Privacy policy
Our website is committed to protecting your privacy. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding the use of your personal information and we will be happy to assist you. By using this site and/or our services, you consent to the processing of your personal data as described in this privacy policy.
Definitions
Personal data – any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Processing – any operation or series of operations performed on personal data or on collections of personal data.
Data subject – a natural person whose personal data is processed.
We / us (with or without a capital letter) – Our website address is www.gpxadventures.com, as an association, supported by M² Agency. You can always reach us directly via the contact information available on the contact page.
Data Protection Principles
We promise to follow the following data protection principles:
Processing is legal, fair, transparent. Our processing activities are based on lawful grounds. We always consider your rights before processing personal data. We will provide you with information about Processing upon request.
The processing is limited to the purpose. Our processing activities fit the purpose for which personal data was collected.
Processing is done with minimal data. We only collect and process the minimum amount of personal data necessary for any purpose.
The processing is limited with a time period. We do not store your personal data for longer than necessary.
We will do our best to ensure data accuracy.
We will do our best to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.
Rights of the data subject
The data holder has the following rights:
Right to information – meaning you should have the right to know if your personal data is being processed; what data is collected, from where it is obtained and why and by whom it is processed.
Right of access – meaning you have the right to access the data collected from/about you. This includes your right to request and obtain a copy of your collected personal information.
Right to rectification – meaning you have the right to request rectification or deletion of your personal data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erasure – which means that in certain circumstances you can request that your personal information be removed from our records.
The right to restrict processing – this means that where certain conditions apply, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
Right to object to processing – meaning that in certain cases you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, for example in the case of direct marketing.
Right to object to automated Processing – meaning you have the right to object to automated Processing, including profiling; and not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated Processing. You can exercise this right when there is an outcome of the profiling that entails legal consequences that affect you or significantly affect you.
Right to data portability – you have the right to obtain your personal data in a machine-readable format or, if feasible, as a direct transfer from one processor to another.
The right to make a complaint – in the event that we deny your request under the Right of Access, we will give you a reason why. Please contact us if you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled.
Right to the help of the supervisory authority – which means you have the right to help from a supervisory authority and the right to other remedies, such as claiming damages.
Right to withdraw consent – you have the right to withdraw any consent given to the processing of your personal data.
Information we collect
Information you have provided to us
This could be your email address, phone number, name, billing address, home address, etc. Mainly information needed to provide you with a product/service or to improve your customer experience with us. We store the information you provide to us so that you can provide feedback, report problems or perform other activities on the website. This information includes, for example, your name and email address.
Information automatically collected about you
This includes information that is automatically stored by cookies and other session tools. For example your shopping cart information, your IP address, your shopping history (if any) etc. This information is used to improve your customer experience. When you use our services or view the content of our website, your activities may be recorded.
Publicly available information
We may collect information about you that is publicly available.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) can be sent to the Gravatar service if you use it. The privacy policy page can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Media
If you are a registered user and upload images to the site, you should avoid uploading images containing EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to the website can download the images from the website and view the location data.
Cookies
When you leave a comment on our site, you can indicate whether we can store your name, e-mail address and website in a cookie. We do this for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter this information for a new response. These cookies are valid for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Once you log in, we will store some cookies in connection with your login information and screen display options. Login cookies are valid for 2 days and cookies for screen display options are valid for 1 year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will be saved for 2 weeks. As soon as you log out of your account, login cookies will be removed. When you edit or publish a message, an additional cookie is stored by your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only contains the post ID of the article you have edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Posts on this site may display embedded (embedded) content. For example, videos, images, messages). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly the same as if the visitor had visited this other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with this embedded content, including interacting with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we keep your data
When you leave a comment, that comment and the metadata of that comment will be saved forever. This way we can automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of moderating them. For users registered on our website (if applicable), we also store personal information in their user profile. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (the username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes. You can consult and delete this information via the link in the footer of this website.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be routed through an automated spam detection service.
