Privacy Statement

Why this privacy statement

Van Damme attaches great importance to the protection of your privacy and personal data. We use your personal data exclusively in accordance with the Privacy Act and other relevant legal regulations in force. Any reference in this Privacy Statement to the Privacy Act means a reference to the Act of December 8, 1992, on the protection of privacy with regard to the processing of personal data. Any reference to the Regulation is a reference to the Regulation of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

With this Privacy Statement, Van Damme wishes to inform you of any processing operations with regard to this data and of your rights. By using our platform/our website/our application, you explicitly consent to possible processing operations by Van Damme.

This Privacy Statement may be subject to changes and amendments in the future. It is up to you to consult this document on a regular basis. Any substantial changes will always be clearly communicated on the Van Damme platform.

Who processes the personal data?

The website https://vandamme.eu is an initiative of:

Van Damme NV-SA
Maalbeekstraat 4,
8790 Waregem
Belgium
VAT number: BE 0423 392 924
Email: info@vandamme.eu
Telephone: +32 (0)56 60 30 61

What personal data is processed?

Van Damme undertakes to process only data that is relevant and necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. The following categories of personal data may be processed by Van Damme:

Identification data

For what purposes is my personal data used?

Van Damme collects personal data to offer you a secure, optimal, and personalized user experience. The collection of personal data becomes more extensive as you make more intensive use of the website and our online services.

Data processing is essential for the functioning of the website and the associated services. Processing is carried out exclusively for the following specific purposes:

Providing you with access to your user profile.
Offering and improving general and personalized services, including for billing purposes, providing information, newsletters, and offers that are useful and/or necessary for you, obtaining and processing user reviews, and providing support.
Offering and improving the products supplied; personalized and specific products based on the information and data provided.
Detecting and protecting against fraud, errors, and/or criminal behavior.
Marketing purposes.

When you visit the Van Damme website, some data is collected for statistical purposes. Such data is necessary to optimize the use of our website. This data includes: IP address, presumed location of consultation, time and date of consultation, and which pages were visited. When you visit the Van Damme website, you agree to this data collection for statistical purposes as described above.

The User always provides the personal data to Van Damme themselves and can therefore exercise a certain degree of control. If certain data is incomplete or appears to be incorrect, Van Damme reserves the right to temporarily or permanently postpone certain expected actions.

The personal data is only processed for internal use within Van Damme.

We can therefore reassure you that personal data will not be sold, passed on, or communicated to third parties affiliated with us. Van Damme has taken all possible legal and technical precautions to prevent unauthorized access and use.

We also use cookies!

When you visit our website, ‘cookies’ may be placed on your hard drive to better tailor the website to the needs of returning visitors. Non-functional cookies help us to optimize your visit to the platform and to remember technical choices.

For a further understanding of how we use cookies to collect and process your personal data, please refer to our Cookie Statement.

If you want to consult the Van Damme website, it is recommended that you have cookies enabled. How you can disable cookies is also explained in our Cookie Statement.

What are my rights?

Guarantee of lawful and secure processing of personal data

Van Damme always processes your personal data fairly and lawfully. This includes the following guarantees:

Personal data will only be processed in accordance with the described and justified purposes of this Privacy Statement.
Personal data will only be processed to the extent that this is adequate, relevant, and not excessive.