Belga News Agency NV (Belga) processes personal data in accordance with the present privacy statement. For further information, questions or remarks about our privacy policy, please contact [email protected].
Processing purposes
Belga collects and processes customers' personal data for customer and order management purposes (including customer administration, order/delivery tracking, invoicing, solvency follow-up, profiling and sending marketing and personalised advertising).
Legal basis of the processing
Personal data is processed on the basis of article 6.1. [(a) consent,] [(b) (required for the performance of a contract),] [(c) (required for compliance with a legal obligation)], [(f) (required for the protection of our legitimate interests in doing business)] of the General Data Protection Regulation.
[Insofar as the processing of personal data takes place on the basis of article 6.1. a) (consent), the customer is at all times entitled to withdraw the consent given.]
Transfer to third parties
If this is required to achieve the intended objectives, the personal data of the customer will be shared with other companies (of the Belga group) within the European Economic Area that are directly or indirectly connected with Belga or with any other Belga partner.
Belga guarantees that these recipients will take the necessary technical and organisational measures to protect personal data.
Storage period
The personal data processed for customer administration purposes will be stored for the period necessary to comply with the legal requirements (including in the field of accounting).
Right of access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection and transferability of personal data
The customer is at all times entitled to access his personal data and can correct it (or have it corrected) if it is incorrect or incomplete, have it erased, have the processing restricted and object to the processing of his or her personal data on the basis of article 6.1 (f), including profiling on the basis of these provisions.
Moreover, the customer has the right to obtain a copy (in a structured, common and machine-readable form) of his personal data and to request that the personal data is forwarded to another company.
In order to exercise the above rights, the customer is asked to:
Direct marketing
The customer has the right to object, free of charge, to any processing of his personal data for the purpose of direct marketing.
Complaint
The Client has the right to submit a complaint to the Commission for the Protection of Privacy (Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels - [email protected]).
Belga uses cookies to provide the services. Belga’s “cookie policy” is available on the Belga website.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on the internet user’s computer by the websites he visits. Cookies are used to make these websites function or function more efficiently and to provide the owner of the website with information.
The cookie contains a unique code which makes it possible to recognise the internet user during the visit to the website (a so-called ‘session' cookie) or during subsequent, repeated visits (a so-called ‘permanent’ cookie). Cookies do not contain any personal data. Cookies can be placed by the server of the website which the internet user visits or by third parties the website cooperates with. The server of a website can only read the cookies it has placed itself, it has no access to other information on the User’s computer or mobile device. Cookies are stored in the browser folder on the internet user’s computer or mobile device. A cookie usually contains the name of the server that placed the cookie, an expiry date and a unique number code. Cookies generally make the interaction between the internet user and the website easier and faster and help the internet user to navigate between the different parts of a website.
Belga uses the following cookies:
- Required cookies
These cookies are essential for visiting the website and for using certain parts of it (e.g. recognition of the User). These cookies allow the User to navigate between the different sections of the website. If the User refuses these cookies, certain sections of the website will not function at all or will not function properly.
- Functional cookies
These cookies facilitate the functioning of the website and provide the User with a more personalised browsing experience. These cookies may, for example, remember the User’s preference for some aspects (e.g. language).
- Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about the Users' usage of the website in order to improve the website content, adapt it more to the wishes of the Users and increase the ease of use of our websites. For example, there is a cookie that helps count the number of unique visitors.
- Third-party cookies
The website also contains an element of a third party. For example, Belga’s payment partner places a cookie to recognise the User who made a payment.
If the User finds that other cookies are placed on our website, it would be really helpful if the User would immediately notify Belga thereof, to enable Belga to make the necessary adjustments.
Refusal
The User can refuse the installation of cookies in the browser settings. The User can also set his browser to notify him that a cookie is being placed or that the cookies cannot be collected. The User can delete the cookies which are already installed on his computer or mobile device at any time.