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Privacy Statement Worldtrading Europe

Summary

Worldtrading Europe located at Baron Van Loolaan 12, 9940 Evergem is responsible for the processing of your personal data, via its website www.worldtradingeurope.com. 

Worldtrading Europe processes data of visitors and/or users for the following purposes:

  • Performing and offering Worldtrading Europe's services;
  • Managing requests for information;
  • Improving the operation of Worldtrading Europe's website;
  • Sending a newsletter/advertising;
  • Providing other services you have requested;
  • Compliance with applicable laws.


You can always request access to - and rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of the processing concerning you, as well as the right to object to processing and the right to data portability and the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Personal data will be transferred to the following recipients:

  • Processors providing statistical research and analysis;
  • Processors hosting this Website and related databases;
  • Processors and processors acting as subcontractors for Worldtrading Europe in performing the services;
  • Worldtrading Europe affiliated companies;

 

1. Definitions

 

In this Privacy Statement, the following definitions apply:

  1. Worldtrading Europe: Worldtrading Europe, with its registered office at Baron Van Loolaan 12, 9940 Evergem and registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number no. BE0466930185
  2. Website: The website of Worldtrading Europe, www.worldtradingeurope.com and derivatives developed and operated by Worldtrading Europe.
  3. Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
  4. Processing: any operation or set of operations, whether or not carried out by means of automated processes, and applied to the personal data of natural persons, such as collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation, storage, modification, erasure, consultation, communication and use, disclosure by means of forwarding, dissemination or otherwise making available, bringing together, linking, blocking or destruction.

 

2. Processing of personal data

 

This Privacy Statement applies to all processing that takes place through and as a result of the use of the website by the visitor.

Worldtrading Europe attaches due importance to respecting and protecting your privacy and the confidentiality and security of your Personal Data.

The processing of Your Personal Data is subject to the Act of December 8, 1992 relating to the protection of privacy with respect to the processing of personal data (hereinafter "the Act of December 8, 1992") until May 25, 2018 and the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter "GDPR") as of May 25, 2018. This legislation is referred to as 'Data Protection Legislation'.

Worldtrading Europe hereby acts as data controller.

3. What personal data

 

a) Personal data provided by the visitor himself/herself.

Worldtrading Europe may process the following Personal Data through its Website, including, without limitation, through the contact form:

  • Personal identification data, such as your name, e-mail address, address
  • Any other information you decide to transmit yourself.
  •          …

If information is provided by the data subject himself via a form, the fields marked with a (*) bow are necessary for the purposes for which they are processed. If they are not filled in, no action will be taken to send the form. The other fields can be filled in to facilitate the services of Worldtrading Europe; if they are not filled in, this will have no effect whatsoever.

 

b) Personal data when placing orders

Worldtrading Europe may process the following Personal Data through its Website, including, without limitation, through the placing of an order by the customer:

• Personal identification data, such as your name, address;

• Any other information you decide to transmit yourself.

c) Information about the visit and use of the Website

Worldtrading Europe may process the following Personal Data through its Website, including, without limitation, through, inter alia, the use of cookies:

  • Electronic Identification Data, such as your IP address, operating system, browser type and geographic location;

 

4. Purposes and legal grounds

 

Worldtrading Europe collects and processes Personal Data for one or more of the following purposes:

Purposes

Legal basis

Performing and offering the services of Worldtrading;

Execution of an agreement

Management of requests for information;

Execution of the agreement

Improving the operation of Worldtrading Europe & the Website;

Legitimate interest1

Sending a newsletter/advertising;

Consent

Account administration;

Execution of agreement

To provide any other services you have requested;

Agreement execution

Compliance with applicable laws.

Legal obligation

1Improvement is necessary for the interests of Worldtrading Europe. Improvement of the operation of Worldtrading Europe is also for the benefit of those involved, there is no prejudice to the rights and interests of those involved.

Should Worldtrading Europe wish to use personal data for an incompatible new purpose, Worldtrading Europe will request your consent for this prior to this new use.

