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PRIVACY

EXPLANATION
This privacy policy is based on Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation and sets out the rights and obligations of the organization towards external individuals whose personal data it processes mainly in the context of online sales and marketing of goods and services.

 

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This ‘privacy policy’ governs the processing of your personal data by the data controller: Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF, Diepestraat 18, 9860 Balegem | Crossroads Bank for Enterprises number BE 0779.842.287 | info@kareldecorte.be | +32 479 918 847 (hereafter ‘Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF’).

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains essential information on how your personal data is processed and what cookies are used. By submitting your personal data on the Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF websites or through the email addresses provided on these websites, you declare that you have read this privacy policy and explicitly agree to it, as well as to the processing itself.

 

Article 1 – General
1.1. Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF complies with the ‘aw of December 8, 1992 on Privacy Protection in relation to the Processing of Personal Data’, as amended by the Law of December 11, 1998, as well as with the anti-spam provisions of Book XII of the Economic Code regarding the ‘law of the electronic economy’.

1.2. Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF, through the present privacy policy, also complies with the European Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of personal data.

1.3. The controller of the processing of your personal data is Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF. A declaration has been made to the Commission for the Protection of Privacy regarding the processing of your personal data.

 

Article 2 – Personal Data
2.1. Personal data you communicate to us:

Category 1: without registration: your IP address;

Category 2: your profile name, password, email address, account information and order history;

Category 3: upon registration: when subscribing to our newsletter: your email address, first and last name;

Category 4: via cookies: orders in the shopping basket and at checkout, your login details, search settings, your agreement to the terms and conditions;

Category 5: your address data as a result of placing an order.

2.2. Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF may collect information from you (Personal Information) in several ways:

  • during your registration via email;
  • during your registration and use of the Website;

 

Article 3 – Purposes of processing
3.1. General purposes:
Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF will use Personal Data collected from you only for the following purposes:

Category 1: to maintain and improve this Website and include Personal Data in anonymous statistics, from which the identity of specific individuals or companies cannot be ascertained, with the legal basis being the legitimate interests of Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF to continually improve its Website and services;

Category 2: managing your account on this Website for the purpose of using our organization and Website, with the legal basis of fulfilling a contract requested by you, and, if indicated by you, also sending you newsletters, with the legal basis of your express prior consent;

Category 3: sending you newsletters, with the legal basis being your explicit, prior consent;

Category 4: the functioning of the Website as you expect, the ability not to have to log in again when visiting the Website, remembering your settings during and between your visits, optimizing the speed and security of the Website, more efficient marketing

Category 5: the delivery and billing of products ordered by you, with the legal basis of providing a service requested by you.

You are not obliged to disclose Your Personal Data, but understand that the provision of certain services becomes impossible if You refuse the processing.

 

3.2. Direct Marketing:
Personal Data will also be used for direct marketing, provided You have given additional express consent (‘opt-in’).

If you are already included in our mailing list for receiving marketing materials in paper and/or electronic form, Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF may use your data to send marketing and other materials related to Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF, its products and/or services. Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF may use the information you provide to update documents held by Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF.

This consent may be revoked at any time, without cause and free of charge, by clicking the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of each promotional e-mail.

 

3.3. Transfer to third parties:
In the event that Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF reorganizes, transfers, or ceases operations, in whole or in part, your information may be transferred to new entities or third parties through which all or part of Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF’s business operations are conducted.

Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF will use reasonable efforts to provide you with advance notice if Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF discloses your information to such third parties, but you also acknowledge that this may not be technically or commercially feasible in all circumstances.

Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF supports scientific research and may share data with third parties for the purpose of scientific research when consistent with the purpose limitation principle.

Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF will not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make your Personal Data commercially available to third parties, except as described above or except with your prior consent.

 

3.4. Legal Requirements:
On rare occasions, Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF may be required to disclose your Personal Data pursuant to a court order or to comply with other mandatory laws or regulations. Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF will use reasonable efforts to inform you in advance, unless legally restricted.

 

Article 4 – Duration of processing
Personal data will be kept and processed by us for a period necessary in function of the purposes of the processing and in function of the contractual relationship between the Organization and You.

 

Article 5 – Your rights
5.1. Right of access and inspection:
You have the right to access Your personal data at any time, free of charge, as well as the use We make of Your personal data.

5.2. Right of rectification, deletion and restriction:
You are free to communicate or not communicate Your personal data to Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF. In addition, You always have the right to request Us to correct, supplement or delete Your personal data. You acknowledge that failure to communicate or request deletion of personal data may result in the unavailability of certain services and products.

You may also request to restrict the processing of Your Personal Data.

5.3. Right of Objection:
You also have a right to object to the processing of Your Personal Data for serious and legitimate reasons. In addition, You always have the right to oppose the use of Personal Data for direct marketing purposes; in such case, You do not need to provide reasons.

5.4. Right of free data transfer:
You have the right to obtain and/or transfer to other controllers Your Personal Data processed by Us in structured, common and machine-readable form.

5.5. Right of withdrawal of consent:
To the extent processing is based on Your prior consent, You have the right to withdraw that consent.

5.6. Exercise of Your Rights:
You may exercise Your rights by contacting Us to do so, either by e-mail to info@kareldecorte.be or by mail to Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF, Diepestraat 18, 9860 Balegem, provided that You enclose a copy of Your identity card.

5.7. Automatic decisions and profiling:
The processing of Your Personal Data does not include profiling, nor will You be subjected to automated decisions by Us.

5.8. Right to lodge a complaint:
You have the right to file a complaint with the Belgian Privacy Commission: Commission for the Protection of Privacy, Rue du Printing Press 35, 1000 Brussels, Tel +32 (0)2 274 48 00, Fax +32 (0)2 274 48 35, e-mail: commission@privacycommission.be. This is without prejudice to a remedy before a civil court.

Should You suffer damage as a result of the processing of Your personal data, You may bring a claim for damages.

 

Article 6 – Security and confidentiality
6.1. We have developed security measures adapted at the technical and organizational levels to avoid the destruction, loss, falsification, modification, unauthorized access or inadvertent notification to third parties of personal data collected as well as any other unauthorized processing of these data.

6.2. Under no circumstances can Orthopedagoog Karel De Corte VOF be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from an erroneous or unlawful use by a third party of the personal data.

6.3. You must at all times comply with security regulations, including preventing any unauthorized access to Your login and code. You are therefore solely responsible for the use made from the Website of Your computer, IP address and of Your identification data, as well as for their confidentiality.

 

Article 7 – Third party access
In order to process Your personal data, We grant access to Your personal data to our employees.

We guarantee a similar level of protection by imposing contractual obligations on these employees and agents, which are similar to this Privacy Policy.

 

Article 8 – Privacy Commission declaration
This processing of personal data has been declared to the Privacy Commission. You can contact this Commission at the following address:

Commission for the Protection of Privacy

Press Street 35

1000 Brussels

+32 (0)2 274 48 00

+32 (0)2 274 48 35

commission@privacycommission.be

 

Last updated: 02.10.2022