Políticas de Privacidad
The University of Valparaíso offers various mobile applications for the entire university community, and they are available for use free of charge. However, to access certain features, it is necessary to carry out authentication using access credentials, with the purpose of identifying users.
This site is designed to inform our visitors about our policies related to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information from those who choose to use our service. This is in compliance with personal data protection regulations stipulated in various legal bodies, applicable to the University of Valparaíso. Its regulatory framework is constituted, among others, by Law N° 19.628 of 1999, on the Protection of Private Life; as established in Article 19 No. 4 of the Political Constitution of the Republic; and Law N° 20.285, on Access to Public Information.
The terms presented in this Privacy Policy are defined in the same way as in our terms and conditions, available on all our platforms and applications, unless otherwise specified in this Policy.
For a better experience, when using our service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. This information will be retained and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Our applications use services provided by third parties that may collect data for identification. You can find links to the respective Privacy Policies employed by our applications below:
We want to inform you that every time you use our services, in the event of an error in the applications, we collect data and information (through third-party products) on your phone, called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device's internet protocol (IP) address, the name of the device, the version of the operating system, the application settings at the time you used our service, the time and date you used the service, and other statistics.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites you visit and are stored in your device's internal memory.
Our services do not explicitly use these cookies. However, the applications may incorporate third-party codes and libraries that do use them to collect information and optimize their services. You have the option to accept or decline these cookies, and to be notified when a cookie is sent to your device. If you choose not to accept our cookies, some features of the service might not be available.
We may employ third-party companies and individuals for the following reasons:
- To facilitate our Service.
- To provide the Service on our behalf.
- To perform services related to our Service.
- To help us analyze how our Service is used.
We want to inform users of our services that these third parties have access to your personal information. The reason is to carry out tasks assigned to them, on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
We value your trust in providing us with your personal information, and for that reason, we commit to using commercially acceptable methods to protect it. However, it's important to note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage system can guarantee 100% complete and reliable security, so we cannot ensure its absolute protection.
Our services include links to external sites. By clicking on a third-party link, you will be redirected to that site. It's important to note that these sites are not under our management. Therefore, we suggest you carefully review their Privacy Policies. We do not have control over, nor are we responsible for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party sites.
These services are not directed at anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will immediately delete it from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take the necessary actions.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Therefore, we recommend that you check this site periodically to be aware of any changes. We will notify you of any modifications by posting the new Privacy Policy on this site.
This policy is effective as of 2022-06-01
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