible for any damages or losses of any kind suffered by the USER resulting from failures or disconnections in telecommunications networks that may cause the suspension, cancellation, or interruption of the portal service during its provision or beforehand.

ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY excludes, with the exceptions provided by current legislation, any liability for damages and losses of any kind that may result from the lack of availability, continuity, or quality of the operation of the website and its contents, as well as for not meeting the expected usefulness that users may attribute to the website and its contents.

The function of the hyperlinks appearing on this website is solely to inform the user about the existence of other websites containing information on the subject matter. Such hyperlinks do not constitute a suggestion or recommendation.

ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY is also not responsible for security errors that may occur, nor for any damage that may be caused to the user's computer system (hardware and software), or to the files or documents stored therein, as a result of:

The presence of a virus on the user's computer used to connect to the services and contents of the website, malfunction of the browser or the use of outdated versions thereof.

ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY is not responsible for the contents of such linked pages, the operation or usefulness of the hyperlinks, or the outcome of such links, nor does it guarantee the absence of viruses or other elements therein that may cause alterations to the user's computer system (hardware and software), documents, or files, excluding any liability for damages of any kind caused to the user for this reason.

Access to the website does not imply any obligation on the part of ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY to monitor the absence of viruses, worms, or any other harmful computer elements. It is the responsibility of the user, in any case, to have appropriate tools for detecting and disinfecting harmful computer programs. Therefore, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY is not responsible for any possible security errors that may occur during the provision of the website service, nor for any potential damage that may be caused to the user's computer system or that of third parties (hardware and software), files or documents stored therein, as a result of the presence of viruses on the user's computer used to connect to the services and contents of the website, malfunctioning of the browser, or the use of outdated versions thereof.


11. Quality of the Website

Given the dynamic and changing environment of the information and services provided through the website, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY makes its best effort, but does not guarantee the complete truthfulness, accuracy, reliability, usefulness, and/or timeliness of the content.

The information contained in the pages that make up this portal is for informational, advisory, informative, and advertising purposes only. In no case do they offer or have the character of a binding or contractual commitment.

ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY excludes all liability for decisions that the USER may make based on this information, as well as for possible typographical errors that may be contained in the documents and graphics of the website. The information is subject to possible periodic changes without prior notice to its content by extension, improvement, correction, or updating of the contents.


12. Availability of Contents

The provision of the website service and its contents is, in principle, of indefinite duration. However, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY is authorized to terminate or suspend the provision of the website service and/or any of the contents at any time. Where reasonably possible, ANIMAL WELFARE OBSERVATORY will provide prior notice of the termination or suspension of the website.


13. Jurisdiction

For any issues arising regarding the interpretation, application, and compliance with this legal notice, as well as any claims that may arise from its use, all parties involved submit to the Judges and Courts of Madrid (Spain), expressly waiving any other jurisdiction that may correspond to them.


14. Applicable Law

These conditions are governed by Spanish law.

All copyright rights are reserved under the laws and international treaties on intellectual property. Any total or partial copying, reproduction, or dissemination is expressly prohibited by any means.