Terms of Use of HB Antwerp’s Site

Terms of Use of HB Antwerp’s Site

By accessing or browsing the Site, and by using it, the user (the « User ») accepts and agrees to the Terms of Use of the Site (the « ToU ») in their entirety. The User should refrain from using the Site or accessing it if he does not agree to the present ToU. The User agrees to be bound by the version of the ToU that is in force when he uses the Site. These ToU may change from time to time, without prior notice. The User commits to regularly read these ToU in order to remain informed of their latest amendments.

HB Antwerp remains the sole owner of the intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, design, and copyright (the “IP rights”), and know-how used for the content of the Site and its constituent elements. In any case, all the content of the Site is the exclusive property of HB Antwerp, regardless of their possible protection by IP rights.

Names, images, or likenesses of other companies, products and services are used by permission and are the property of their respective owners

Trademarks used in the Press Review section can be held by third parties and are used for reference only. All contents protected by copyright and held by third parties are used for the purpose of the press review only (as an exemption to copyright law).

Use of the Site does not grant the User any rights on this Site and/or its contents. Only strictly personal use of this Site and its contents is allowed.

The User agrees not to exchange, modify, copy, reproduce, publish, post, transmit, distribute, on-screen display, perform, transfer or sell posts, messages, texts, files, images, pictures, videos, sounds or any other element from the Site, including but not limited to any text, image, audio or video, for any purpose whatsoever.

The User agrees not to upload, post or transmit, through the Site, any materials which violate or infringe the rights of a third party, including without limitation IP rights.

Access by User to the Site via a personal account

By using the Site via a personal account, including an access through a password (the “User account”), the User agrees that the Site contains information which is confidential (the “Confidential Information”) and/or protected by IP rights.

Unless authorized in writing, all information of any kind to which the User has access through the User account shall be deemed confidential and shall be protected from disclosure to third parties.

Confidential Information obtained shall remain secret and shall not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than HB Antwerp.

Privacy Policy HB Antwerp

HB Antwerp cares deeply about your privacy. Therefore we only process data that we need to offer (and improve) our services and we handle the information we have collected about you and your use of our services very cautiously. We never make your data available to third parties for commercial purposes. We are therefore committed to respect the confidentiality of the personal information we collect in accordance with the terms described below. This privacy policy applies to the use of the website and the services provided by HB Antwerp. The starting date for the validity of these conditions is 12/04/2018. With the publication of a new version the validity of all previous versions expires. This Privacy Policy describes which personal data we collect, what this data is used for and with whom and under which conditions this data can possibly be shared with third parties. We also explain to you how we store your data and how we protect your data against misuse and which rights you have with regard to the personal data you provide us.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact our privacy contact person. You can find the contact details at the end of our privacy policy.

About data processing

Below you can read how we process your data, where we save it, which security techniques we use and who has access to the data.

Webhosting

We use web hosting services from SiteGround. SiteGround processes personal data on our behalf and does not use your data for its own purposes. However, this party can collect metadata about the use of the services. These are not personal data. SiteGround has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent loss and unauthorized use of your personal data. SiteGround is obliged to observe secrecy on the grounds of the agreement.

Emails and mailing lists

MailChimp

We send our email newsletters using MailChimp. MailChimp will never use your name and email address for its own purposes. At the bottom of every email sent automatically via our website you will see the ‘unsubscribe’ link. If you click it, you will no longer receive our newsletter. Your personal data is stored securely by MailChimp. MailChimp uses cookies and other internet technologies that make it clear whether emails are opened and read. MailChimp reserves the right to use your data for the further improvement of the services and to share information with third parties.

Sparkpost

We send our transactional emails via Sparkpost. Sparkpost will never use your name and e-mail address for its own purposes. Sparkpost reserves the right to use your data for the further improvement of the services and to share information with third parties in this context.

Purpose of data processing

General purpose of the processing

We only use your data for the benefit of our services. This means that the purpose of the processing is always directly related to the assignment you provide. We do not use your data for (targeted) marketing. If you share information with us and we use this information to contact you at a later date – other than at your request – we will explicitly ask your permission. Your information will not be shared with third parties, other than to comply with accounting and other administrative obligations. These third parties have all been kept confidential on the basis of the agreement between them and us or an oath or legal obligation.

