Legal Notice and Privacy Policy

1. Legal Notice & Ownership of the Website

In compliance with European and Spanish regulations regarding Information Society Services (LSSI-CE 34/2002), the identification details of the website owner are set out below:

  • Owner: Miguel Ángel Casado
  • Professional Activity: Artisan Luthier (Construction, restoration and handcrafted production of traditional wind instruments: bagpipes, albogues, three-hole flutes, whistles).
  • Workshop Location: Madrid, Spain.
  • Website: https://miguelcasado.com
  • Contact: Via the official contact form available on this website.

2. Applicable Legal Framework

This website complies with the provisions of:

  • Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR): General Data Protection Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.
  • Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 (LOPDGDD): Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights.
  • Spanish Law 34/2002 (LSSI-CE): Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce.

3. Data Controller & Principles

Miguel Ángel Casado is the Data Controller responsible for the processing of personal data collected through this website, applying the principles of lawfulness, loyalty, transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity and confidentiality.

4. Personal Data Collected & Purpose of Processing

Through the website's contact form, users voluntarily provide contact details:

  • Data collected: Name and email address, along with the content of the message or inquiry.
  • Purpose: To manage, answer and respond to inquiries, requests for information on traditional instruments, custom artisan orders, price quotes, or workshop details.

Under no circumstances will automated decision-making or commercial profiling be conducted with the collected data.

5. Lawful Basis for Processing (Legal Grounds)

The processing of your data is legitimized by:

  • Consent of the Data Subject (Art. 6.1.a GDPR): By ticking the privacy acceptance box and submitting the contact form, you give your explicit consent for your details to be processed to handle your request.
  • Pre-contractual Measures (Art. 6.1.b GDPR): When the communication is aimed at requesting an estimate, commissioning an instrument or establishing terms of artisan manufacture.

6. Data Retention Period

Personal data will be kept strictly for the time necessary to respond to and manage your inquiry or artisan commission. Once the exchange has concluded and no commercial relationship is formalized, the data will be deleted, except where statutory obligations (tax or accounting) require longer retention.

7. Recipients & Third-Party Transfers

Personal data will never be sold, rented, or disclosed to third parties, except where required by law, court order or competent public authority.

8. Your Rights (GDPR / ARCO)

You have the right to exercise the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of Access: To obtain confirmation on whether your personal data is being processed and receive a copy thereof.
  • Right to Rectification: To request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): To request deletion of your data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: To request restriction of the processing under certain circumstances.
  • Right to Data Portability: To receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object: To object at any time to the processing of your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, you can send a written request through our contact form stating "Data Protection" in the subject line, along with proof of your identity.

If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection laws, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority: the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos - www.aepd.es).

9. Intellectual and Industrial Property

All contents of this website, including texts, photographies of instruments, audio recordings, graphic design, logos, trademarks and source code, are the intellectual and industrial property of Miguel Ángel Casado or their respective legitimate authors, and are protected under Spanish and international copyright laws. Any reproduction, distribution, public communication or transformation without prior written authorization is strictly prohibited.

10. Security Measures

This website implements appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data, including encrypted communications via SSL/TLS protocol (HTTPS) and server access restrictions.

Last updated: November 2026.