Privacy policy

This page describes as clearly and transparently as possible how the personal data you provide to us while browsing this website and in the context of the activities we organize is collected and processed. This data is collected in order to improve your experience on this site or to provide you with services.

By using this site or our services, you agree to this privacy policy.

Last updated: October 22, 2024

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G1000 uses the following cookies

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Analytics

In order to constantly improve our website, we use the services of Simple Analytics to collect statistics on visits and use of the site. It is a tool that respects your privacy and, as their documentation indicates, does not install cookies or collect IP addresses.

Cookie management

When you first visit this website, you will be asked to accept the third-party cookies mentioned above. You can authorise or refuse cookies on a category-by-category basis. You can also delete cookies already installed on your browser, computer or mobile device at any time.
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Personal data collected on this website 

The www.g1000.org website was created and is managed by G1000 asbl, with registered office at rue Joseph II, 20, 1000 Brussels, and company number 0765.671.973 (hereinafter referred to as G1000). Our Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be contacted at info@g1000.org.

G1000 places great importance on the protection of your personal data. G1000 believes that it is important to provide you with sufficient information as a user of its services or visitor to its websites. We communicate transparently and clearly about the data we collect and how we process it. We respect your privacy and manage your personal data responsibly and securely. In this privacy statement we list the different aspects of privacy. 

G1000 is committed to respecting the privacy of individuals who come into contact with us in the course of our activities and in particular when visiting and using the site. 

This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the Policy) describes how we manage the Personal Data that we collect both from forms, website registration, telephone calls, e-mails and other communications with you. We process your personal data in accordance with all applicable data protection regulations. 

By accepting this Policy, using G1000's services, registering for a G1000 event or otherwise providing your personal data to G1000, you acknowledge and agree to the terms of the Policy and to the processing and transfers of Personal Data that will be carried out in accordance with the Policy.

The personal data that we collect as part of our relationship are generally : 

  • Last name 
  • First name 
  • E-mail (only if you wish to be contacted by e-mail) 
  • Postcode (only if you wish to contribute to our statistical study) 

A specific privacy policy applies to certain data processing operations.

We use this personal data for the following purposes: 

  1. Respond to your requests and to communicate with you and others in the course of our business. 
  2. Send you information about events (including a newsletter which you can always unsubscribe from). 
  3. Provide you with support and assistance in connection with our services. 
  4. Send you important information regarding changes to our products and services, our terms and conditions and other administrative, technical or commercial information. 
  5. Make decisions about providing services to you.
  6. Conduct market surveys and analyses, including satisfaction surveys. 
  7. Make you able to participate actively in our activities, including forums, discussions, seminars, meetings and other events, and to manage these activities. 
  8. Resolve complaints 
  9. Manage requests for access, rectification, etc. 
  10. Comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements (including Laws outside your country of residence), such as those relating to anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, comply with legal process and respond to requests from governmental public authorities (including those outside your country of residence).

 

The legal bases for the processing are as follows: 

  • The consent of the person concerned, who has the right to withdraw his or her consent at any time (without this compromising the lawfulness of the processing based on consent carried out prior to such withdrawal) - (purposes 1 to 8) 
  • A legal obligation (purposes 9 and 10) 

If we were to collect other data or process Personal Data for purposes other than those mentioned above, we will provide you with information about this new purpose and any other necessary information before starting the new processing. Some of our activities are subject to additional terms and conditions which may contain further information about how we use and disclose your Personal Data. We therefore suggest that you read them carefully.

We do not use decision-making techniques based on automated processing that produce legal effects concerning the data subject or significantly affect him or her. 

G1000 may make Personal Data accessible to the following persons and entities: 

  • External third party service providers such as experts, IT systems service providers, support, hosting, print service providers and other similar third party vendors and sub-contracted service providers who assist us in carrying out our activities. 
  • Government authorities and third parties involved in legal proceedings or under a legal obligation. 
  • Other third parties with whom we may share Personal Data as part of a current or proposed corporate reorganisation, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, portfolio transfer or other transaction relating to all or part of our business.

 

G1000 does not transfer data outside the European Union. 

G1000 takes appropriate technical and organisational measures that comply with applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any Personal Data you may have with us may have been compromised), please notify us immediately. 

Where G1000 provides Personal Information to a service provider, the service provider will be carefully selected and will be required to use appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and security of the Personal Information. 

G1000 takes reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Information processed is reliable for its intended use, and as accurate and complete as necessary to carry out the purposes described in this Policy.   

Data relating to individuals is retained for 5 years from our last contact or in accordance with legal obligations or specific Privacy Policies. 

If you provide Personal Data to G1000 in respect of other individuals, you agree to: (a) inform the individual of the contents of this Privacy Policy, and (b) obtain legally required consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer (including cross-border transfer) of Personal Data in respect of the individual in accordance with the terms of this Policy. 

You have the right to access, rectify, object to the use of, or request the erasure, restriction or portability of your Personal Data on certain bases. Please contact us at the e-mail address info@G1000.org or by post, proving your identity by means of a copy of the front of your identity card, with all your requests or if you have any questions or concerns regarding the way in which we handle your Personal Data. Please note that certain Personal Data may be exempt from the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection or portability under the GDPR or Belgian Privacy Laws. 

We review the rules contained in this Policy regularly and reserve the right to make changes at any time to take account of changes in our business and legal requirements. We will inform you of any such changes.

If you are not satisfied with the way we process your Personal Data and you feel that contacting us will not resolve the problem, the applicable Privacy Laws give you the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority:https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/citizen 

Contact details

Our data protection officer ensures the confidentiality and security of the data and compliance with the requirements of the RGPD. You can contact him by e-mail at info@g1000.org for all your questions or complaints regarding your privacy.

If the handling, answers and justifications provided by the controller seem insufficient or violate your rights, you can also contact the supervisory authority: https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/.

Data Protection Authority
Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels 
Email: contact@apd-gba.be
Phone: +32 (0)2 274 48 00
Fax: +32 (0)2 274 48 35