Data Collection
At Homicidal.com, we collect information in a limited manner and for strictly academic purposes. The personal data we may process includes your name, email address, institutional affiliation (if provided), and any content you submit through contact forms or comments on articles.
This information is used exclusively to manage your participation in our discussion forums, send updates about research publications (if you subscribe), and respond to inquiries related to our sociological and criminological studies.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use necessary technical cookies for the basic functioning of the website, such as managing user sessions. We do not use third-party cookies for advertising or marketing profiling.
- Session cookies: Maintain your identification while browsing the site. They are deleted when you close the browser.
- Preference cookies: Store settings such as language or display mode.
- Internal analysis: We use our own tools to analyze aggregated usage metrics (page views, reading time) in order to improve our academic content. This data is anonymous.
You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.
Legal Basis and Purposes
The processing of your data is based on your explicit consent (when subscribing or contacting us) and on our legitimate interest in conducting scientific research and academic dissemination in the field of social sciences.
Purposes of Processing
1. Publication and moderation of academic contributions in our forums.
2. Communication about new studies, articles, or events related to forensic anthropology.
3. Administrative management of inquiries and information requests.
4. Anonymous statistical analysis of site usage for methodological research purposes.
Data Sharing
Your personal data is not sold, rented, or shared with third parties for commercial purposes. On rare occasions, we may share contact information of academic collaborators (such as article authors) exclusively with other research institutions for scientific collaboration purposes, always with your prior knowledge.
Technical service providers (such as hosting) may have access to the data in strict compliance with their functions, under contracts that guarantee confidentiality and security.
Your Rights
In accordance with data protection legislation (GDPR and LOPDGDD), you have the following rights:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification: Request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): Request the deletion of your personal data.
- Restriction of processing: Request that we restrict the use of your data under certain circumstances.
- Portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.
- Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interest.
- Withdraw consent: At any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
To exercise these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer.
Contact and Data Protection Officer
For any questions related to this policy or to exercise your rights, you can contact us through the following means:
Postal address: Paseo Salcido, 8, 7º F
Phone: +34 970 04 7638
Email: info@homicidal.com
We are committed to responding to your request within a maximum period of one month from its receipt.
Policy Updates
This policy may be updated occasionally to reflect changes in our practices or regulations. The most recent version will always be published on this page, indicating the date of the last review.
Last updated: October 15, 2023.