If the processing is based on your consent, you are always entitled to withdraw the consent at any time, without prejudice to the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent prior to the withdrawal thereof.

 

5. Transfer of personal data

 

Personal Data will only be processed by Worldtrading Europe for internal use for the purposes described above. We do not rent or sell your Personal Data to third parties for use for our own purposes.

Within Worldtrading Europe, Personal Data is only made available to its personnel on a 'need to know' basis.

Worldtrading Europe may use processors to process your Personal Data. Processors are natural or legal persons, governments, agencies or other bodies that process Personal Data on behalf of Worldtrading Europe.

Worldtrading Europe transfers Personal Data to the following (categories of) recipients:

  • Processors who provide for statistical research and analysis;
  • Processors who provide for hosting of this Website and related databases;
  • Processors and processors who act as subcontractors for Worldtrading Europe in performing the Services.
  • Companies associated with Worldtrading Europe. [1]

Personal Data may be processed outside the European Economic Area, Worldtrading Europe will ensure that appropriate or suitable safeguards are taken. Data subjects may obtain a copy of the guaranteed measures upon written request.

Worldtrading Europe may change its corporate structure by changing its legal form, merger, acquisition and sale. In such transactions Personal Data will be transferred in accordance with this Privacy Statement and the applicable data protection legislation.

Anonymous data may always be passed on, whether for commercial purposes or not.

 

6. Duration of data retention.

 

The Personal Data are retained by Worldtrading Europe for the following periods..

Data:

Duration:

Website visit data.

5 years

Account data

Duration of agreement

Contact information             

10 years

 

7. Your rights

 

You have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of the processing concerning you, as well as the right to object to processing and the right to data portability, by addressing Worldtrading Europe, Baron Van Loolaan 12 or info@worldtradingeurope.com with a dated and signed request, enclosing a copy of your identity card[2] or your e-mail with an electronic signature..

You will be informed of the action taken on the request within 1 month of its submission.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to a given processing at any time, without prejudice to the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent before its withdrawal. In the event you have given your consent to receive newsletters and advertising, you may withdraw it by adjusting your account settings or using the "unsubscribe/unsubscribe" link in these communications.

Finally, you always have the right to complain to the supervisory authority.

No automated decision-making, including profiling, is used in the processing of Personal Data.

 

8. Anonymous data

 

Worldtrading Europe is permitted to collect non-personal and anonymous data when the Website is visited and to anonymize Personal Data. These data do not allow Worldtrading Europe to identify an individual person and these data may be shared with third parties, including for statistical purposes..

 

9. Cookies

 

This Website uses cookies to improve the browsing experience. Please see our Cookie Statement for more information on the use of cookies.

 

10. Changes

 

Worldtrading Europe reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement at all times..

This Privacy Statement was last amended on December 12, 2021.

 

11. Varia

 

Should one or more clauses of this Privacy Statement be declared void or non-binding in part or in full by a court intervention, this will not affect the validity of the remaining clauses or the validity of the entire Privacy Statement. Should Worldtrading Europe wish to amend or replace the clause(s) in question, the amended or new clause must be as close as possible to the clause(s) declared void or non-binding.

Worldtrading Europe's failure to require strict compliance with the provisions of this Privacy Statement shall not be construed as any waiver or repudiation thereof.

 

12. Governing Law

 

Any dispute or claim relating to the processing of personal data and Privacy Statement or any information mentioned herein is governed by Belgian law and falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of the judicial district where Worldtrading Europe's registered office is located (Belgium).

 

13. Contact

 

If after reading this Privacy Statement you still have questions or comments regarding the privacy policy or cookies, please contact the contact person at Baron Van Loolaan 12, 9940 Evergem or via the e-mail address info@worldtradingeurope.com.

For additional general information regarding the protection of Personal Data, please contact the Commission for the Protection of Privacy with address at 1000 Brussels, Drukpersstraat 35, tel: 02/274.48.00 or via e-mail commission@privacycommission.be (www.privacycommission.be).

 

 

[1] As defined in Article 11 of the Company Code.

[2] On the copy of your identity card, please anonymize the following fields: card number & national registration number..