Privacy & cookies

This privacy statement applies to all activities of Executives United, with company number 0752.699.016.

General Disclaimers

Unless otherwise indicated, the contents of our Website, including but not limited to text, graphics and icons, are copyrighted material of Executives United and its suppliers and affiliates, and contain trademarks, service marks and trade names of Executives United and its suppliers and affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

You may use the content ONLY for information about, evaluation and/or purchase of our products and services as found on our Website. We make every effort to provide accurate and timely information; however, there may be unintentional technical and factual inaccuracies and typographical errors, for which we apologize. Executives United reserves the right to make changes and corrections at any time without notice. Our Website and related content are provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. Executives United cannot ensure that files you download from our Website are free of viruses or contamination or destructive features.

We reserve the right to change this privacy statement. We will provide notice of significant changes to this Privacy Statement via the Website at least thirty (30) business days before the change is made effective.

Definitions

  1. “Non-Personal Information” is information that is not personally identifiable in any way and that is automatically obtained through your simple use of our Website.
  1. “Personally Identifiable Information” is non-public information that is personally identifiable and obtained in connection with providing services to you. It may include information such as, but not limited to, name, address, telephone number, company name, transaction information related to your purchase of the Services, credit or debit card number, expiration date and verification number.
  1. “Customer Content” is any content uploaded to the Executives United servers by the Customer and/or its authorized end users using the Executives United service. This includes, but is not limited to: text, rich-text, contact information, images, documents or other files.

Privacy Policy Applicability.

This section of the Policy addresses the treatment of information on our Website.

Information Collected

When using our website, we collect non-personal information (Information sent to us via cookies, web beacons and browser information). Similarly, to provide you with meaningful Services and for other reasons, we may collect personally identifiable information about you from the following sources: Information you provide to us through applications or forms on our Website and/or Application; or Information about your financial transactions with us and our affiliates (contractors and service providers) (“Billing Information”); or Information you send to us through any medium, including but not limited to: texts, mail, telephone and social media interaction; or information you send us when you contact Executives United’s customer service department to accurately categorize and respond to customer inquiries.

Web Beacons

We may use web beacons, pixels, anonymous ad network tags, and cookies to present ads more effectively or to provide site features to our users, as well as to collect non-personal information about your use of our website, to collect anonymized, aggregate audits, research and reporting for advertisers, and to collect data related to your use of promotions or newsletters. If you are a non-registered visitor to the site, the only information we collect is non-personal data through the use of cookies or web beacons.

Log files, IP addresses and browser information

When you visit our website, we receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are heading. We also receive the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and the type of web browser you use, your mobile device (including your UDID) and mobile operating system (if you visit our website using a mobile device), as well as the name of your Internet service provider or your mobile carrier. Executives United may also receive location information transmitted to it through third-party services or GPS devices that you have enabled. This information may be used by Executives United and selected partners to optimize the user experience when using our application.

Use of Collected Information

We use both non-personal information and personally identifiable information to perform requested services. For example, if you request a Executives United trial, we will use the information provided to contact you about your interest in our application. We may also use this information for marketing purposes. For example, we may contact you to further discuss your interest in Executives United, including promotions or events. We may use the information collected to enforce our website policies, or to protect our rights and intellectual property or the rights of others who use the application. We use web beacons, cookies and/or log files to use and improve the application and track its usage. We use Billing Information solely to verify financial qualifications and to collect and enforce payment. We may use personally identifiable information to send you reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support as needed or desired. We may publish information that is intended to be disclosed by you. You are responsible for the accuracy of the personally identifiable information you provide to us. Inaccurate information will affect your ability to access our website, and our ability to contact you as described in this Privacy Policy (so please keep your email address and other important information fully updated at all times).

Links to other websites

Our website and other applications may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the actions, practices or content of such websites that are linked to or from our Website and/or Application. You understand that such websites may have their own legal documents that you must agree to before using them and that we have no control over these legal documents. As always, you understand that it is your responsibility to verify your lawful use of any website, as well as the use of any information from the website with the respective website owner.

Customer Testimonials

We may post a list of customers and testimonials on the website that include information such as customer names and titles of customer personnel. We obtain each customer’s consent prior to posting any information on such list or testimonials.

Sharing of Collected Information

We may share your personal information with our service providers so that they may provide services on our behalf. We may also share your information with our contracted service providers to ensure the quality of the information provided. We do not share, sell, rent or trade information with third parties for their promotional purposes. We use third party service providers to manage credit card processing. This service provider is not permitted to store, retain or use billing information except for the sole purpose of processing payments on our behalf. We reserve the right to use or disclose personally identifiable information if required to do so by law or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process.

Email Policy

You may opt out of receiving email correspondence from us for marketing purposes at any time by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in email newsletters. As a Executives United customer, you can always opt out of receiving email notifications related to your account through your account settings. Executives United will never email you without prior written consent.

Transfer of Ownership

If full or substantial ownership of our Website or Application were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so that the service can continue operations. Upon such transfer of information, your user information will remain subject to the promises of our then current Privacy Policy.

Security

We have implemented appropriate safeguards to protect personally identifiable information and customer content from unauthorized access, to maintain data accuracy, and to ensure appropriate use. Customers are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of their usernames and passwords and for setting up administrative controls for such protections.

