This privacy policy was drawn up in accordance with the GDPR regulations. More information about the privacy legislation in Belgium and the EU General Data Protection Regulation will be found on the website of the Belgian Data Protection Authority at: www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be.
Company data
Life-sparc.eu is owned by Agency for nature and forests and is managed by Pantarein Publishing.
Agency for nature and forests
Havenlaan 88, box 75
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Pantarein Publishing
Materlarenlaan 9
3150 Haacht
Belgium
Respect for privacy
We attach the highest importance to the protection of privacy. We strive to process (your) personal data in a lawful, honest and transparent manner. The purpose of this policy is to inform you about how we process personal data.
Personal data that we process
We may process personal data about you when you use the services of life-sparc.eu and/or if you provide us with such information when completing a contact form on the website. We may process the following personal data:
- Your first and last name
- Your e-mail address
- Your message
- Your organisation
Processing of data shall mean any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data. These operations are particularly varied and relate, among other things, to the collection, storage, use, alteration and communication of the data.
Controller
According to the Law of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy (better known as the Privacy Law), we are responsible for complying with the legal requirements relating to the processing of your data for purposes determined by us (see ‘Purposes for which we collect and process your data’ below).
Purposes for which we collect and process your data
We process your personal data to enable us to contact you to provide you with replies to your questions or remarks.
We analyse your behaviour on the website in order to improve the website and to tailor the offer of products and services to your preferences.
How long do we retain personal data?
We do not retain your personal data for longer than is strictly necessary for realising the purposes for which your data is collected.
Sharing of personal data with third parties
We will only provide your personal data to third parties if so required for fulfilling our agreement with you, or to comply with a legal obligation.
Your rights in case your personal data is processed
You have a right to access the data concerning you that is being processed. Wherever applicable, you may request the rectification of erroneous data or the blocking or deletion of data that was unlawfully processed.
You may send a request to inspect, rectify or delete such data to scheldeproject.anb@vlaanderen.be.
Visitor data
The general visitor data shall be found on life-sparc.eu, and shall include the IP address of your computer and the time of your request, and the data that your browser sends to us during the process. This data is used for analysing visitor and click behaviour on the website. We use this information to improve the operation of the website. This data is anonymised to the extent possible and is never provided to third parties.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to keep track of how users use the website.
The information obtained in this manner, including the address of your computer (IP address), is transferred to Google and stored by it on servers in the United States. Read the privacy policy of Google for more information. You will also find the privacy policy of Google Analytics here.
Google uses this information to keep track of how this website is used and to enable it to send reports concerning the website to us. The data is processed anonymously.
Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally bound to do so, or if such third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We have no influence over this.
We have not authorised Google to use the Analytics information obtained via life-sparc.eu for other Google services.
The collected data will not be used for advertising purposes.
Cookies, or comparable technologies that we use
We use our own functional cookies in order to make the website functional. In addition, there are cookies of other parties, including Google Analytics and social media.
We do not use tracking cookies, which are cookies that can track visitors when they surf other websites.
More information about our cookie policy can be found here.
General information
We have the right to change and adjust the policy. We always report changes and adjustments via the website.