De Web Architectuur | Web Design & Community Building in Antwerp

This Privacy Policy describes how De Web Architectuur collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our site. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data. This policy is effective immediately.

1. Data Controller

De Web Architectuur, located at 14 Kerkstraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium, is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data.

2. Data We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal data:

**Contact Information:** This may include your name, email address, postal address, and telephone number when you contact us through our site or request information about our services.
**Usage Data:** We may collect information about how you access and use our site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits.
**Cookies and Similar Technologies:** We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity on our site. This helps us to improve your user experience and to understand how our site is being used.
**Client Data:** If you are a client, we will collect data necessary for the performance of our services, such as project details, business information, and payment information.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on the following legal bases:

**Consent:** We may process your data based on your consent, for example, when you subscribe to our newsletter or agree to the use of cookies. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
**Contractual Necessity:** We process your data when it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, such as providing you with our services.
**Legitimate Interests:** We may process your data based on our legitimate interests, such as improving our site and services, conducting business development activities, and preventing fraud. We will only process your data for legitimate interests when your rights and freedoms do not override those interests.
**Legal Obligations:** We may process your data to comply with our legal obligations, such as responding to legal requests.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

**To Provide and Improve Our Services:** We use your data to provide you with the services you have requested, to improve our site and services, and to develop new services.
**To Communicate With You:** We use your data to communicate with you about our services, to respond to your inquiries, and to provide you with updates and information.
**To Personalize Your Experience:** We use your data to personalize your experience on our site and to provide you with content and services that are relevant to your interests.
**For Marketing Purposes:** With your consent, we may use your data to send you marketing communications about our services.
**To Comply With Legal Obligations:** We use your data to comply with our legal obligations, such as responding to legal requests.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:

**Service Providers:** We may share your data with third-party service providers who assist us in providing our services, such as hosting providers, payment processors, and marketing automation platforms. We take reasonable measures to ensure that these service providers protect your data.
**Business Partners:** We may share your data with our business partners to offer you joint products or services.
**Legal Authorities:** We may disclose your data to legal authorities if required by law or legal process.
**Other Third Parties:** We may share your data with other third parties with your consent or as otherwise permitted by law.

6. International Data Transfers

Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). We will take appropriate safeguards to protect your data when it is transferred outside of the EEA, such as using standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include data encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

8. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

9. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

**Right to Access:** You have the right to access your personal data and to receive a copy of it.
**Right to Rectification:** You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
**Right to Erasure:** You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain circumstances.
**Right to Restriction of Processing:** You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
**Right to Data Portability:** You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another data controller.
**Right to Object:** You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
**Right to Withdraw Consent:** If we are processing your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
**Right to Lodge a Complaint:** You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated your rights.

10. Cookies

Our site uses cookies to improve your browsing experience. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information.

11. Links to Third-Party Websites

Our site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these websites before providing them with your personal data.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site. Your continued use of our site after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

De Web Architectuur 14 Kerkstraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium