1. General Information

In compliance with the duty of information set out in Article 10 of Spanish Law 34/2002 of July 11 on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, the following data is provided:

This website and the domain icra.cat belong to the Catalan Institute for Water Research Foundation (ICRA), registered in the Registry of Foundations of the Generalitat of Catalonia No. 2376, NIF G17920851.

• Website owner: Fundación Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua (ICRA)
• Registered address: Parque Científico y Tecnológico de la Universidad de Girona, Edificio H2O, Carrer Emili Grahit, 101, 17003 Girona
• Contact email: info@icra.cat
• Contact phone: (+34) 972 18 33 80
• Domain name: foreverwater.cat

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• IP address
• Browser and device data (user agent)
• HTTP headers
• Performance metrics and behavior indicators

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9. Disclaimer

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10. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

The relationship between the website owner and users shall be governed by current Spanish legislation. Any disputes will be submitted to the Courts and Tribunals of the city of the owner, unless otherwise required by law.