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Privacy Notice Entrepreneurship Mentors

"In the event of a discrepancy between the content of the English version and the original Spanish version the latter shall prevail".

Identity and address of the responsible entity

The entity responsible for the personal information that you provide is Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (hereinafter “ITESM”), address Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, Colonia Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, C.P. 64700.

If you have any questions related to the protection of your personal data, you can contact us at the following email: datospersonales@itesm.mx.

Personal data and sensitive personal data processed by ITESM

To fulfill the data processing purposes indicated herein, ITESM must collect and process the following categories of personal data:

- Identification data, including your personal image
- Contact data
- Location data
- Data related to your experience and professional career

Moreover, in order to fulfill the purposes indicated herein, ITESM will not collect or process any sensitive personal data.

Primary purposes

ITESM will process your personal information for the following primary and necessary purposes:

  • To check that you meet the enrollment requirements for the mentor network, validate the veracity and quality of the information you provided, and, where appropriate, register you in our mentor network.
  • To keep you informed and up to date on the activities that comprise the Mentor Network.
  • To comply with and follow up on the terms, requirements, and procedures established to carry out the activity or activities in which you decide to participate, regardless of the name with which they are identified (e.g., calls, events, sessions, exchange of experiences, etc.)
  • To manage, if necessary, the formulation and signing of the documents described in the activity or those necessary for formalizing your participation in the activities in which you decide to participate.
  • In the event that the activity in which you participate is linked to a Third Party with which ITESM has entered into an agreement, to validate your relationship with such third party.
  • To connect you with the entrepreneur(s) in order to execute the sessions (face-to-face, virtual) for orientation, advice, feedback, follow-up or any other that forms part of the program in which you participate. 
  • If applicable, to formulate and issue a certificate or certificates as proof of participation in the Mentor Network and/or in the activity.
  • To address, record, and follow up on any requests for information and complaints you may file.
  • To know your opinion on your participation in the mentor network and/or call, program or activity.
  • To use your personal image (photograph, video or any other similar medium) for the purpose of internal and external publications on your experience, professional career and participation in the mentor network, and to promote ITESM.
  • If applicable, to arrange and manage electronic access to the technological  systems and infrastructure of ITESM, and to address, record and follow up on the reports and/or applications for support made regarding the use of the technological system or infrastructure.
  • To share your information with the Federal, State or Municipal Government entity and/or intermediary organization, in the event that the call, event or activity in which you participate receives financial support from the same in order to confirm fulfillment of the obligations undertaken.
  • To keep a historical record of your participation.
  • To comply with the obligations set forth in the applicable legislation. 

Secondary purposes

If you agree, ITESM will process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To generate statistical reports, after applying a personal data dissociation mechanism.
  • To conduct research studies, after applying a personal data dissociation mechanism.
  • If you wish to participate, to administer surveys and evaluations to improve the quality of the products and services we offer. 
  • To send out congratulations and disseminate other celebrations and special days, as well as recognitions for outstanding achievements. 

The legitimation of the aforementioned secondary purpose is based on your consent, which means that at any time you can oppose the same or revoke your consent. We would like to remind you that for the cases in which dissociation mechanisms apply, your consent is not required since such mechanisms imply that, given their degree of dissociation, it is impossible to identify you.

If you wish to restrict or suppress the processing of your personal data for any or all of the secondary purposes, please contact us immediately by email at the following address: datospersonales@itesm.mx.

Transfers

Based on the provisions of article 37 of the LFPDPPP (Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties), ITESM can transfer your personal data without the need for your consent in the following cases:

- Controlling, subsidiary or affiliate companies under the common control of the responsible entity, or a parent company or any company from the same group as the responsible entity which operates under the same processes and internal policies.
- The competent authorities for the cases set forth in the applicable legislation, in the event that we receive a requisition for mandatory compliance.
- When necessary for maintaining or fulfilling the legal relationship between you and ITESM.

If you do not want ITESM to transfer your personal data for the transfers for which your consent is required, please send us an email to the following address datospersonales@itesm.mx within 5 (five) business days following the date on which you provided us with your data, indicating the following in the body of the message: 

  • Full name and email provided.
  • Copy of your current official ID.
  • The name of this Privacy Notice.
  • The date on which your provided us with your personal data.
  • The transfer(s) for which you do not wish your personal data to be transferred. 

ARCO rights and/or revocation of consent

You or your legal representative can exercise any of your rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition (hereinafter “ARCO rights”), and revoke your consent for the processing of your personal data by sending an email and following the procedure, requirements, and deadlines for the exercise of your ARCO rights and/or revocation of consent on our webpage: https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento.

Please note that we cannot address your request or terminate use immediately in every case, since a legal obligation could be in place that requires us to continue to process your data.

Options for limiting the use or disclosure of your Personal Data
You can limit the use or disclosure of your personal data by sending your request to: datospersonales@itesm.mx.

Requirements for proof of identity and the procedure for addressing your request will be governed by the same criteria indicated on our webpage: https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento. If your request is valid, you will be added to ITESM’s exclusion list.

Use of Cookies

ITESM uses several technologies to enhance the efficiency of the Platform, including your browsing experience. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on the browser used by each user that enable the server to remember specific data that can be used later on. This information makes it possible to identify and save your personal preferences in order to offer you a better browsing experience. 

The use of cookies and other technologies can be deactivated, disabled or adjusted by following the procedures of the internet browser you are using.

  • Select the option “configuration” or tools, according to your browser.
  • Select the option deactivate cookies.
  • This process not only disables our Platform’s cookies on your browser, but also those from your browser.

The personal data that can be obtained through the use of these technologies are: Identifiers, session username and passwords, region where you are located, type of browser, type of operating system, date and time of starting and finishing a session, webpages visited, searches completed, and advertising viewed. 
These technologies can be disabled by following the procedures of the internet browser you are using.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

ITESM reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or eliminate parts of this Privacy Notice at any time. As a result of legislative changes, internal policies or new requirements for the provision of offering of our services, this Privacy Notice is subject to modifications or updates. In this event, ITESM will publish such changes on the official website: https://tec.mx/en/privacy-notice-entrepreneurship-mentors

Last updated: September 2020