1. Introduction
We at Van Eeghem / OndernemingsAdvocaten Gent* (“we”, “us”, “our”, “Van Eeghem / OndernemingsAdvocaten Gent”) are committed to ensuring that our website (“vaneeghem.com”) is completely safe for you to use. We understand that you want the personal information you provide to us to be both private and secure. This privacy policy explains how we will use the personal information you give us and how we will ensure that it is kept secure. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or disagree with it, please contact us at info@vaneeghem.com or at 09/233.66.40 before using the website. We may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page to ensure you are happy with any changes.
“Van Eeghem / OndernemingsAdvocaten Gent” respects the Privacy Act. The Privacy Act is the Act of December 8, 1992 for the protection of privacy with respect to the processing of personal data. This law aims to protect citizens against misuse of their personal data. Both the rights and obligations of the person whose data are being processed and the rights and obligations of the processor itself are laid down in the Privacy Act.
2. Collection of data
We collect your personal information in a number of situations. We collect the personal information you provide when you contact us, when you register for one of our events or when requesting a meeting. Finally, we keep a record of the messages sent to us by email.
We collect customer information in our CRM system . There we store customer name, NAWTE data (name, address, possibly website, phone number, VAT-number, e-mail or other information required under the Anti Money Laundering-law (AML), …). We also store your business and billing information and invoices. Contact information provided by exchanging business cards or by telephone contact, may be stored.
If you use our website, please note that we may also record the parts of the website you visit and information about your computer. Such as the browser used, your network location, the type of connection you use (e.g. broadband, ASDL, etc.) and your IP address. We do this by using cookies (although the information we collect through our cookies remains anonymous, so we can't tell who you are). See our cookie policy below for more information on what a cookie is and how we use them on our website.
3. Use of data
Except as set forth in this paragraph, we will never sell, exchange or disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent. For example, this information allows us to more accurately target advertisements to you. We may disclose your personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law or enforce our terms of use or to protect our rights, property or safety or other third parties. We may share your personal information with organizations acting on our behalf who will only use the information to provide that service.
The main reason we use the information we collect about you is to keep you informed of new features, offer better customer service, for administrative purposes and to track activity on vaneeghem.com.
4. Marketing
We would like to provide you with information about our (accomplished) services that we think you will find interesting. We may send you such information by mail, e-mail and/or telephone, unless you have asked us not to.
If you are a customer of ours or have previously asked us for information and/or services, we may send you information by e-mail. However, in every marketing e-mail message we send you, we give you the option to completely unsubscribe from our mailings.
We do not provide your personal information to outside organizations without your express consent.
If you do not want your information to be used for direct marketing purposes, please contact us at info@vaneeghem.com or at +32 (0)9 233 66 40. If you decide you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us, please use the unsubscribe form at the bottom of any of our marketing emails.
If you are a customer of ours or have previously asked us for information and/or services, we may send you information by e-mail. However, in every marketing e-mail message we send you, we give you the option to completely unsubscribe from our mailings.
We do not provide your personal information to outside organizations without your express consent.
If you do not want your information to be used for direct marketing purposes, please contact us at info@vaneeghem.com or at +32 (0)9 233 66 40. If you decide you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us, please use the unsubscribe form at the bottom of any of our marketing emails.
5. Retrieval & modification of personal data
You have the legal right to access and correct your personal data. Provided proof of identity (copy of identity card), you can obtain the written status of your personal data free of charge by means of a written, dated and signed request to Van Eeghem / OndernemingsAdvocaten Gent, Zuidstationstraat 34-36 9000 Gent, info@vaneeghem.com. If necessary, you can also ask to correct the data that are incorrect, incomplete or not pertinent.
6. Links
vaneeghem.com and our marketing e-mail messages sometimes contain links to other websites that are not under our control. Our privacy policy applies only to vaneeghem.com, and not to these other websites. Once you have left our website or marketing e-mail messages, we cannot be held responsible for the content and/or protections and privacy you provide to those websites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to that website.
7. Security
The security of your personal information is very important to us. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we store your data on a secure server and appropriate security measures are in place to try to prevent the alteration, loss or misuse of data under our control. If at any time you suspect or become aware of a security incident (i.e., for example, you receive suspicious communications from someone excluding themselves as an employee of Van Eeghem / OndernemingsAdvocaten Gent or from a dupe website claiming to be affiliated with Van Eeghem / OndernemingsAdvocaten Gent), please send communication to us or report the incident via email at info@vaneeghem.com or in writing to Van Eeghem / OndernemingsAdvocaten Gent, Zuidstationstraat 34-36 9000 Gent.
