The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business is the entity responsible for processing the personal data provided by users on the Web Portals and Electronic Headquarters.

In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, the Ministry undertakes to comply with its obligation of secrecy with regard to personal data and its duty to treat such data confidentially. To this end, it will take the necessary measures to prevent its alteration, loss, unauthorised processing or access.

This legal notice applies to the pages of the Web Portals and Electronic Headquarters, but is not guaranteed for access via links to these sites, nor for links from these sites to other websites.

You can contact the Data Protection Officer at: dpd@economia.gob.es

Data protection policy

Collection of personal data

In order to provide the services to which you are entitled, the Ministry may request personal data through forms, which will generally be processed in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR) and Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights, approved on 5 December 2018 (LOPDyGDD).

The Ministry will inform you and may collect data from the following categories of personal data:

• Identification and contact details (including postal and/or email addresses).
• Identification codes or passwords for access and operation of the Portal and the Electronic Office.
• Transactional data, i.e. any operation, movement and query associated with any of the administrative services and procedures that a user maintains with the Ministry.
• Socio-economic and employment data.
• Legal representation data.

Data Controllers

Personal data processing activities are carried out by different Data Controllers, depending on the service provided by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise. The Register of Processing Activities (RAT), published and available for download on this website, identifies the controllers responsible for all processing activities registered with the Ministry.

Purposes of processing activities and their legitimacy

No personal data is collected through the Web Portals and Electronic Offices without due legitimacy. The data provided by the data subject will be used solely and exclusively for the purposes set out in each procedure or action.

The general purpose of the collection and processing of personal data is the management, provision and improvement of services and the processing of administrative procedures related to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, as well as any other service requested by the user at any given time and the monitoring and response to queries raised by them.

The processing of personal data collected by the Ministry may have additional purposes, all of which are justified by the user's explicit consent or by the legitimacy conferred on the Ministry by the laws and regulations governing the services offered and the respective procedures, in accordance with the conditions for lawful processing set out in Article 6 of the Regulation (GDPR).

The different purposes and their legal bases can be consulted when accessing each of the services and procedures offered by the Ministry; and, in general, in the RAT published in compliance with the provisions of Article 31.2 of Organic Law 3/2018 (LOPDyGDD).

Explicit Consent

Once informed of the type of data necessary for the provision of the associated administrative services and procedures, the processing activities to be carried out, their purpose and their legitimacy, express consent will be sought when necessary for the Ministry to carry out the processing activities of the personal data provided by the user of the services.

Recipients, transfer and transfer of data

In general, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise is the sole recipient of the data collected. Under no circumstances will the aforementioned data be processed or transferred to third parties without the express consent of the data subject, except where legally authorised, in accordance with the provisions of current legislation.

When the service provided or its associated procedure includes legal obligations arising from the legitimacy of the processing that require the transfer or disclosure to third parties, the third parties receiving such data and the purposes of their processing activities shall be indicated.

Where appropriate, the user's express consent will be sought for such data transfers. Consent will be requested separately and specifically when the data transfer is international.

Data retention period

The data will be kept for the time necessary to provide the services offered by the Ministry on the basis of administrative legislation regarding the limitation of liability.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise

Paseo de la Castellana, 162 - 28046 Madrid

You may also contact the Spanish Data Protection Agency, where you can find more information on obligations and rights relating to the protection of personal data.

Complaints and Claims

In exercising your rights, you may file a complaint with the Ministry if you are not satisfied with the response received. More information is available at the Electronic Office.

Register of Personal Data Processing Activities

Download the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise's Personal Data Processing Register.

Date of update: 15/07/2025

Additional information on personal data protection:

Video surveillance and visitor control

Cookie Policy

The Ministry uses a web analytics service that temporarily installs cookies for the sole and exclusive purpose of compiling statistical reports. Cookies are files created in the user's browser to record their activity on the website. A cookie does not identify a person, but rather a combination of computer-browser-user. They have a limited duration and are never used to collect personal information.

To browse the Ministry's website and electronic platforms, it is not necessary to allow the installation of these cookies. They can be disabled directly in the browser. The procedure is different for each browser. Information on the use of cookies can be found in the browser's help section.

Further information is available in the cookie policy.​