Privacy Policy

FC Barcelona and its affiliates (“FC Barcelona” or “we”) are committed to protecting the privacy of the personally identifiable information that we collect from you as you use this Website (the “Site”). The scope of FC Barcelona’s commitment is detailed in this Privacy Policy. By submitting information, you agree to FC Barcelona ’s use of such information as described herein. Please see our Terms of Use for more information about our online policies in general.

FC Barcelona collects personally identifiable information on certain areas of the Website when users register, request publications or other information. The personally identifiable information collected may consist of a unique access ID, company or school affiliations, titles, and contact information, such as names, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers. FC Barcelona uses your personally identifiable information to fulfill your requests for publications or other information, to process your requests to participate in conferences and events, and to evaluate any job applications or other employment-related inquiries that you may submit. We may keep any of your personally identifiable information on file and use it to contact you for recruiting purposes.

FC Barcelona also uses personally identifiable information to perform statistical analyses of user behavior in order to measure interest in specific areas and articles posted on our Site. The e-mail addresses provided at registration allow FC Barcelona to send e-mail to individuals based on the areas of interest that they indicate during the registration process. If you do not wish to receive e-mailed advance notice of articles, simply do not check off any of the subject boxes on the registration page. FC Barcelona uses personally identifiable information collected from cookies and IP addresses as described below.

FC Barcelona shall not intentionally disclose (and shall take commercially reasonable steps to prevent the accidental disclosure of) your personally identifiable information to third parties (i.e., persons or entities that are not affiliates of FC Barcelona), whether for such third parties or marketing purposes or otherwise, subject only to the following five exceptions:

1. FC Barcelona may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties as required or permitted by the laws, rules, and regulations of any nation, state, or other applicable jurisdiction;
2. FC Barcelona may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties who deliver information from us to you for the purpose of performing such delivery;
3. FC Barcelona may disclose your personally identifiable information if, in connection with submitting the information, you consent to such disclosure;
4. FC Barcelona may disclose contact information for you in response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners in connection with allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights arising from information you have posted on the Site or otherwise provided to FC Barcelona
5. If FC Barcelona and/or any of its affiliates merges with or sells substantially all of its assets or a majority of its equity to a third party, information collected by FC Barcelona or such affiliates on their Websites may be disclosed to and owned by the merged entity or third party.

We may provide links to third-party Websites as a service to our users. In addition, some of the content appearing to be on this Site is in fact supplied by third parties, for example, in instances of framing of third-party Websites or incorporation through framesets of content supplied by third-party servers. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection practices of such third-party Websites, which may differ from those of this Site. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies on these Websites before providing any information to them.

You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally identifiable information that you submitted to the Site. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on the Site. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the Site on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered, or send us an e-mail through our Contact Us page.

FC Barcelona has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized FC Barcelona personnel are provided access to personally identifiable information, and these employees are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, FC Barcelona cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personally identifiable information.

FC Barcelona understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an on-line environment. The Site is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 16 years of age or younger, and FC Barcelona will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 16.

By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please e-mail us through our Contact Us page.

Updated on 9 September 2022.

The current web page is owned by FC Barcelona, Barça Studios, Fundación Privada Futbol Club Barcelona and BLM and in it are our own cookies and third-party cookies in line with what is laid out in our Privacy Policy. As such, you will be able to configure the cookies you wish to install by categories.

The ADMINISTRATOR of this web page and therefore responsible for the management of cookies and of all its domains is comprised of the following:

• FC Barcelona (from now on, FC BARCELONA), situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona and NIF G08266298.
• Barça Studios S.L., (from now on, BS) situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona, NIF B16950321
• Barça Licensing & Marxandatge, S.L, (from now on, BLM) situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona, NIF B67192955.
• Fundación Privada Futbol Club Barcelona (from now on, Barça Foundation), situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona, NIF G60627445.
  
  

The aforementioned companies are the owners of the current web page and operate with the same administrator that provides a service via different domains. For that reason and to help users will be notified and consent obtained for the use of cookies sent from the rest of the domains of the ADMINISTRATOR via one single page, the first that is visited as long as these sites offer similar content or have similar characteristics.

In the table of information, you can consult all the domains from where the cookies are sent, whether they be our own or those of third parties.

