Privacy policies

ARTICLE 1 IDENTITY CONTROLLER

This privacy policy contains information on the processing of personal data by the controller, PLOUVIER GROUP, a public limited company under Belgian law, having its registered office at Noorderlaan 79, box 1, 2030 Antwerp (Belgium) and registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0404.542.062, register of legal entities Antwerp, department of Antwerp (hereinafter “Plouvier”).

Plouvier processes personal data in accordance with the Belgian Act of 30 July 2018 on the protection of natural persons regarding the processing of personal data and the European Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (“General Data Protection Regulation” / “GDPR”).

By accessing and using Plouvier’s website, submitting an application or entering into a partnership with Plouvier, you acknowledge you have been informed on the processing of your personal data.

ARTICLE 2 THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT, THE PURPOSES AND THE LEGAL GROUNDS

Plouvier processes the following personal data in the course of its activities:

• Customer data: By concluding an agreement with us, we process the following personal data including, among others: name, address, email address, telephone number, VAT number, payment details and any other data you voluntarily submit to us. Customer data is processed in order to provide the requested services, comply with the agreement and to manage our accountancy, based on the performance of a contract and compliance with our legal accounting obligations.

• Supplier data: In the event you provide goods or services to us, we process the following personal data including, among others: name, address, email address, telephone number, VAT number, bank account number and any other data you voluntarily submit to us. Supplier data is processed to receive a quotation, to pay invoices, to communicate and to manage our accountancy, based on the performance of a contract and compliance with our legal accounting obligations.

• Communication data: In the event you contact us by email, telephone or by submitting a contact form on our website, we process the following personal data: name, email address, telephone number and any other data you voluntarily submit to us in the course of the communication. These personal data are processed to answer your question and handle your request, based on the performance of a service you have requested for.

• Applicant data: In case you apply for a vacancy at Plouvier, the following personal data may be processed: name, address, email address, CV, motivation letter and any other data you voluntarily submit to us. These personal data are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in recruiting new employees and managing the application process.

• Cookies: By visiting our website we can collect personal data, such as your IP address, search behavior, session duration through the use of cookies and similar technologies. These personal data are only processed with your explicit consent and are used to improve our website and to include personal data in anonymous statistics.

ARTICLE 3 RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL DATA

In accordance with mandatory laws or regulations or based on a court order we may share your personal data with public authorities, tax and customs authorities, financial investigation services and judicial and police services.
In addition, we share your personal data with third parties, such as external service providers, such as software suppliers, accountancy firms and legal advisers. In the event these third parties are located outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we will ensure that your personal data is processed with the same level of security and protection as we apply within the EEA and we will take appropriate measures to protect your data during such transfers.
In the event of a change of control at Plouvier or a (partial) transfer of our activities to another entity, your personal data will be transferred to guarantee the continuity of our services.

ARTICLE 4 RETENTION PERIOD

We store personal data as long as it is necessary for the purposes of the processing and in accordance with legal requirements. Customer and supplier data may be stored for up to 10 years after termination of the agreement, given our legitimate interest in maintaining documentary evidence in the event of legal proceedings. In addition, due to legal accounting obligations, Plouvier may store accounting and tax documents for 10 years following the taxable period to which they relate.

ARTICLE 5 THE SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA
In order to guarantee the security of the processing of your personal data, we have taken appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect the personal data against unauthorized destruction, accidental loss and other unauthorized processing of personal data. Plouvier ensures that the data is stored in a secure environment, protected by a combination of organizational and technical measures, such as

In exercise of your rights under the GDPR, you have the right to request us the following:

• Right to information and access to personal data, including a copy of the personal data undergoing processing;
• Right to restrict, rectify and erase (‘right to be forgotten’) personal data under specific circumstances;
• Right to object to the processing of your personal data, in the event this is based on a legitimate reason. In any event you will have the right to object to the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes;
• Right to data portability: you have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, digital and readable format or to request the transfer of your personal data to another controller, insofar as this is technical feasible;
• Right to withdraw your consent at any time: to the extent that the processing is based on your explicit consent;
• Right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian data protection authority “Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit” (GBA), Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels, contact@apd-gba.be, if you consider that your rights regarding the processing of your personal data are not respected.

You can exercise your rights by sending an email to info@plouvier.be or by post to Noorderlaan 79, box 1, 2030 Antwerp (Belgium).

ARTICLE 7 COOKIES

The website of Plouvier uses cookies and similar technologies. A cookie is a small datafile placed by a website on your computer. Cookies are mainly used to improve the efficiency of a website and your website experience, to save users’ preferences, to analyze internet traffic and to track surfing behavior.

There are “first party cookies”, these are cookies placed by the website owner. Besides this, other third parties are also able to place cookies for analytical and advertising purposes, these are called the “third party cookies”.

This website uses strictly necessary, functionality, analytical.

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are used to allow a proper functioning of our website and are therefore placed without your consent. With strictly necessary cookies no personal data is collected.

Here you can find a list of strictly necessary cookies:
plouvier_session – Maintains the user’s active session on the website – Expiration: End of session

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies are used to allow the website to offer additional features and personal settings, such as language preferences. These additional features and personal settings will only work with your prior explicit consent.

Here you can find a list of functionality cookies:
language_preference – Saves the user’s preferred language – Expiration: 1 year

Analytical cookies

Analytical cookies are used to collect information about the number of visitors on our website and their origins so that we can analyze and improve the performance and operation of our website. On this basis, we can keep track of visitors statistics, for example. These cookies can only be placed with your prior explicit consent.

Here you can find a list of analytical cookies:
_ga (Google Analytics) – Identifies unique visitors – Expiration: 2 years
_gid (Google Analytics) – Tracks user interactions on the website – Expiration: 24 hours
_gat (Google Analytics) – Limits request rates – Expiration: 1 minute