Privacy policy

Personal data that we process
Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. processes personal data about you because you are using our services and/or because you supply your personal data to us. Here below you can find an overview of the personal data we process:
- First name
- Surname
- E-mail
- Telephone number
- Street, number, box
- Location data
- Details about your browsing behavior over several websites (for example because this company is part of our advertisement network)
- IP-address
- Internetbrowser and machine type
By entering your data in the contact form, the user gives permission to this application to use the information to reply to information demands, price demands, or any other kinds of questions.

Detailed information about the processing of personal data
Personal data is being collected for the following purposes and through to use of the following services:

Analytics
The services mentioned in this chapter allow the owner to investigate and analyze web behavior and can be used to demonstrate users behavior.

Google AdWords conversation tracker (Google)
Google AdWords conversation tracking is an analytical service offered by Google Inc., that links data from the Google AdWords advertisement network to actions undertaken on this website.

Collected personal data: data that refers to cookies and use.

Processing location: VS – Privacy policy

Google Analytics (Google)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service offered by Google Inc. Google uses the collected data to follow up and investigate the use of this application, to make up reports concerning its activities and to share these with other Google services.
Google may possibly use the collected data to personalize the advertisements within its own advertisement network.

Collected personal data: data that refers to cookies and use.

Processing location: VS – Privacy policy – Opt out

Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting
These services allow to this website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve the advertisement based on earlier use of the website by the user.
This activity is being done by searching for personal data and by using cookies, information that is given to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting.

AdWords Remarketing (Google)
AdWords remarketing is a service for remarketing and behavioral targeting offered by Google Inc., that links the activity of this website with the AdWords advertisement network and the double-click cookie.

Collected personal data: data that refers to cookies and use.

Processing location: VS – Privacy policy – Opt out

Special and/or sensitive personal data that we process
Our website and/or service does not have the intention to collect data about website users that are younger than 16 years. Unless they have the permission from the parents or the guardian. However, we cannot check if a visitor is older than 16 years or not. Therefore, we encourage parents to be involved in the online activities of their children, to avoid data about the children being collected without permission of the parents. If you are convinced that we collected personal data without permission of the parents, please contact us at info@w-v-s.be and we will delete this data.

The reason we need data
Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. processes your data for the following reasons:
- Sending our newsletter, publicity and mailings
- In case we have to call to be able to help you further with our services
- To inform you about any changes in our products or services
- To be able to offer personalized services
- To be able to make price offers and other documents for our bookkeeping
- Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. analyses your behavior on the website to be able to improve the website and to adjust our offer of products and services to your preferences

How long and where do we keep your records
Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. will not keep your personal data for longer than is strictly needed to realize the things where we collected your data for. Our conservation time is 7 years. The data is being kept in Belgium.

Sharing with others
Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. is only sharing data with third parties if this is really needed for the execution of our agreement with you or to comply with the obligations by law. The data is never being shared outside of the EU.

To map a website visit
Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. uses functional, analytical and tracking cookies. A cookie is a small text document that is saved into the browser of your computer, tablet or smartphone at the first visit. Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. uses on the one hand cookies with a pure technical functionality. Those are taking care of the fact that the website is working well, can help to remember the preferred settings and helps us to make the website work well. We can also optimize our website this way. On the other hand, we are placing cookies that monitor your browsing behavior so we can offer suitable content and promotions to you. You can unsubscribe for cookies by putting the settings of your browser so that it doesn’t save cookies anymore. Also, you can remove all the earlier saved information through the settings of your browser.

Looking into, changing and removing data
You have the right to look into your personal data, correct it or remove it. You can send a request to look into, correct or remove your data to info@w-v-s.be. To be sure about the fact that it is you who did the request, we would like to ask you to send a copy of your identity together with the request. Please include a copy of your passport photo and make sure your civil number is not visible on this picture. This is to protect your privacy. Westvlaamse Steencentrale will respond as quick as possible, at the latest within four weeks, to your request.

Security
Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. is taking the protection of data very serious and is taking suitable measures to prevent abuse, loss, unpermitted access, unwanted publication and undesired changes. If you have the impression that your data is not being kept safe or you have the impression that your data is being abused, please contact Westvlaamse Steencentrale n.v. by sending an e-mail to info@w-v-s.be. Sending a complaint to the privacy commission is possible.

This declaration can, without notice, be changed, for example in function of change of law. Because of that, we ask you to check frequently if, and if yes, what changes have been done. Changes are active from the moment they are published on the website.