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PRIVACY POLICY

1. General

 

This privacy policy describes BE DEAR's policy regarding the collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your personal data (‘Privacy Policy’). This Privacy Policy applies to the bedear.be Website regardless of how you accessed it, including access or use using mobile devices. BE DEAR is the (data) ‘controller’ within the meaning of the Personal Data Processing Act (Wet Verwerking Persoonsgegevens).


Scope and consent: By using bedear.be and related services, you expressly consent to our collection, use, disclosure and retention of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.
BE DEAR may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage you to read it regularly. We will post substantial changes to our Privacy Policy on our Website.
Persons under the age of 18 but over 13 years old can only use BE DEAR's services with the express consent of a parent or legal guardian. Minors under 13 years of age are not permitted to use bedear.be. The guardian is responsible for all activities performed on their account by a minor. The amended Privacy Policy will be effective immediately after it is first posted on our Website. This Privacy Policy is effective from 19 October 2020.

 

 

2. What personal data do we collect ?

 

You can visit our Website without having to log in by registering an account. If you decide to provide us with your personal data, you consent to that data being transmitted to and stored on our servers. We collect the following types of personal data:

 

Data that we collect automatically:

When you visit our Websites, use our applications, services and tools, or respond to advertisements or other content, we automatically collect the data sent to us by your computer, mobile or other devices you use to access the Website(s). This data includes, but is not limited to:

  1. the unique identifier of the device or mobile device, type of device or device, information about your geographic location, computer and connection information, statistics about page views, traffic to and from bedear.be, the referring URL, advertising information and IP address.

  2. data we collect using cookies and web beacons.

 

Data that you provide to us:
We collect and store all data that you enter on our Websites or that you provide to us when you use our services. This data includes, but is not limited to:

  1. data that you provide to us when you sign up for an account or for the services you purchase;

  2. additional data that you may provide to us via social media Websites or third-party services;

  3. data provided in the context of dispute resolution, correspondence via our Websites or correspondence sent to us;

  4. information about your location and the location of your device, including unique identifiers of your device, if you have enabled this service on your mobile device.

 

Data from other sources:
We may receive or collect additional data about you from third parties and add it to our account information. This data includes, but is not limited to demographic information, navigational information, additional contact information and additional information about you from other sources, such as government agencies, to the extent permitted by law.

 

 

3. How do we use your personal data ?

 

You agree that we may use your collected personal data (see above) for the following purposes:

  1. to give you access to our services and provide customer support by email or telephone;

  2. to tailor, measure and improve our services, content and advertising to you;

  3. to contact you, by email, push notification, text message (SMS) or telephone, to inform you about our services or for any other purposes described in this Privacy Policy; and

  4. to provide you with other services that you have requested, as described when we collected the data.

 

Data sharing with and registration on social media sites:
We may also offer services that allow you to share data with third-party social media sites, such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. If you give us access to certain personal data stored on third-party websites, the scope of such access will vary from website to website and will be determined by your own browser settings as well as your consent.

 

We may share your personal data with third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws and regulations. As further described under 4, we will not disclose your personal data to third parties for their marketing purposes without your express consent.

 

Service providers with whom we have signed a contract to help us offer our services on the Website (e.g., marketing agencies and technical support). In such cases the personal data will remain under the control of BE DEAR.

 

Certain third parties (such as intellectual property rights holders, regulators, tax authorities, police and other legal authorities), if we are required to do so by law or regulations, or if we see reason to do so by virtue of this Privacy Policy. We may share your personal data:


- to comply with legal obligations or a court order; or
- if necessary to prevent, detect or prosecute criminal offences (such as fraud, deception or prosecution); or

- if necessary to enforce our policies or to protect the rights and freedoms of others.

 

 

4. Marketing purposes

 

You agree that we may use the data collected by us to send you offers, personalised or otherwise, or to contact you by telephone for products or services from BE DEAR that may be of interest to you.
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties for their marketing purposes without your express consent.

We may combine your data with data we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalise our Services and their functionality.
If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us, you may indicate your message preferences for the communications you receive.