Via the configuration of cookies and the acceptance of the Cookie Alert, you are authorising the installation of the said and configured cookies (unless you have rejected the cookies or you modified the settings of your browser to reject all or certain cookies by default.)

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a text file that includes small amounts of data that is downloaded and installed on your device/terminal when you visit our website. Subsequently, the cookies return to the original web page on subsequent visits, or to another web page that recognises this cookie. Cookies are useful as they can be used to store and retrieve information about the number of visits, a user or computer’s browsing habits and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your device, they can be used to recognise the user, as well as to improve the experience of using the website.

You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org/es

2. TYPES OF COOKIES 

Depending on the owner/organisation that manages the system from which the cookies are sent and that processes the data obtained, we can distinguish between:

• a. First-party cookies: Those that are sent to the user’s device from a system or domain managed by us and from which the service required by the user is provided.
• b. Third-party cookies: These are those that are sent to the user’s computer/terminal from a system or domain that is not managed by us, but by another party that processes the data obtained through cookies.

In addition, depending on the purpose of certain cookies, they can be classified as:

• a. Strictly necessary cookies (technical): These are cookies that allow the user to browse the website and use the different options or services available, including those used to enable operational management of the website and its functions and services, such as, for example, to control traffic and data communication, to identify the session, to access restricted areas, to perform a purchase procedure, to remember an order, to manage payment, to control fraud linked to service security, to apply for registration for or participation in an event, to count views for purposes of billing licenses for the software with which the service works, to use security features while browsing, to store content for producing videos or audio, to enable dynamic content and to share content on social networks.
  User consent is not required for the installation of these cookies. However, if you set your browser to block these cookies, the website may stop working properly. 
• b. Functionality or personalisation cookies: These are cookies that allow the user to remember information so that they can access the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, the number of results to show when a user performs a search, the appearance or content of the website depending on the type of browser used or the region from which the site is accessed, etc. Disabling these cookies may mean that the browsing experience is less functional for the user.
• c. Analysis cookies: These are cookies that allow the party responsible thereof to monitor and analyse the behaviour of their website users, including the quantification of the impact of advertisements. The information collected by these types of cookies is used to measure website activity in order to make improvements based on analysis of data on the use made by the users of the service. These cookies analyse, for example, the pages visited, the frequency and recurrence of visits or the time spent on each page or section, among other statistical parameters
• d. Behavioural advertising cookies: These are cookies that store information on user behaviour obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, and that allow the creation of a specific profile to display personalised advertising based thereon. In other words, they are cookies that support effective management of any advertising spaces that have been included on the website, usually by third parties that manage those advertising spaces and that can adapt the content of the advertising to make sure that it is relevant to the user and to avoid showing advertisements that the user has already seen, as well as limiting the amount of advertising impacts made by each user. In accordance with their own policies, some advertising managers may use anonymous cookies to display advertisements of interest to the user when visiting other web pages.

In short, on our website we install first-party and third-party cookies and these may be strictly necessary, or otherwise serve for functionality, personalisation, analysis and behavioural advertising purposes.

3. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INFORMATION OBTAINED BY COOKIES:

The information obtained by analysis cookies as well as by behavioural advertising cookies can be shared with third parties that will act as co-responsible parties for any objectives and means of processing data as determined jointly with FC Barcelona, and they have also signed a corresponding co-responsibility agreement that determines their respective responsibilities in compliance with legal obligations

These Joint Controllers are:

• FC Barcelona, situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona and NIF G08266298.
• Barça Studios S.L., situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona, NIF B16950321
• Barça Licensing & Marxandatge, S.L., situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona, NIF B67192955.
• Fundación Privada Futbol Club Barcelona, situated in Carrer Aristides Maillol w/n, 08028, Barcelona, NIF G60627445.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, please note that as explained above, third-party cookies may involve the processing of personal data directly by the corresponding third parties at any given time, pursuant to their own privacy policies.

4. HOW TO DISABLE OR DELETE COOKIES

The user has the option at any time of accepting or rejecting the installation of all cookies, or rejecting the installation of certain types of cookies, such as functionality or personalisation cookies, analysis cookies or behavioural advertising cookies.

Should you wish to modify your preferences you can do so via the following link: Change your consent 

Additionally, if the user wishes to avoid the installation of cookies, they can enable:

•  Private browsing, whereby the browser stops saving the browsing history, passwords, websites, cookies and other information on the pages visited, or
•  The do-not-track function, whereby the browser asks the websites that are visited not to record browsing habits, for example, to provide advertising of interest on other visited websites.

