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Legal notice, privacy and cookies

Last updated: 27 October 2026.

In compliance with article 10 of Spanish Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on information society services and electronic commerce (LSSI-CE), the identifying details of the owner of this website are set out below:

  • OwnerAssociació Intercultural AYNI d'Estudis Etnobotànics (AYNI Intercultural Association for Ethnobotanical Studies)
  • Tax ID (NIF)G05783485
  • Websiteaynietnobotanics.org
  • RegistrationEntered in the Registre d'Associacions of the Generalitat de Catalunya, section 1, no. 78008, on 21 July 2025
  • Contactinfo@aynietnobotanics.org · WhatsApp +34 610 425 016

Nature of the organisation and purpose of the website

AYNI is a non-profit association governed by Llei 4/2008 of the Civil Code of Catalonia, Organic Law 1/2002 regulating the right of association, and its Statutes. This website is for information purposes only: to make known the association, its aims, how it operates and the ethical principles that guide it. It does not constitute an offer of products or services, it does not allow activities to be contracted or booked, and it does not advertise any practice.

Terms of use

Access to this website is free of charge and confers the status of user, who accepts these terms. Users undertake to make appropriate use of the content, in accordance with the law, good faith and public order, and not to use it for unlawful purposes or purposes that may harm third parties.

Intellectual property

The texts, logo and design of this website belong to the association, unless other authorship is indicated. They may be quoted for non-commercial purposes provided that the source is acknowledged. The Code of Ethics of the Red Micelio Federation is the work of that federation and is reproduced with its permission. The studies and documents linked to belong to their respective authors and publishers. The typefaces used (Fraunces, Inter and Oswald) are distributed under the SIL Open Font License.

Photographs

The photographs of plants and lianas come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their licences:

The liana cut-outs are derivative works of these photographs and are published under the same licence.

Links to third-party websites

This website contains links to the websites of other organisations, scientific publications and public bodies. They are provided for reference. The association does not control those websites and accepts no responsibility for their content, their availability or their privacy policies.

Applicable law

These terms are governed by Spanish law. In the event of any dispute, the parties submit to the courts and tribunals that have jurisdiction under the applicable regulations.

2. Privacy and data protection policy

This policy explains how we process the personal data provided to us through this website, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD).

Data controller

Associació Intercultural AYNI d'Estudis Etnobotànics. Contact for data protection matters: info@aynietnobotanics.org.

The association is not required to appoint a data protection officer (article 37 GDPR and article 34 LOPDGDD).

What data we process

This website has no user registration and does not use analytics or advertising tools. Apart from the technical server logs explained below, we only process the data you send us voluntarily when you write to us using the contact form or by email: your name, your email address and the content of your message. The form fields are required so that we can reply to you; if you do not provide them, we will not be able to deal with your enquiry.

Like any website, our hosting provider's server automatically logs technical data about visits (IP address, date and time, page requested and browser) for security and operational purposes, on the basis of our legitimate interest in keeping the website secure (article 6(1)(f) GDPR). The provider keeps these logs for a limited time and they are not used to identify anyone.

We ask you not to include health data or other special categories of data in your messages. If you do, we will process them solely in order to reply to you and will erase them once they are no longer necessary.

If you write to us on WhatsApp or by email, we will process your phone number or email address, your name and the content of the conversation for the same purpose, on the same legal basis and for the same retention period set out in this policy. WhatsApp is a service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, which acts as an independent controller of the data it processes to provide its service. Please use this channel for general enquiries only and do not send health data.

Why we process them

To deal with and reply to your enquiry about the association, how it operates or its activities. We do not use your data to send you commercial communications or to build profiles, and we do not make automated decisions.

Legal basis

Your consent, which you give by sending us your message and accepting this policy (article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand.

How long we keep them

For as long as necessary to handle your enquiry and, at most, one year from the last communication, unless a membership relationship begins or there is a legal obligation to retain them. They are then erased.

Who may access them

We do not disclose your data to third parties, except where required by law. Raiola Networks, S.L. (Spain), the association's web hosting and email provider, may access them as a data processor and solely in order to provide its service.

The contact form uses Google Forms, a service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Responses are stored in the association's Google account, which also receives an email notification (Gmail) for each message. Google processes these data in accordance with its terms and its privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy).

Google and Meta (WhatsApp) may process data in the United States. Google LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc. participate in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, recognised as adequate by European Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1795; failing that, transfers are covered by the standard contractual clauses approved by the Commission (article 46(2)(c) GDPR). Raiola Networks hosts the data in Spain.

Your rights

You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction of processing and portability by writing to info@aynietnobotanics.org, stating the right you are exercising. If you consider that we have not handled your request properly, you may lodge a complaint with the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (Spanish Data Protection Agency) or with the Autoritat Catalana de Protecció de Dades (Catalan Data Protection Authority).

Members' data

The data of people who apply to join the association, and the data collected to assess participation in its activities, are not processed through this website. Those who provide such data receive specific information about its processing at that time.

Security and minors

We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect data. This website is intended for adults; we do not knowingly collect data from minors. If you are under 18, please do not send us your data through this website.

3. Cookie policy

A cookie is a small file that a website stores in your browser. In accordance with article 22.2 of the LSSI-CE, we inform you that this website does not set its own cookies. It only stores in your own browser (localStorage) how much of each main page you have read, to show the progress bar at the top: it contains no personal data, never leaves your device, nobody else can see it and you can delete it at any time from your browser settings. No third-party content is loaded when you visit its pages, so no third-party cookies are set either; that is why we do not display a cookie notice. Only if you choose to open a video, a player or an external website within this site may that service set its own cookies, as explained below.

Nor do we load resources from external services when you visit the pages: typefaces and images are served from the website itself. If tools that use cookies are added in the future, this policy will be updated and your consent will be requested where necessary.

When you click a link to another website (for example, Instagram or scientific publications), you become subject to that website's cookie policy.

Some pages offer Spotify or SoundCloud players, and links to videos and other websites open in a window within this site. The services that may be loaded in this way are YouTube (Google, through the youtube-nocookie.com domain), Vimeo (with the do-not-track option), Spotify, SoundCloud and the external websites you open in the window. None of this is loaded until you click it; from that moment, those services may set their own cookies, subject to their privacy policies.

4. Disclaimer

Information for general knowledge, not professional advice

The content of this website is provided for information and general knowledge purposes. It does not constitute medical, psychological, therapeutic or legal advice, nor does it replace assessment by qualified professionals. If you have any doubts about your health, consult a healthcare professional.

No promise of results

The association does not promise therapeutic, spiritual or any other kind of results, nor does it present any practice as free of risk. References to scientific studies describe what their authors say, with their limitations, and do not imply that a practice is suitable for any particular person.

No promotion of use

As set out in its Statutes, the association does not aim to promote the use of teacher plants or entheogens. This website does not offer or advertise ceremonies, sessions or retreats, and does not provide information on how to obtain them.

Legal information for guidance only

References to the legal framework are for guidance only and may become out of date. They are not a substitute for specialist legal advice.

Accuracy and availability

We endeavour to ensure that the information is truthful and up to date, but we cannot guarantee that it is free of errors or that the website will be continuously available. The association accepts no responsibility for decisions taken solely on the basis of the content of this website.

Membership of FERM

AYNI is a member organisation of the Red Micelio Federation (FERM) and adheres to its Code of Ethics. The federation does not certify or endorse the activities of its member organisations: responsibility for each activity lies with the association that organises it.