De Meester | Privacy policy

De Meester bvba protects your personal data in compliance with European regulations, in particular Regulation 2016/679. All personal data you provide to De Meester bvba, via a registration or contact form, are stored on a secure computer server in Europe. Aldrin, the web developer of De Meester bvba, acts as a processor of this data. Aldrin then sends that data to Whise, a software package that allows employees of De Meester bvba to manage your personal data efficiently. De Meester bvba remains ultimately responsible for the data processing. All personal data you send through the website are processed through an encrypted, secure HTTPS connection. Among other things, this guarantees lawful and fair processing of your data. In addition, your personal data will not be kept longer than necessary. You are also entitled to view your data and can correct any inaccuracies yourself. Without your permission, De Meester bvba will not pass on any information to third parties. Moreover, De Meester bvba does not share any data with third parties from which your identity can be derived. However, general data on visitor patterns to the site may be exchanged with partners or others, but this is always done in a way that makes it impossible to identify individual visitors. You can visit www.demeester.eu without providing personal information. However, we cannot provide additional information without recording your personal data. The employees of De Meester bvba, who have access to your personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of these data.

Through registration and/or contact forms, De Meester bvba collects the following personal data: Your name; Your address; Your e-mail address; Your phone number; Your preferred language; The aforementioned personal data is collected for the following: To guarantee you a more pleasant website visit; To answer and fulfill your questions and orders given; To send you relevant information about products and services; To send you occasional emails with promotions, products and services that we think may be of interest to you. In the relevant registration and contact forms, you can indicate which information you would like to receive. To do so, select the relevant box. In addition, at any time you can notify us by e-mail that you no longer wish to receive messages. After you consent to the use of your personal information for the above purposes, it may be necessary for this information to be passed on to companies or organizations to whom De Meester bvba outsources its e-mail messaging or direct marketing. Should this happen, De Meester bvba guarantees that those companies comply with the General Regulation of Personal Data.

Because De Meester bvba strives for optimal user experience on this website, anonymous data are kept on user behavior. Through heatmaps, mouse movements are generated that the marketing department uses to optimize the online experience at www.demeester.eu. No personal data can be identified during this process.

When you visit www.demeester.eu, read pages there or download information, De Meester bvba automatically records certain information about your visit. This information comes from your computer. These data do not reveal your identity. They only indicate the number of visitors to www.demeester.eu and the type of computer used. This information is used to improve the website for all visitors, making subsequent visits even more enjoyable. The following data is recorded when you visit www.demeester.eu: The date and time of your visit; How many and which pages you visit during a session; The duration of your visit; Your Internet domain name (your Internet service provider or the company where you work). Your IP address (a number assigned to your computer when you surf the web); Your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) Your operating system (e.g., Mac OS or Windows). Your last visited website before arriving, via a link, at www.demeester.eu (e.g. Google's search engine or a real estate portal).

Cookies allow De Meester bvba to identify the device you use to visit www.demeester.eu. Cookies are necessary for optimal use of this website or provide certain basic functions. What is a cookie? A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer's hard drive after you visit a website. Cookies make it possible to distinguish one user from another. You will often come across cookies on websites that require you to log in. A cookie then ensures that you remain logged in while using the site. Managing cookies: You can avoid the installation of cookies by rejecting them through your browser settings. In addition, you can always delete already installed cookies from your computer or mobile device. More information on how to reject and delete cookies can be found at http://cookierecht.be. www.demeester.eu uses the following cookies: Geo-targeting cookies: These cookies use the information sent by your browser to find out in which geographical area you are located. That way, the website can be displayed in the correct way, adapted to your location (for example, by displaying it in the correct language). This cookie does not process any personal data. Registration cookies: These cookies are used when you register on a website. They inform the website whether you are already registered or not and which part of the site you have access to. If you do not check the 'Remember my password' option, these cookies delete themselves after you close the browser. Social media related cookies: These cookies record the sharing of articles and pages via social media sharing buttons. The registration is done by the social network that created the button. Site performance cookies: These cookies provide a better website experience by remembering your preferences. This way you don't have to set them every time you visit again. Site improvement cookies: If the design of a website is slightly different from the usual view, a new design may be tested at that time using the A/B testing method. In this method, you are shown, at random, 1 of the possible versions of the site. The site improvement cookie keeps track of how visitors respond to the different designs. After the test is completed, improvements can be made. Analytics cookies: Every time someone visits a site, the web analytics software generates an anonymous third-party analytics cookie. These cookies know whether a visitor has visited the site before or not. Only on the first visit, a cookie is created. Subsequent visits use the pre-existing cookie. Thus, the following data can be collected: the number of unique visitors, how often users visit the site, which pages users view and how long users view a particular page. This information is for statistical purposes only. Third party advertising cookies: Many advertisements on Web sites are generated by third parties. Those third parties usually use their own cookies to track how many people have seen their ad. The companies that create these cookies, such as Google, have their own privacy policies and use anonymous cookies to show users the right ads while visiting a particular website.

Your email address will only be used for responding to your correspondence, unless you have consented to the sending of other information.

De Meester bvba may use so-called pixel tags. These are small graphic files that allow us to monitor the use of our websites. With the help of a pixel tag, the following information can be collected: The IP address of the computer that downloaded the page containing the label; The URL of the page on which the pixel tag appears; How long the page containing the pixel tag was displayed; The type of browser used to retrieve the pixel tag; The identification number of cookies previously placed on the computer; In e-mail correspondence that has HTML capabilities, so-called layout detection technology may be used. This technology can check on the basis of pixel tags whether you have received and opened an e-mail.

You have the right to oppose the processing of your data. You have the right to access information that De Meester bvba holds about you. You can also correct or delete this information yourself. You can also request De Meester bvba not to use the information by not giving your consent on the registration form/contact form. If you wish to take advantage of the possibilities mentioned above or if you have specific questions not covered in this section, you may contact by mail or e-mail: Liane De Meester, Jordaenskaai 21, 2000 Antwerp or at info@demeester.eu.