We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, and afterwards for as long as Spanish law requires us to preserve it. Specifically:
Registration and ticket purchase data (name, company, contact details, billing information, ticket approval records): retained for the duration of your registration and, after the event, for up to 6 years to comply with Spanish commercial and accounting obligations (Article 30 of the Commercial Code) and up to 4 years for tax obligations (Article 66 of the General Tax Law).
Customer relationship and event improvement data: we retain attendee contact details and event participation history for as long as we maintain a business relationship with you or your company, based on our legitimate interest in informing you about future editions and managing that relationship. We also use participation and platform usage data — such as session attendance, networking activity, and app usage — to improve our events, matching quality, and attendee experience. Where possible we do this with aggregated or anonymized data; where individual-level data is needed, we retain it no longer than necessary for the analysis. You may object at any time.
Networking and matching data (attendee profile, meeting bookings, match preferences, in-app messages): retained for as long as your event account remains active, so you keep access to your contacts and message history, and deleted or anonymized when you delete your account or object. Data used to improve matching quality is handled as described under Customer relationship and event improvement data.
Lead capture data: when you allow a sponsor to scan your badge or capture your details, that sponsor becomes an independent controller of the data it receives, and its own retention policy applies. We retain the record of your consent for as long as needed to demonstrate compliance.
Marketing data (newsletter subscriptions, event updates): retained until you withdraw consent or object, plus a suppression record of your objection so we do not contact you again.
Consent and legal compliance records: retained for as long as necessary to demonstrate compliance with our legal obligations, generally up to 5 years, matching the general limitation period for contractual claims under Article 1964 of the Spanish Civil Code.
When a retention purpose ends but a legal limitation period is still running, we do not actively use your data. In accordance with Article 32 of the Spanish Data Protection Law (LOPDGDD), the data is blocked — kept secured and accessible only to courts, public authorities, or for the defense of legal claims — and permanently deleted once all limitation periods expire.