By visiting https://www.ittopics.be (“our website”), you accept and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Statement.
IT Topics is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy by handling your data in a manner that complies with applicable data protection laws.
Here’s how:
Our website uses cookies. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and allows us to improve it. Some cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Website and cannot be refused if you wish to visit it. Other cookies are used to personalize your settings (functionality cookies) as well as advertising (targeting and advertising cookies) and for analysis and statistics (tracking and performance cookies). You can refuse them if you wish it.
- Processing your data
The processing of data from visitors to our website
Data Categories
We collect and process the following information about you:
- Information you give us:
This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our website or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise. It includes information you provide to us when you complete an online contact form or subscribe to the newsletter. The information you provide to us may include your first and last name and email address.
- Information we collect about you:
During each of your visits to our website, we automatically collect the following information:
- Technical information, including the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, type and browser plug-ins version, operating system and platform;
We may combine this information with information you give us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the following purposes:
- To improve our website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer/IT support.
Purpose of processing
- IT Topics processes your data when you visit our website, learn about our activities and read our latest news.
Therefore, we process your information in order to:
- To administer our Website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistics and surveys;
- To improve our website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer/IT support;
- Allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service, when you choose to do so;
- As part of our efforts to keep our website secure and to prevent fraud.
- To ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer/IT support.
- Finally, IT Topics processes your data when you submit a contact request on our website in order to respond to this request and your questions.
Legal basis
- Visiting our website: the processing of your information is essential for the performance of the contract under which IT Topics makes its website available to Internet users who wish to access it.
- Contact request: data processing is necessary to respond to the contact request you initiated. Therefore, you have consented to the use of your data.
Duration of treatment
The information we hold about you will be held in a manner that complies with applicable data protection legislation. In any event, your information will not be retained longer than necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement.
- YOUR RIGHTS
You have certain rights in relation to the information we hold about you. These rights can be exercised by contacting us as set out below:
- Information – This right is exercised by means of this document. If the processed data also includes the data of your staff, you are responsible for informing them of this document;
- Access – You have the right to access the information we hold about you because we want you to be aware of the information we hold about you and that you can verify that we process your information in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations;
- Opt-out – You have the right, in certain circumstances, to block or remove further use of your information. Where processing is restricted, we may still store your information, but no longer use it;
- Correct – If your information is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request rectification of your information;
- Deletion – You have the right, in certain circumstances, to request the deletion of your information from our systems;
- Complaint – You have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority about the way we process your data;
- Withdrawing your consent – If our processing of your personal data is based specifically on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This includes your right to withdraw your consent to the use of your information for direct marketing purposes;
- Portability – You have the right in certain circumstances to obtain your information from us in a structured, commonly used and computer-readable form so that you can use it for reuse in different services for your own purposes. For example, if you wish to work with another service provider
working together, you can easily and securely transfer your information to that new service provider.
For all of the above requests, please email info@ittopics.be with “data privacy request” in the subject and attach a copy of your ID card or other proof of identity (e.g. driver’s license) to assist us prevent unauthorized persons from accessing, changing or deleting your information.
We will respond to your request as soon as practicable. If we need more than one month (after receiving your request) to respond to your request, we will keep you informed.
- INFORMATION COLLECTED SECURITY
We have implemented a number of security features on our website to prevent unauthorized disclosure of or access to information collected and/or received. We have endeavored to create a secure and reliable website for you, but please note that the confidentiality of any communication or material sent through our
website or email sent to or from us or any other party cannot be guaranteed. We assume no responsibility for the security of information sent through these methods.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen a password) a password that enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask that you do not share your password with anyone
parts.
- EXTERNAL SITES
Our website may from time to time contain links to and from websites and/or applications of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. To the extent that hyperlinks or banner advertisements with hyperlinks are used to access websites and/or applications of third parties, you should be aware that these websites
and/or third-party applications are not controlled by us and have their own Privacy Statement. Therefore, they are not subject to that Privacy Statement and we do not accept any responsibility for that statement. Please check these statements before submitting information to these websites and/or applications.
- AGREEMENT TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR INFORMATION – CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of that Privacy Statement and that you agree to the collection and use of your information as set forth above.
We may change that Privacy Statement from time to time. Any future changes to our Privacy Statement will be posted on this page and, if applicable, notified to you by email. Please check this page regularly for updates or changes to the Privacy Statement. If you continue to use this website after
changes have been made to the Privacy Statement, this means that you accept these changes. The Privacy Statement was last updated on 17 June 2023Array.
- COMPLAINTS
Questions, comments and requests regarding the privacy statement should be addressed to IT Topics – info@ittopics.be.