 

 

5. Cookies

 

When you use our services, we or our service providers may place cookies (data files on the disk of your device or mobile device) or web beacons (electronic images placed in the code of a web page). We use these cookies to help us identify you as a user, to provide you with a better user experience on our Website(s), to measure promotional effectiveness and to promote and ensure trust and security on our Website.

 

 

6. Protection and storage of your personal data

 

We protect your data using technical and administrative security measures to minimise the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure and alteration. These include firewalls, data encryption, and physical and administrative access controls to the data and servers. If you still think that your account has been misused, please send an e-mail to info@bedear.be. We will not retain personal data for longer than is permitted by law and will delete personal data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes described above.

 

 

7. Other data

 

Abuse and unsolicited commercial communications (‘spam’): We do not tolerate any misuse of our Website. If you notice that someone is abusing our Website (spam or spoof emails), please send an e-mail to info@bedear.be. If you think you have discovered a security breach on our Website, please send us an e-mail explaining the vulnerability of our Website that you have discovered.

 

It is not permitted to use our means of communication to send spam or to send content in any other way. For your safety, we automatically scan messages and may check them for spam, viruses, phishing and other harmful activities or illegal or prohibited content. However, we do not permanently store messages sent via these means.

 

Third parties: Unless expressly stated otherwise, this Privacy Policy applies solely to the use and transmission of data that we collect from you. BE DEAR has no control over the privacy policies of third parties that may apply to you. When we cooperate with third parties or use third-party tools to provide certain services, we will explicitly indicate which privacy policy applies to you. We therefore encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal data to others.

 

 

8. Access to personal data

 

You have the right to view, correct or delete your personal data. You can send a request for inspection, correction or removal to the contact details below. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, but within 30 days.

 

 

9. Data leak

 

In the event of a data leak, we will report it within 72 hours, unless the leak does not pose a risk to personal data.

 

 

10. Modify / unsubscribe newsletter service

 

At the bottom of every email message, you will find the option to unsubscribe. Subscribing to the newsletters can only be done via the Website and on your own initiative by providing your e-mail address.

 

 

11. Change/unsubscribe from communications

 

If you would like to change your details or have yourself removed from our files, please contact us at info@bedear.be.

 

 

12. Plugins

 

BE DEAR uses several plug-ins to monitor site statistics, as well as forms or surveys that can collect personal data from my visitors. Here is a list of plug-ins that may collect data from visitors, as well as a link to their privacy policy.

 

Google Maps API:
The service uses the Google Maps API for its operation. By using the Google Maps API, you agree to be bound by Google's Privacy Policy, where you can check your privacy settings. Since the Google Maps API contains links to or uses the websites or services of third parties that are not owned or controlled by BE DEAR, BE DEAR has no control over, and accepts no liability for, the content, privacy rules or practices of any third-party websites or services. Where applicable, you are subject to the policies applicable to these third parties. By using the Google Maps API, you expressly indemnify BE DEAR against any liability arising from your use of the Website or service of such a third party. We encourage you to make inquiries before communicating personal data to someone.

 

Google Analytics:

Google Analytics cookies are only a small part of Google's cookies. In fact, Google also uses other 'Preferences' cookies to, for example, display a website in your preferred language or personalised data according to your location. Google also uses cookies for 'Security', 'Advertisements' or 'Session status'.

Google Analytics cookies collect specific data about visits to a website and the user's interactions with that site. By collecting that data, the Google Analytics tool generates a report that marketers need to adapt their digital strategy to the behaviour and peculiarities of internet users.

For more data: Google Analytics Data privacy and security page ; Google's Privacy Policy.

 

 

13. Our contact information:

 

You can reach us by e-mail, in writing or by telephone using the contact details below. In this way you can also submit a complaint, which we will deal with as soon as possible. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can also contact the government and, more specifically, the Data Protection Authority (GBA). The contact details can be found on their website.

 

BE DEAR

+32 473 53 51 44

info@bedear.be

 

This site is offered to you by SGRD BV (commercial name BE DEAR), KBO 0697.854.028. (last updated on 11.06.2024).

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