Automatically collected data

Data that is automatically collected by our website is processed with the aim of further improving our services. This information (e.g. your IP address, web browser and operating system) is not personal data.

Participation in tax and criminal investigation

In some cases, HB Antwerp can be held on the basis of a legal obligation to share your data in connection with government tax or criminal investigations. In such a case, we are forced to share your data, but we will oppose this within the possibilities that the law offers us.

Retaining personal data

We keep your information as long as you are our client. This means that we keep your customer profile until you indicate that you no longer wish to use our services. If you indicate this to us, we will also consider this as a request to be forgotten. On the basis of applicable administrative obligations, we must keep invoices with your (personal) data, so we will keep this data for as long as the applicable term runs. However, employees no longer have access to your client profile or to documents that we have produced in connection with your assignment.

Your rights

On the basis of the applicable Belgian and European legislation, you as a data subject have certain rights with regard to the personal data processed by or on behalf of us. We explain below which rights these are and how you can invoke these rights.

In principle, in order to prevent abuse, we will send copies and copies of your data only to your already known email address. In the event that you wish to receive the data at another email address or for example by post, we will ask you to identify yourself. We keep records of completed requests, in the case of a request to be forgotten we administer anonymous data. You will receive all copies and copies of data in the machine-readable data format that we use within our systems.

You have the right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority at any time if you suspect that we are using your personal data in the wrong way.

Right of inspection

You always have the right to inspect the data that we process or have processed that relate to your person or that can be traced back to you. You can submit a request to that effect to our privacy contact person. You will receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you a copy of all data with an overview of the processors who have this data, with the email address known to us, stating the category under which we have stored this data.

Right to rectification

You always have the right to adjust the data that we process or have processed that relate to your person or that can be traced back to this. You can submit a request to that effect to our privacy contact person. You will receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you a confirmation that the details have been changed on the email address known to us.

Right to limiting the processing

You always have the right to limit the data that we process or have processed related to your person or that can be traced back to you. You can submit a request to that effect to our privacy contact person. You will receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you a confirmation to the email address known to us that the data until you cancel the restriction will no longer be processed.

Right to portability

You always have the right to have the data that we process or have processed and that relate to your person or that can be traced back to you, performed by another party. You can submit a request to that effect to our privacy contact person. You will receive a response to your request within 30 days. If your request is granted, we will send you copies or copies of all information about you that we have processed or that have been processed by us by other processors or third parties on the email address known to us. In all likelihood, we will no longer be able to continue the service in such a case, because the secure linking of data files can then no longer be guaranteed.

Right of objection and other rights

In certain cases you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by or on behalf of HB Antwerp. If you object, we will immediately stop the data processing pending the settlement of your objection. If your objection is well-founded, we will provide you with copies and / or copies of data that we process or have processed and then permanently discontinue the processing.
You also have the right not to be subject to automated individual decision making or profiling. We do not process your data in such a way that this right applies. If you are of the opinion that this is the case, please contact our contact person for privacy matters.

Cookies

Google Analytics

Through our website, American company Google places cookies as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and get reports on how visitors use the website. This processor may be obliged to provide access to these data on the basis of applicable laws and regulations. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

Cookies from third parties

If any third-party software makes use of cookies, this is stated in this privacy statement.

Changes to the privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time. On this page you will always find the most recent version. If the new privacy policy affects the way in which we process already collected data relating to you, we will notify you by e-mail.

Limitation of liability

Under no circumstances shall HB Antwerp, its agents, staff and directors be liable for any damage resulting from use of the Site by the User and/or resulting from the behavior of another User. HB Antwerp shall not be liable for damage resulting from technical, technological or other issues, arising from use of the Site by the User.

Governing law and jurisdiction

The ToU are subject to Belgian law and any dispute or difference that may arise between the parties in connection with the interpretation or execution of the ToU shall be submitted to the competent courts of Belgium.

Contact

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact info@hbantwerp.com