Privacy Notice

Last updated: 10 July 2026

This notice explains how SPANDE processes personal data submitted through the newsletter subscription form on this website.

1. Data controller

The data controller is the Spanish Network of Development Economists (SPANDE), an academic network focused on development economics.

Contact email: spande.workshops@gmail.com.

2. Personal data we collect

When you subscribe to the SPANDE newsletter, we collect:

your email address;
your name;
your institution or university;
your academic position category, such as tenure track, tenured, postdoc, student or other;
the date and time of the subscription request;
technical information needed to process the request securely.

3. Why we use this data

We use this information to send SPANDE-related communications, including announcements about workshops, conferences, seminars, academic calls, opportunities and network activities.

4. Legal basis

The legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent, which you provide when submitting the newsletter subscription form. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

5. Data retention

During the first phase of the newsletter system, subscription requests are stored as pending records. Pending records that are not confirmed are automatically deleted after the retention period configured by SPANDE, currently 365 days.

Once a confirmed newsletter system is enabled, confirmed subscriptions will be kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete your data.

6. Service providers and hosting

SPANDE uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure to process and store newsletter subscription requests. The services used may include Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda and Amazon DynamoDB.

SPANDE aims to configure these services using appropriate security controls and data minimisation practices.

7. Who receives your data

Your data is used only for SPANDE network communications and technical administration of the newsletter system. We do not sell your personal data.

8. Your rights

Under applicable data protection rules, you may have the right to:

access the personal data we hold about you;
ask us to correct inaccurate data;
ask us to delete your data;
withdraw your consent;
object to or restrict certain processing, where applicable.

To exercise these rights, contact us at spande.workshops@gmail.com.

9. Unsubscribing

During the initial phase, you can ask to be removed from the newsletter list by emailing spande.workshops@gmail.com. When automated newsletter sending is enabled, SPANDE should include an unsubscribe link in every newsletter email.

10. Security

SPANDE takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect subscription data against unauthorised access, loss or misuse. Access to the newsletter database should be limited to authorised administrators.

11. Changes to this notice

SPANDE may update this privacy notice to reflect changes in the website, newsletter system or applicable requirements. The latest version will be published on this page.

12. Supervisory authority

If you believe that your data protection rights have not been respected, you may contact SPANDE first. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.