You are advised to view the help section of your browser to find out about the different options on how to manage cookies. Please note that blocking cookies may affect all or some of the functionalities of our website.

Below, you will find links to information regarding the management or deactivation of cookies from the main browsers:

The above links may be updated by the companies that develop these browsers. FC Barcelona will make all reasonable efforts to keep the above list duly updated. However, if any link does not work or is out of date, you can go to the “Help” menu of your browser.

If you would like to have greater control over the installation of cookies, you can install programs or add-ons in your browser, known as “Do not track” tools, which will allow you to choose the cookies you want to allow.

5. HOW TO OBJECT TO THE INSTALLATION OF COOKIES BY SUPPLIERS

When you visit our website for the first time, we offer you the option of setting the cookies you wish to install. You may oppose the installation of any category of cookies, except technical ones, which are necessary for the proper functioning of the website.

However, as indicated in the previous section, the user can, at any time, refuse the installation of a certain type of cookie by changing their browser settings.

In addition, some of our suppliers have a direct system to oppose the installation of their cookies. You will then find a list of providers and links below:

Please note that, if at any time you delete cookies from your browser, your “opt-out” preferences from previous suppliers will also be eliminated, so you will have to oppose their installation again.

6. OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE MAY COLLECT FROM THE USER

As well as the information collected by cookies, we may use other similar technologies such as tracking pixels or web beacons. These Pixels are small graphic files that include a code managed through a third party URL and that allows information collected on the use of the website to be used for analysis or behavioural advertising purposes.

Pixels can collect information such as the browser used, the IP address, visit frequency and time, as well as track the actions that users perform on the website (purchases made, products purchased, redirects to other web pages, opening newsletters, etc.).

In addition to the use of tracking pixels or web beacons, we may use other techniques to identify and track users, such as fingerprinting. These techniques can verify certain technical parameters of the user’s device (such as the browser used, operating system, screen resolution, installed plugins and add-ons, font, IP address, language, time zone, etc.) and that are combined for personalisation purposes. This information will be used to track the activity performed by the user, analyse their browsing and create a profile thereof.

7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA

Pursuant to data protection regulations, the data obtained will be processed pursuant to the following:

• a. Purposes: Data collected by cookies will be processed pursuant to the purposes indicated in the descriptions of each of the cookies in section 2 of this Cookie Policy.
• b. Grounds for legitimation: Your consent is required in order to install cookies, except for cookies that are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the website (technical cookies) which are exempt from consent pursuant to current regulations.
• c. Withholding periods: The different services or cookies may have different periods for withholding the data (or expiration of the cookie itself). These are defined in the cookie settings module itself.
• d. Communication of your data: Your data may be processed by us and by third parties that install cookies (third-party cookies), pursuant to their own privacy policies.
• Data collected directly by us will not be communicated, sold, leased or made available in any other way to any third party, except those service providers who carry out certain activities for us (database management, etc.) but that under no circumstances shall process the data for their own purposes.
• e. Profiling: Cookies allow us to create a user profile, based on different parameters such as behaviour on the website, cursor movements, interests and preferences regarding content accessed or viewed, viewing time or other similar statistical parameters.
• f. International transfers: In relation to international transfers, you are hereby informed that, by using third-party cookies, your data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. For more information, please see the privacy policies of third parties at any time from the cookie settings.
• g. Exercise of your rights: The user may at any time request further information about the processing of their personal data and exercise their rights pursuant to data protection regulations by writing to the following addresses:
  • Futbol Club Barcelona: by regular mail to Arístides Maillol, s/n, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), or by email to proteccio.dades@fcbarcelona.cat .
  • Barça Licensing & Merchandising, S.L: by regular mail to Arístides Maillol, s/n, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), or by email to proteccio.dades@blm.fcbarcelona.cat
  • Fundació FC Barcelona: by regular mail to Arístides Maillol, s/n, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), or by email to proteccio.dades.fundacio@fcbarcelona.cat

For any doubt, question or claim regarding the way in which we process your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Delegate by regular mail to Calle de Arístides Maillol, s/n, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), with the reference “DPO” or by email to dpo@fcbarcelona.cat

In the event that you do not receive a reply within a reasonable period, you may lodge a claim with the Data Protection Authority.

8. UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS OF THE COOKIE POLICY

FC Barcelona reserves the right to modify this Cookie Policy at any time and without prior notice, in view of legal requirements or in order to improve the website.

Despite the efforts we might make to announce these modifications in the event of any significant change, you are always advised to review the Cookie Policy when accessing the website. 

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Terms & Conditions

General

FC Barcelona Website (this “Website”) is made available to you pursuant to the following Terms of Use and any other rules or policies posted on this Website. All such rules and policies are incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use. By accessing, browsing and/or using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and any other rules or policies posted on this Website. As used in these Terms of Use, FC Barcelona and its affiliates.

Trademarks and Trade Names

All trademarks, service marks, logos, graphics, domain names, metatags, trade dress, and trade names applicable to FC Barcelona’s business, operations, facilities, products and services (collectively, “FC Barcelona’s Intellectual Property”) are owned exclusively by FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona’s Intellectual Property may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not FC Barcelona, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers or in any manner that disparages or discredits FC Barcelona All other trademarks, service marks, logos, graphics product names and company names not owned by FC Barcelona that appear on this Website are the property of their respective owners.

Copyrights

All content included on this Website, including, without limitation, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, and software, and the compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of such content, are the property of FC Barcelona, or its content suppliers and are protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on this Website is the property of FC Barcelona, or its software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The content and software on this Website are to be used only for providing information regarding FC Barcelona to persons who visit this Website. Any other use of the content and software on this Website, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance of such content and software, is strictly prohibited.

Use of Website

This Website is owned and operated by FC Barcelona, and is for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell in any way any content (including, without limitation, any text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, and software) included on this Website. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, you may download on any single computer one copy of the information included on this Website for your personal, noncommercial use only, provided that you do not modify any of such information and that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in such information. This permission terminates automatically if you breach any of these Terms of Use, and upon such termination, you must immediately destroy any downloaded and printed materials (and all copies thereof). The use of any content included on this Website on any other website or networked computer environment is strictly prohibited. Any unauthorized use of the content included on this Website is prohibited by law and may result in civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no event shall fc barcelona be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, loss of anticipated profits or benefits, or any other economic loss), arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this website or the delay inability to use this website, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or any other theory of liability, even fc barcelona has been advised of the possibility or likelihood of such losses, injuries or damages. You assume the entire risk and responsibility for any damages suffered by you in connection with your use of this website, including, without limitation, loss of data, errors, use or reliance on inaccurate information, website down time or interruptions. Your sole and exclusive remedy for breach of any warranty, or your dissatisfaction with this website, is to discontinue your use of this website.

Links to Other Sites

This Website may contain links to other websites not owned by FC Barcelona, (the “Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of FC Barcelona, and FC Barcelona is not responsible for the availability of such Linked Sites, does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, products or other materials available on any Linked Site, including, without limitation, any link contained in a Linked Site. In the event that FC Barcelona provides a link to a Linked Site, such links are provided only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any such link does not imply endorsement by FC Barcelona of the Linked Site or any association with the Linked Site’s operators.

Legal Compliance

You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes, regulations and ordinances.

Miscellaneous

FC Barcelona retains title and ownership of this Website and reserves the right to make changes to this Website at any time. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, without reference to its conflicts of law rules. You agree that any action arising out of or connected in any way with this Website and/or your use of this Website shall be brought in the state or federal courts in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and you hereby waive any right to assert jurisdiction or venue in any other court. FC Barcelona may, from time to time and at any time, amend any of these Terms of Use by posting the amended terms on this Website. These Terms of Service may not be otherwise amended except in a writing signed by FC Barcelona. Any waiver of any of these Terms of Service will be effective only if in writing and signed by FC Barcelona and the failure of FC Barcelona to exercise or enforce any of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Notice/Procedure for Claims of Copyright Infringement

Note: This procedure is exclusively for notifying FC Barcelona that you believe your copyrighted material has been infringed. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact FC Barcelona’s Copyright Agent with a written notice containing the following information:

• A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest that you claim has been infringed;
• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
• A description of the material that you claim to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, and a description of where such material is located on this Website; Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your written notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. For purposes of 17 U.S.C. € 512(c) and 37 C.F.R. € 201.38.