How we use your personal information
We use your personal information to:
to offer you our service. This includes, for example, registering your account; inform you about other products and services that you have requested; provide you with promotional items and communicate with you about those products and services at your request; communicate and interact with you; and notify you of changes to service or important information about your product.
improve your customer experience;
comply with a legal or contractual obligation;
We use your personal information on legitimate grounds and/or with your consent. On the basis of entering into a contract or fulfilling contractual obligations, we process your personal data for the following purposes:
to identify you;
to provide you with a service or to send/offer you a product;
communicate for sale, warranty or billing;
important and legal information about your purchase
On the basis of legitimate interest, we process your personal data for the following purposes:
to send you personalized offers;
to manage and analyze our customer base (purchasing behavior and history) to improve the quality, variety and availability of products/services offered;
to conduct questionnaires about customer satisfaction;
As long as you have not notified us, we consider this to be our legitimate interests to provide you with products/services that are similar or similar to your purchase history/browsing behavior. With your consent, we process your personal data for the following purposes:
to send you newsletters and campaign offers;
for other purposes we have asked for your consent
We process your personal data to comply with legal obligations and/or use your personal data for options permitted by law. We reserve the right to anonymize personal data collected and to use such data. We will only use data outside the scope of this policy if it is anonymized. We will retain your billing information and other information collected about you for as long as necessary for accounting purposes or other obligations arising from the law. We may process your personal data for additional purposes not listed here, but which are compatible with the original purpose for which the data was collected. To do this, we make sure that:
the link between purposes, context and nature of personal data is suitable for further processing;
the further processing would not harm your interests and
there would be appropriate protection for the processing.
We will keep you informed of further processing and purposes.
Who else has access to your personal data?
We do not share your personal information with strangers. Personal information about you is in some cases provided to our trusted partners to enable the service to you or to improve your customer experience. We share your data with: our processing partners:
Google Analytics
Bol.com affiliate partner (pure linking)
We only work with processing partners who are able to ensure an adequate level of protection for your personal data. We disclose your personal information to third parties or public officials when required to do so by law. We may disclose your personal information to third parties if you have consented to this or if there are other legal reasons for doing so.
How we secure your data
We do our best to keep your personal information safe. We use secure protocols for communication and data transfer (such as HTTPS). We use anonymization and pseudonymization where necessary. We monitor our systems for potential vulnerabilities and attacks. Although we do our best, we cannot guarantee the security of information. However, we promise to notify the appropriate authorities of any data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything reasonably possible to prevent security breaches and assist authorities with any breaches. If you have an account with us, please note that you must keep your username and password secret, subject to the terms and conditions available on the website.
Cookies and other technologies we use
We use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyze customer behavior, administer the website, track user movements and collect information about users. This is done to personalize and improve your experience with us. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer. Cookies store information that is used to make sites work. Only we have access to the cookies created by our website. You can manage your cookies at the browser level. If you choose to disable cookies, it may hinder your use of certain features. We use cookies for the following purposes:
Necessary cookies – these cookies are required so that you can use some important functions on our website, such as logging in. These cookies do not collect any personal information.
Functionality cookies – these cookies provide functionalities that make using our service easier and allow more personalized features. For example, they may remember your name and email in comment forms so that you don’t have to re-enter this information next time.
Analytics cookies – these cookies are used to track the use and performance of our website and services
Advertising cookies – these cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. In addition, they are used to limit the number of times you see an ad. They are usually placed on the website by ad networks with the permission of the website operator. These cookies remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations, such as advertisers. Often targeting or advertising cookies are linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
You can delete cookies stored on your computer through your browser settings. Alternatively, you can manage some third-party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org. We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has its own privacy policy which you can view here. To opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, please visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.
Contact details Supervisory Authority
Any question about this? GPX Adventures is ready. You can always reach us directly via the contact information available on this contact page.
Commission for the protection of privacy, Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels – +32 (0)2 274 48 00 – +32 (0)2 274 48 35, commission(at)privacycommission.be, https://www.privacycommission .be/
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy. The last change was made on 08/06/2021.
