Legal Notice
General Information
These provisions regulate the use of the web portal service The Camino de Santiago (hereinafter, the "Portal') that the Xunta de Galicia makes available to Internet users.
The Xunta de Galicia is the owner of this Portal and the different elements included in it.
The content provided via this Portal is published for information purposes only and does not replace the provisions and acts that are formally published in official journals. Although every effort shall be made to ensure that information contained within is exact and up to date, the Xunta de Galicia cannot guarantee the absence of errors in the content featured on this Portal, nor that it is completely up to date.
The Xunta de Galicia shall not be liable for any damages caused by the illegitimate or improper use of the tools and information contained in the Portal, with the exception of any actions resulting from the application of the legal provisions to which they are subject in the strict exercise of its functions.
The Xunta de Galicia does not assume any responsibility arising from the connection or contents of links to external pages for which it has no control, and the user of this Portal must, in any case, abide by the specific conditions of use of such links.
The Xunta de Galicia reserves the right to make, at any time and without prior notice, changes and updates to the information contained within the Portal or to its layout or presentation.
Intellectual and industrial property
The intellectual property rights for this web portal and its contents are held by the General Administration and the autonomous public sector of Galicia.
The information available on this Portal is subject to copyright. Reusable information is available via the portal abertos.xunta.gal, although it can also be found on the Galician Agency for Tourism portals and is subject to the same rights as the information found on the portal abertos.xunta.gal. The information that the Galician Agency for Tourism provides via the portal abertos.xunta.gal may be reproduced in whole or in part, amended, distributed and communicated for commercial and non-commercial use, subject to the following conditions:
- Information content may under no circumstances be distorted.
- The user must cite the source of any reused documents.
This licence does not reduce or restrict the exclusive rights of the holder of the intellectual property rights, such as the design of the Portal and source codes, trademarks, trade names, logos or distinctive signs, in accordance with the Intellectual Property Act or any other applicable laws.
Cookie Policy
The Camino de Santiago web portal uses its own cookies necessary for its correct functioning and third-party cookies for analytical purposes, as well as links to third-party portals in order to share content on social networks.
A cookie is a small text file that a website can download to your computer in order to obtain and retrieve browser information. Cookies can serve various purposes, for example to recognise you as a user, to obtain information about your browsing habits or to personalise the way in which content is shown to you.
The cookies used on this website can be classified into the three categories listed below. That said, it should be noted that the same cookie may be included in more than one category.
Types of cookies according to how long they last:
- session cookies: these are created temporarily and are deleted once you close the website.
- persistent cookies: these remain on the browser for a set period of time and are activated each time the user re-visits the same website.
Types of cookies according to the entity that manages them:
- proprietary cookies: these are sent to the team and managed exclusively by the Xunta de Galicia, which only obtains and keeps the information related to the session data and language. These are necessary in order for the user to be able to view and use the Portal.
- third-party cookies: for this Portal, these are sent from a domain managed by an entity other than the Xunta de Galicia.
Types of cookies according to purpose:
- technical cookies: these allow the user to browse the Portal and use the services available.
- analytical cookies: these are used to measure and analyse the behaviour of users on the portal in order to make improvements to it.
- preference cookies: these store information for personalising the user experience, for example, the language chosen.
