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Basic Information on Data Protection

Data Controller: Associació de Software Lliure Decidim.

Purpose of Processing: To manage contact with citizens and people interested in participating more actively in the events, bodies, and participation processes of the network, including the political opinions of users who may publish them.

Legal Basis for Processing: The user's consent, given through acceptance of the terms and conditions of use.

Recipients of the Data: Data will not be shared with third parties except where legally required.

Rights: To exercise your rights of access, rectification, and deletion, as well as other rights recognized by regulations, you may send an email to hola@decidim.org (external link).

This legal notice provides a concise overview of the main aspects of the Decidim Training digital participation platform (training.decidim.org), promoted by the Associació de Software Lliure Decidim. The platform aims to promote citizen participation and direct, deliberative, and participatory democracy in the city through various processes, spaces, and participation bodies, fostering open and direct interaction between the Associació Decidim, citizens, and the city's various social actors. Decidim Training is focused on encouraging citizen deliberation and debate, transparency, and traceability of participation (never user tracking), and the creation of both digital and face-to-face participation spaces.

By accessing this platform, the user agrees to accept and comply with this legal notice and all applicable provisions. The user also agrees to make lawful and appropriate use of the content and services and refrain from any illegal or bad faith behavior.

The Decidim Training platform is managed by the Associació de Software Lliure Decidim.

A. Scope of These Terms of Use

The terms of use for participation in the Decidim Training platform bind all individuals participating on this website. You will be asked to accept these terms upon registration.

The Associació de Software Lliure Decidim reserves the right to modify these conditions and will publish the latest version on this website. To stay informed about future changes, we recommend visiting this page occasionally. Users will be notified of changes that affect privacy and/or security.

B. Purpose of the Initiative

Through the Decidim Training platform, the Associació de Software Lliure Decidim seeks to foster open and transparent citizen participation and engage citizens and social actors in improving democratic quality. This initiative also addresses technological challenges at a national level.

The platform also aims to facilitate and make visible debates, design, assessment, negotiation, modification, monitoring, and evaluation of agreements and actions related to the Decidim Training network. It should also support future initiatives in direct, participatory, or deliberative democracy, including cooperation, association, and self-organization among citizens.

C. General Aspects of Participation in the Decidim Training Platform

Anyone over the age of 16 who registers on the platform can participate. By accepting the terms of use, users declare they are at least 16 years old. Adults are responsible for the activity of minors under their care. The platform also allows registration by entities, collectives, groups, and relevant city organizations.

Since the platform promotes citizen participation for the improvement of the city, users must act diligently and in alignment with this purpose.

The Associació Decidim is not responsible for misuse of the platform or content posted by users. Each user is responsible for their content and opinions.

The following content is prohibited:

• False or misleading information.

• Infringement of Decidim or third-party rights (copyright, trademarks, etc.).

• Violation of third-party privacy (e.g., personal info).

• Malicious software (viruses, trojans).

• Spam or system overloads.

• Chain messages, pyramid schemes, gambling.

• Commercial content (job offers, ads).

• Indecent, hateful, threatening, discriminatory, violent, or offensive content.

• Legal violations.

• Mass voting campaigns for unrelated proposals.

• Creating multiple fake accounts (astroturfing).

The Associació Decidim may remove inappropriate content and suspend user accounts without prior notice if terms are violated or if a user’s activity harms others, the site, or the organization.

Users are liable for their contributions and any resulting third-party claims. Associació Decidim is not responsible for misuse of content or the results of ideas shared. Links to third-party sites are not the organization’s responsibility.

D. Platform Functionality

Participants may browse the Decidim Training platform freely and anonymously. Registration is required to comment, support, or participate in debates and proposals. Required data: username, email, password, and acceptance of terms.

Entities may register with: organization name, responsible person, email, phone number, password, and terms acceptance.

Verified users may interact with the platform, support proposals, and engage in prioritization processes.

E. Personal Data Processing Information

Data privacy and confidentiality are crucial. This data protection policy outlines how personal data collected through the platform is handled. It may change due to legislation or official guidelines. The organization reserves the right to update this policy accordingly.

1. Data Controller:
Associació de Software Lliure Decidim
Ateneu d’Innovació Digital Canòdrom, C/Concepció Arenal 165, 08027 – Barcelona

2. Purpose, Legal Basis, and Retention

• Managing user inquiries and requests.

• Managing subscriptions.

• Statistical analysis and market research.

• Sending informational emails (with user consent).

• Publishing third-party images only with permission.

• Publishing political opinions with explicit user consent.

Legal basis: user consent (checkbox must be marked).
Retention: data will be deleted upon user request.

3. Data Recipients

Data won’t be shared, except with courts or law enforcement when legally required.

Usernames are public. Comments, proposals, etc., are also public. Voting and email addresses remain private.
No international data transfers are planned.

4. User Rights

Users have the right to:

• Access their data.

• Correct or delete data.

• Limit or object to processing.

• Data portability.

• Right to erasure (with exceptions due to the public nature of the platform).

For deletion requests, data may be anonymized instead.
You may contact hola@decidim.org or visit: Barcelona City Data Protection Portal

5. Data Security

Associació Decidim applies appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent unauthorized access, destruction, or alteration of personal data.

F. Terms for User-Submitted Content

These terms apply to all content submitted by users via the platform, excluding registration data (except public usernames). These apply to all submitted or published content.

• Content is treated as non-confidential unless a confidentiality agreement is signed.

• Associació Decidim may contact users for further info without obligation.

• Content may be published across Associació’s web platforms and other media.

• Intellectual property: Content is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) unless otherwise stated.

• A takedown procedure is available by emailing hola@decidim.org.

G. Copyright, Reuse, and Other Website Rights

Associació Decidim encourages open licenses, derivative works, and reuse of site content under CC-BY-SA.

Reuse is allowed with:

• Proper attribution.

• Indication of changes.

• No implication of Decidim endorsement.

Associació Decidim respects user copyrights and is not responsible for disputes arising from unauthorized use or publication.