Correcting and Updating Your Information.

You may verify, update or change personally identifiable information related to you. If you want to update your billing information, delete your registration information or terminate your account, send an email to info@executivesunited.com. For other information, please send a request by letter, email or fax addressed to the address listed in this Privacy Statement. In any written request, please provide the following information: name, contact information and the nature of the request, for example: view and/or edit information, request use and/or disclosure. We may require you to provide additional information to help us locate your information or verify your identity.

Customer Content Privacy Policy

This section of the policy addresses the handling of information that customers provide in our service and application

Information Collected

Executives United collects all input data provided by the customer (“customer data”), including but not limited to: plain text, rich-text, contact information, documents, images or other files. This information is securely stored on Executives United database servers in a secure environment. All customer data provided remains the property of the customer and the customer has full responsibility for keeping the data provided up to date. Executives United will never interfere with Customer Content unless intervention is required for security or maintenance reasons or at the request of Customer.

Security and sharing of Customer Content.

Executives United makes all reasonable efforts to keep Customer Content secure and to keep all Customer Content confidential and safe. This includes various security features and counter-technology attacks to keep data safe. Executives United will never share any Customer Content with third parties except for some operational reasons as stated below. Shared data is always encrypted during transmission over the Internet.

Personal Data

  1. Protection of Personal Data.

Personal Data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more elements specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

We attach the necessary importance to respecting and protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal data. The purpose of this privacy and cookie statement is to inform you of the conditions governing the use of personal data and the protection rules put in place to safeguard the confidentiality of this personal data.

We undertake to use personal data discreetly and to protect its confidential and private nature. This is all in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Law of December 8, 1992 on the Protection of Privacy with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (as amended) (hereinafter “the Law of December 8, 1992”) and the other relevant legal regulations in force. We have taken legal and technical precautions to the best of our ability to prevent unauthorized access to and use of your personal data. Where it is impossible to guarantee security completely we will provide appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the personal data.

  1. What personal data is collected, why and for what purposes?

Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data or set of personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction.

“Confidential processing” means that we process personal data in a confidential manner in accordance with the legal requirements applicable in Belgium, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law of 8 December 1992.

You are free to visit our website and collect the necessary information about our services without providing us with any personal data.

We may process the personal data of the following data subjects (e.g.: customers, customer contacts, etc). We may process the following personal data of the data subject (e.g. name, first name, national registration number, telephone number, address, e-mail address, account number, picture, family composition, education, function, etc.) on the basis of the following legal grounds (consent of the data subject, necessity for the performance of the contract, legal obligation, protection of vital interests, task of general interest or legitimate interest) for the following purposes (e.g. to comply with legal obligations (customer management, etc.), to execute the contract, to provide the data subject with informative news items related to the company, to improve the quality of services or information, etc..

By providing personal data, the data subject expressly consents to the processing of such data for the aforementioned purposes. The data subject has the right to withdraw the given consent, insofar as the processing is based solely on the data subject’s consent….

Under no circumstances will the personal data of the data subject be transferred to third parties, either for informational or commercial purposes.

The retention period of personal data with us is 3 years. Upon expiration of this period, the personal data will be deleted from the system. Personal data processed for personnel management and invoicing purposes will be kept for the period necessary to meet legal requirements (including accounting and social legislation). If we wish to continue using the personal data after the retention period has expired, we will ask permission again.

  1. Your rights

In accordance with the regulations in force, you have a legal right to access your personal data free of charge in order to complete, correct, amend, delete or transfer them, upon simple request. You also have the right to object, on request and free of charge, to the processing of your personal data for purposes such as direct marketing.

More specifically, the data subject has the following rights in accordance with the applicable regulations and under the applicable conditions:

Right to access: the data subject always has the possibility to request his personal data (incl. processing purposes, categories of personal data, expected storage period) for access.

Right to rectification: the data subject has always the possibility to have his personal data corrected or supplemented.

Right to erasure of data: under certain conditions, the data subject has the possibility to request the erasure of his personal data on simple request free of charge.

Right to restriction of processing: the data subject has under certain conditions the possibility to request the restriction of the processing of his personal data in the future.

Right to object: the data subject has the possibility, under certain conditions, of objecting to the processing of his personal data for, inter alia, direct marketing purposes.

Right to transferability: the data subject has the possibility to obtain and transfer his personal data to third parties in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us in writing at the e-mail address info@executivesunited.com. We will contact you within 30 days of your request.

Still have questions?

We are the controller of the processing of your personal data. If after reading this privacy and cookie statement you still have questions or comments about the protection of your personal data or about cookies, you can contact us via the e-mail address info@executivesunited.com or via the above contact details. We will contact you within 30 days of your request.

You can also contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) who is responsible for looking after your privacy interests. You can reach the Data Protection Officer (DPO) directly at the following details: JeanJJJ Theuns, founder of Executives United, Geloeslaan 43, 3630 Maasmechelen, BE0760797229 – info@executivesunited.com.

For additional information regarding the protection of personal data, please contact the Commission for the Protection of Privacy at 1000 Brussels, rue du Mail 35, tel: 02/274.48.00, e-mail: commission@privacycommission.be, www.privacycommission.be.