Privacy statement

PICS Belgium vzw having its registered office at Spuibeekweg 16G, 3140 Keerbergen, registered in the Register of legal entities Leuven, Crossroads Bank for Enterprises number 0412.094.404, puts the meticulous handling of personal data high on its list of priorities.

This statement therefore indicates for what purposes the collected personal data are used and that we try to guarantee adequate protection of these data by adopting the appropriate technical and organisational measures.

Furthermore, PICS Belgium vzw follows the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

PICS Belgium vzw processes your personal data for various purposes. Only the data necessary for the targeted purpose are processed.

This processing of data is necessary for the performance of the agreement between the parties or for PICS Belgium vzw’ legitimate economic interest.

To perform targeted and adequate direct marketing, PICS Belgium vzw uses profiling. This means PICS Belgium vzw will only notify its customers by e-mail of the promotions and products they could show a special interest for.

The personal data shall not be the subject of any transfer.

The personal data in question shall be stored and saved by PICS Belgium vzw for maximum ten years after performance of the last commission or the handling of the last order or for the legally applicable storage time.

Moreover, you have the right to:

  • request PICS Belgium vzw for access to this personal data.
  • request PICS Belgium vzw to rectify or erase this personal data.
  • request PICS Belgium vzw for a restriction of the processing of this personal data.
  • object against the processing of this personal data, among others in the context of direct marketing.
  • to withdraw your previously given consent regarding the processing of your personal data.
  • request the transfer of your personal data in machine-readable format.

You can send this request to PICS Belgium vzw via email at info@picsbelgium.be.

PICS Belgium vzw shall respond to your request within a month in any case.

If you believe the processing of your personal data is a breach of the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) you can lodge a complaint with the authorised supervisory authority.

PICS Belgium vzw reserves the explicit right to change this Privacy Statement at all times, without this requiring any prior warning.

On behalf of PICS Belgium vzw,

Albert Pegg
President of the Board of Directors

 

Cookies

What Cookies we and third parties use, why are they used, and how they impact you

A cookie is a small text file, typically of letters and numbers (with an ID tag), which may be placed on your computer or mobile when you access our website. Cookies generally allow a website to recognise your device and browsing activity if you return to it, or if you visit another website which recognises the same cookies.

Different cookies perform different functions. Necessary cookies help you navigate through pages, “storing preferences” information and functionality cookies generally make the website easier to use. They exist just for the life of your current visit whilst you have your browser open. They are not stored on your hard disk and are erased when you exit your web browser.

Others, such as targeting and advertising cookies, identify products, goods or services you may be interested in and are used to provide you with tailored advertising and performance cookies help us collect aggregated information on how people use our website.

When you visit our website we request your consent for the non-necessary cookies to be placed on your device.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
Necessary
langfirst-partyThis cookie is used to store a user's language preferences in order to display content in that stored language the next time the user visits the website.
PHPSESSIDsession, first partysessionThis cookie comes from PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a user's unique session ID for the purpose of managing user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and is deleted when all browser windows are closed.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessarypersistent, first-party11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessarypersistent, first-party11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Non Necessary".
viewed_cookie_policypersistent, first-party11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Analytics
_gidpersistent, third party1 dayThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
_gat_UA-(code)persistent, third party1 minuteThis is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_ga_(code)persistent, third party2 yearsCookie from google analytics that is used to persist session state.
_gapersistent, third party2 yearThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
vuidpersistent, third party2 yearsThis cookie is set by the Vimeo-video player on websites used to collect tracking information for analysis.
UserMatchHistorypersistent, third party1 monthLinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing.
lidcpersistent, third party1 dayThis cookie is set by LinkedIn and used to store performed actions on the website.
bscookiepersistent, third party2 yearsThis cookie is set by LinkedIn and used to store performed actions on the website.
AnalyticsSyncHistorypersistent, third party1 monthUsed to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries
Marketing
_fbpsession2 monthsThis cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.
frpersistent, third party2 monthsThe cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
Functional
bcookiepersistent, third party2 yearsThis cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functions on the page.
li_gcpersistent, third party2 yearsUsed to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes
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