Description of the cookies
This portal uses the following cookies:
| Type of cookie | Cookie | Purpose | Policy |
| Third-party (addThis) | loc | Records browsing data | AddThis - Data protection |
| Third-party (addThis) | uvc | Records visits through the web page | AddThis - Data protection |
| Proprietary | JSESSIONID | Maintains the user session on the platform | Xunta de Galicia - Cookie Policy |
| Proprietary | COOKIE_SUPPORT | Records whether the browser has cookies enabled | Xunta de Galicia - Cookie Policy |
| Proprietary | CookieAccept | Records your agreement to the portal's cookie policy | Xunta de Galicia - Cookie Policy |
| Proprietary | GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID | Records user language preferences | Xunta de Galicia - Cookie Policy |
| Proprietary | LFR_SESSION_STATE_* | Manages the user session on the platform | Xunta de Galicia - Cookie Policy |
| Proprietary | cookiesession1 | Manages the user session on the platform | Xunta de Galicia - Cookie Policy |
| Third-party (Google) | __utmb | Used to determine new sessions or visits | Google Analytics - Data protection |
| Third-party (Google) | __utmc | For interoperability between applications | Google Analytics - Data protection |
| Third-party (Google) | __utmt | Used to regulate network requests | Google Analytics - Data protection |
| Third-party (Google) | __utma | This is used to distinguish users and sessions | Google Analytics - Data protection |
Third-party services
Camino de Santiago is also present in third-party portals and services for which it is recommended that users read the relative privacy and cookie policies:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/es/privacy
- Youtube: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=es&gl=es
- Facebook: https://es-es.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer
- Instagram: https://about.instagram.com/es-la/safety
Conditions for use
The tourist information generated by the activity carried out by the Galician Agency for Tourism is the subject of intellectual property and is protected by the Consolidated Text of the Law on Intellectual Property approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 of 12 April 1996. This information is collected and processed by the Galician Agency for Tourism with the utmost reliability afforded by current technology, providing this service according to the means available at any given time.
The information disclosed through this application is offered free of charge for liberal public use, under the sole condition of expressly mentioning the Galician Agency for Tourism as the source of the information each time it is used for purposes other than private use.
The Galician Agency for Tourism shall not be held liable for any damage that may be caused by the interpretation and use of the information made available to the public through the application.
The Galician Agency for Tourism does not guarantee the presentation of all tourist information continuously on the website and reserves the right to modify, add to or delete the information contained therein.
Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection
In compliance with current legislation on personal data protection, 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 and on the free movement of such data (GDPR) as well as Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantees of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD), we hereby inform you of the following:
Data Controller
The Data Controller is the Galician Agency for Tourism (hereinafter, the Agency) with registered office at Crta. Santiago - Noia Km.3, 15897, Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña), web: https://www.turismo.gal
Protection Officer
You can contact the Data Protection Officers at the following link: Delegados/as de protección de datos - Xunta de Galicia
Purposes, legal bases and data collected
This mobile application only collects personal data provided by the user themselves on an optional basis, if they wish to register with the application.
The Agency shall process the data in its capacity as data controller for the purposes and in accordance with the legal bases given below:
- The data subject consents to the processing of their personal data for specified purposes.
- Identifying and contact details (name and surname, photograph, email address).
- Personal details (nationality and date of birth) .
The data of persons registering on the application may be used for the following purposes:
- The creation of the user's own content within the application, such as notes created by the user and the possibility of sharing them with other users.
- The production of statistics
Data retention period
Data shall be kept until the purposes for which they are processed are fulfilled or until the guaranteed rights are exercised.
Transfer or communication of data
Data shall not be transferred or disclosed to third parties during their processing or once their purposes have been fulfilled, nor during their retention period, except in order to comply with specific applicable legal obligations.
Rights guaranteed with regard to the protection of personal data
In this regard, consent may be simply withdrawn from the data controller at any time, as indicated in the personal data protection clause attached to this policy. Further information on the exercise of rights can be found at: Rights of the data subject regarding their personal data - Xunta de Galicia
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Changes to the Privacy Policy
The agency reserves the right to change its privacy policy at any time in accordance with current legislation on data protection. We recommend that you review the privacy policy on a regular basis.
Further information
You can read more about this information here aquí
Use of Languages
Article 13 of Law 39/2015, of 1 October on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, guarantees the exercise of the language rights recognised in the legal system and, in particular, those referring to the use of Galician in citizen relations with the Galician Public Administration. To this end, the App shall ensure the minimum provision of its contents and services in Galician and in Spanish.
Applicable law and jurisdiction
All disputes arising from or relating to the use of this App shall be governed by Spanish law under the jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of the city of Santiago de Compostela.