{"id":4212,"date":"2020-01-06T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T14:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomas-hoogwerkers.be\/privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:30:43","slug":"privacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomas-ufkes.com\/en\/privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4212\" class=\"elementor elementor-4212 elementor-62\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f3f68b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f3f68b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3daa0f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3daa0f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Privacy policy<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eafa4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5eafa4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfa4c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bfa4c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thomas &#038; Ufkes BV processes personal data in accordance with this privacy statement. For further information, questions, or comments regarding our privacy policy, you can contact the data protection officer at <a href=\"mailto:info@thomas-ufkes.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@thomas-ufkes.be<\/a>.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">processing purposes<\/span><\/h2><p>Thomas &#038; Ufkes collects and processes the following personal data:<\/p><ul><li>Newsletter subscribers: identification data for sending newsletters<\/li><li>Website users: electronic identification data to optimise user experience, compile statistics and display targeted ads<\/li><\/ul><h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Legal ground(s) for processing<\/span><\/h2><p>Personal data are processed on the basis of Article 6.1 (a) consent, (b) necessary for the performance of a contract, (f) necessary for the fulfilment of our legitimate interest to enable party operation, of the General Data Protection Regulation.  <\/p><p>Insofar as the processing of personal data takes place on the basis of Article 6.1. a) (consent), the user always has the right to withdraw the consent given. <\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Transfer to third parties<\/span><\/h2><p>If necessary for the achievement of the stated purposes, the personal data of members will be shared with internal party bodies, including local branches, within the European Economic Area that are directly or indirectly affiliated with Thomas &#038; Ufkes. For party operations, we rely on third parties who receive our data, such as for printing membership cards or sending newsletters or invitations. <\/p><p>Thomas &#038; Ufkes commits, to the best of its ability, to ensure that these recipients take the necessary technical and all reasonable organizational measures to protect personal data, in accordance with applicable regulations.<\/p><p>Thomas &#038; Ufkes does not sell personal data for commercial purposes.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Data security<\/span><\/h2><p>We have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data.<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Retention period<\/span><\/h2><p>Personal data will be kept for the following periods:<\/p><ul><li>Newsletter subscribers: for the duration of the subscription.<\/li><li>Website users: depending on the objective (see above our <a href=\"https:\/\/thomas-ufkes.com\/cookiebeleid-eu\/\">cookiepolicy<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul><h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability of personal data<\/span><\/h2><p>The user has the right at any time to access their personal data and may have them corrected if they are inaccurate or incomplete, have them deleted, restrict their processing, and object to the processing of personal data concerning them based on Article 6.1 (f), including profiling by Thomas &#038; Ufkes based on those provisions.<\/p><p>In addition, the user has the right to obtain a copy (in a structured, common and machine-readable form) of their personal data and to have the personal data transferred to another entity.<\/p><p>In order to exercise the above rights, the member is requested to:<\/p><ul><li>by sending an email to the following address: <a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 14px;\" href=\"mailto:info@thomas-ufkes.be\">info@thomas-ufkes.be<\/a>, provided that proof of identity is supplied (copy of identity card);<\/li><li>by sending a letter to Thomas &#038; Ufkes, Brusselsesteenweg 136, 1785 Merchtem, provided that proof of identity is supplied (copy of identity card).<\/li><\/ul><h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Complaint<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">If you believe that your personal data are being processed unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (GBA):<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit<br\/>Drukpersstraat 35<br\/>1000 Brussel<\/p><p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be\">https:\/\/www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy policy Thomas &#038; Ufkes BV processes personal data in accordance with this privacy statement. 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