Legal Notice
Information and Identification
In compliance with the provisions of Law 34/2002 of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE), the following general information regarding the owner of this website https://holaexpat.es/ (hereinafter the “WEBSITE” or “Site”) is provided below.
Accordingly, the holder and owner of the WEBSITE domain is Ms. María Luz Vera Fernández (hereinafter, “HOLAEXPAT”), with registered address at Calle Notario Luis Oliver, nº 6, 4ºF, 29602 Marbella, Málaga, Spain, National Identity Document (D.N.I.) No. 78992623C, telephone number +34 623 40 35 08, and email address: info@holaexpat.es.
1. Website User
The User assumes responsibility for the use of the Website. The Website may provide access to a multitude of texts, graphics, drawings, designs, photographs, multimedia content, and information (hereinafter, the “Content”) belonging to HOLAEXPAT or third parties to which the User may have access.
The User must make appropriate use of the Content and services offered through the Website and, by way of example but not limitation, must not use them to:
- Engage in activities that are unlawful, illegal, or contrary to good faith or public order.
- Cause damage to the physical and logical systems of HOLAEXPAT’s Website, its suppliers, or third parties.
- Introduce or disseminate computer viruses or any other physical or logical systems on the network that may cause the aforementioned damage.
- Attempt to access, use and/or manipulate HOLAEXPAT’s data, data belonging to third-party collaborating entities, or other users.
- Reproduce or copy, distribute, make available to the public through any form of public communication, transform, or modify the Content, unless authorised by HOLAEXPAT.
- Remove, conceal, or manipulate Content subject to intellectual or industrial property rights or other identifying information relating to such rights belonging to HOLAEXPAT or third parties incorporated into the Content, as well as technical protection devices or any information mechanisms that may be incorporated into the Content.
HOLAEXPAT shall have the right to investigate and report any of the aforementioned conduct in accordance with the law, as well as to cooperate with the authorities in the investigation of such actions.
HOLAEXPAT may temporarily suspend access to the Website without prior notice due to maintenance, repair, updating, or improvement operations. However, whenever circumstances permit, HOLAEXPAT will inform the User sufficiently in advance of the scheduled date for the suspension of services. HOLAEXPAT shall not be held responsible for the use Users may make of the Content included on the Website.
2. Intellectual and Industrial Property
Each and every intellectual property right over the content and graphic design of this Website (including, by way of example, images, sound, audio, video, software or texts; trademarks or logos, colour combinations, structure and design, selection of materials used, computer programs necessary for its operation, access and use, etc.) is the exclusive property of HOLAEXPAT or of a third party that has authorised its use. Therefore, HOLAEXPAT holds the exclusive right to exploit such content and graphic design.
Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 of 12 April, approving the Consolidated Text of the Intellectual Property Law, and Law 17/2001 of 7 December, on Trademarks, as well as any other supplementary legislation on intellectual and industrial property, the reproduction, transmission, adaptation, translation, distribution, or public communication, including making available to the public or any other form of commercial exploitation and/or modification of all or part of the Website’s content is prohibited, unless prior express authorisation has been obtained from HOLAEXPAT.
HOLAEXPAT does not grant any licence or authorisation to use any of its intellectual or industrial property rights or any other property or right related to the Website and/or its services or Content.
The User undertakes to respect the Intellectual and Industrial Property rights owned by HOLAEXPAT. In this regard, the reproduction and temporary storage of the Website’s Content is permitted insofar as this is strictly necessary for the use and viewing of the Website from a personal computer, tablet, or telephone.
The legitimacy of the intellectual or industrial property rights over Content provided by Users is the sole responsibility of the Users themselves, who shall be liable for any third-party claims arising from the unlawful use of Content on the Website.
3. Data Protection
The use of this Website may require Users to provide personal data. HOLAEXPAT processes this type of information in accordance with applicable legislation and sets out its practices in its Privacy Policy.
4. Liability and Warranties
HOLAEXPAT declares that it has adopted all necessary measures, within its capabilities and taking into account the current state of technology, to ensure the proper functioning of its Website and the absence of viruses and harmful components.
However, HOLAEXPAT cannot be held responsible for:
- the accuracy, completeness, or updating of the data provided by Users;
- any interruption in the operation of the Website or computer failures, telephone faults, disconnections, delays, or blockages caused by deficiencies or overloads in telephone lines, data centres, the Internet system, or other electronic systems occurring during their operation;
- any damage caused by third parties who infringe or breach HOLAEXPAT’s security systems, provided that HOLAEXPAT has complied with its due diligence obligations.
HOLAEXPAT shall not be held responsible for the use Users may make of the Content included on the Website.
5. Hyperlinks
HOLAEXPAT informs the User that, to the best of its knowledge, the hyperlinks inserted on the Website are not harmful and their content is correct. However, insofar as HOLAEXPAT has no control over such hyperlinks, it cannot assume any responsibility for the consequences arising from accessing links to other applications or websites.
In this regard, HOLAEXPAT shall not be responsible for the information contained in such third-party links or for any effects that may arise from such information.
The inclusion of links to other websites or applications does not imply approval of their content by HOLAEXPAT or the existence of any type of association between HOLAEXPAT and their owners.
Consequently, the User accesses the Content at their own exclusive responsibility and subject to the terms of use applicable to such websites or applications.
6. Safeguarding and Interpretation
This Legal Notice constitutes an agreement between each User and HOLAEXPAT.
If the competent authority declares that any provision is illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, such declaration in respect of one or more clauses shall be understood without prejudice to the validity of the remaining clauses.
The fact that HOLAEXPAT does not require strict compliance with any of the provisions of this Legal Notice shall not constitute, nor may it in any way be interpreted as, a waiver by HOLAEXPAT of its right to require strict compliance in the future.
7. General Information
HOLAEXPAT shall pursue any breach of this Legal Notice, as well as any improper use of its portal, by exercising all civil and criminal actions available to it under applicable law.
8. Notifications
HOLAEXPAT may make the appropriate communications through the email address provided by Users in subscription forms or through any other means provided in the User’s contact details.
