Legal notice

In compliance with Article 10 of Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE), the owner of this website is:

Domain: www.castelldepalafolls.cat

Owner: Palafolls Town Council

Tax ID (NIF): P0815400G

Address: Plaça Major, 11, 08389 Palafolls (Barcelona)

Telephone: 93 762 00 43

Email: palafolls@palafolls.cat

Legal status: Local public authority. Local entity under the general regime (Law 7/1985 of 2 April regulating the Bases of the Local Regime, and Legislative Decree 2/2003 of 28 April approving the consolidated text of the Municipal and Local Regime Law of Catalonia).

This legal notice governs the conditions of access to and use of the website www.castelldepalafolls.cat (hereinafter “the website”), owned by Palafolls Town Council, through which information about Palafolls Castle is made available to the public: visiting and booking tickets, the history of the monument and its restoration.

Accessing and using the website makes you a user and implies full and unreserved acceptance of all the provisions of this legal notice in the version published at the time of access. Palafolls Town Council reserves the right to modify this legal notice at any time.

This is an information website and is separate from the electronic office (seu electrònica) of Palafolls Town Council (seu-e.cat/ca/web/palafolls ↗), where the Town Council provides information and services with full legal effect, in accordance with Law 39/2015 of 1 October on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations. The Town Council’s main website is www.palafolls.cat ↗.

3.1 Permitted use

Users may access the website freely and at no cost and consult its content for personal, non-commercial use, provided that they comply with these terms, current legislation and the rights of third parties.

The texts published on the website may be reproduced, distributed and publicly communicated for non-commercial purposes, provided that the source (Palafolls Town Council) is cited and the original web address is given, in accordance with Law 37/2007 of 16 November on the re-use of public sector information and Royal Decree 1495/2011, which implements it. Photographs and videos may be subject to third-party rights: check their credit before using them.

3.2 Prohibited uses

The following are expressly prohibited:

• Using the website or its content in a way that is contrary to the law, morality or public order, or that infringes the rights of third parties.
• Reproducing, transforming, distributing or publicly communicating the content of the website for commercial purposes without the prior express authorisation of Palafolls Town Council.
• Using framing techniques or any other mechanism that alters the design, original configuration or content of the website.
• Impersonating Palafolls Town Council or its employees.
• Posting or disseminating content that is false, obscene, defamatory or racist, or that undermines human dignity.
• Transmitting computer viruses or any code or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the operation of the website or of computer systems.
• Carrying out actions that may overload or impair the normal operation of the website, such as denial-of-service attacks, mass data extraction (scraping) or sending unauthorised automated requests.

All the content of the website—including, but not limited to, texts, photographs, graphics, images, icons, technology, software, links and other audiovisual or sound content, as well as its graphic design and source code—is the property of Palafolls Town Council or of third parties who have authorised its use, and is protected by Spanish and European intellectual and industrial property legislation, in particular Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 of 12 April approving the consolidated text of the Intellectual Property Law.

The coat of arms and other identifying elements of Palafolls Town Council are protected by local government legislation and may not be used without express authorisation. The logos of the European Union, the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the Ministry of Industry and Tourism are reproduced here because of the obligation to publicise the NextGenerationEU funding for the restoration.

Content produced by Palafolls Town Council in the exercise of its public functions is governed by Law 37/2007 of 16 November on the re-use of public sector information and its implementing regulations, without prejudice to any intellectual property rights that may belong to third parties.

The processing of website users’ personal data is governed by the Privacy policy, drawn up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (GDPR) and Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPD-GDD).

Palafolls Town Council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted at: dpd@palafolls.cat

This website does not install any cookies without your consent. The use of cookies and similar technologies is detailed in the Cookie policy and complies with the LSSI-CE and with the guidelines of the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD, the Spanish Data Protection Agency) on cookies.

7.1 Website content

Palafolls Town Council makes every effort to ensure that the information published on the website is accurate, complete and up to date. However, its accuracy cannot be guaranteed at all times, and Palafolls Town Council therefore accepts no liability for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of the information on the website or from being unable to access it. Ticket availability is as shown on the booking platform at any given time.

The content of the website is for information purposes only and does not replace consultation of the official legal texts published in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC, the Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia), the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE, the Official State Gazette), the Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (BOPB, the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona) or any other official publication.

7.2 Service availability

Palafolls Town Council does not guarantee the availability and continuity of the website’s operation. Where reasonably possible, advance notice will be given of interruptions to the service. Nor is Palafolls Town Council liable for any loss or damage that may arise from interference, omissions, interruptions, computer viruses, telephone faults or disconnections in the operation of the electronic system for reasons beyond its control.

7.3 Third-party links

The website contains links to third-party websites, such as the Ticket Tailor booking platform, YouTube, map applications and the Town Council’s website. Palafolls Town Council does not control and is not responsible for the content, products or services of these websites, or for their privacy policies or terms of use. The existence of a link does not imply any relationship with, recommendation of or supervision of the linked website by Palafolls Town Council.

Likewise, Palafolls Town Council is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind arising from access to or use of the content of the websites to which users are redirected through the links on the website.

7.4 Security

Palafolls Town Council takes appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect the website and the data managed on it. However, no information system is completely impregnable. If you detect any security incident related to the website, you can report it to the Town Council’s email address.

In accordance with Law 19/2014 of 29 December on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance of Catalonia, Palafolls Town Council makes its Transparency Portal available to the public through the municipal electronic office. To exercise the right of access to public information, you can submit the corresponding request through the electronic office or in person at the municipal offices.

This legal notice is governed by current Spanish and Catalan legislation. In particular, the following legislation applies:

• Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE).
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (GDPR).
• Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPD-GDD).
• Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 of 12 April approving the consolidated text of the Intellectual Property Law.
• Law 39/2015 of 1 October on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.
• Law 40/2015 of 1 October on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.
• Law 7/1985 of 2 April regulating the Bases of the Local Regime.
• Legislative Decree 2/2003 of 28 April approving the consolidated text of the Municipal and Local Regime Law of Catalonia.
• Law 19/2014 of 29 December on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance of Catalonia.
• Law 37/2007 of 16 November on the re-use of public sector information.

For any dispute arising from access to or use of the website, the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the competent courts and tribunals in accordance with the applicable legislation, without prejudice to any special rules on jurisdiction that may apply to Palafolls Town Council as a public authority.

For any query or communication relating to this legal notice or to the operation of the website, you can contact:

Palafolls Town Council

Address: Plaça Major, 11, 08389 Palafolls (Barcelona)

Telephone: 93 762 00 43

Website: www.palafolls.cat ↗

Data Protection Officer: dpd@palafolls.cat