Privacy and cookie policy

Article 1 – General

1.1. By means of this Privacy Policy, CRIUS GROUP also complies with EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of personal data.

1.2. The controller of your personal data is CRIUS GROUP. A declaration has been made to the Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy on the processing of your personal data.

Article 2 – Personal data

Personal data that you communicate to us:

Connection information: all information we collect when you use our digital services, such as Crius Group’s website. This allows us to secure the applications and provide you with optimal support while browsing. This category includes the IP address, device information, and so on.
Identification information: information that we collect, for example, when you subscribe to our newsletter or request further information about our products and services from us. This category includes your first name, surname, job title, company name and email address;
Cookie information: keeping this information enables you to browse faster. It also helps you to navigate between the different parts of the website (more information on our cookie policy can be found in Article 9);

CRIUS GROUP may collect your personal data in various ways:

through the use of cookies (see below);
during your identification and use of the website.

The website also uses cookies that collect some personal data. See Article 9 for the provisions on the use of cookies.

Article 3 – Purposes of the processing

3.1. General purposes:

CRIUS GROUP will use your personal data for the following purposes only:

To improve CRIUS GROUP’s services and website: to maintain and improve this website and to include personal data in anonymous statistics, from which the identity of specific persons or companies cannot be ascertained, with CRIUS GROUP’s legitimate interests in constantly improving its website and services as the legal basis;
For sales and marketing campaigns: we use your personal data to organise sales and marketing campaigns to promote our services. We will obviously do this only if we have received your explicit and prior consent;
For an optimal browsing experience: with your explicit and prior consent (cookies), we use your personal data to give you an optimal browsing experience;
To provide services: delivery and invoicing of products and/or services you have ordered.

You are not obliged to disclose your personal data, but should understand that providing certain services will become impossible if you refuse processing.

3.2. Direct marketing:

Personal data will also be used for direct marketing, provided you have given your additional and express consent (‘opt-in’).

If you are already included in our mailing list to receive marketing materials in paper and/or electronic form, CRIUS GROUP may use your data to send marketing and other materials relating to CRIUS GROUP, its products and/or services. CRIUS GROUP may use the data you provide to update documents in its possession.

This consent may be withdrawn at any time, without justification or charge, for example by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided for this purpose at the bottom of each promotional email.

3.3. Transfer to third parties:

If CRIUS GROUP reorganises, transfers or discontinues all or some of its business activities or if CRIUS GROUP goes into liquidation, your data may be transferred to new entities or third parties through which all or some of CRIUS GROUP’s business activities are performed.

CRIUS GROUP will reasonably try to inform you in advance about disclosing your data to such a third party, but you also acknowledge that this might not be technically or commercially feasible under all circumstances.

CRIUS GROUP will not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise commercially provide your personal data to third parties, except as described above or unless you give prior consent.

3.4. Statutory requirements:

In rare cases, CRIUS GROUP might have to disclose your personal data under a court order or to comply with other mandatory laws or regulations. CRIUS GROUP will reasonably try to inform you of this in advance, unless this disclosure is subject to statutory restrictions.

Article 4 – Duration of processing

We will retain and process personal data for the period needed for the purposes of processing and for the contractual relationship between CRIUS GROUP and the client. The standard period for this purpose is five years. If there has been no cooperation for five years, we will remove your data from our databases.

Article 5 – Your rights

5.1. Right of access:

You have the right to examine your personal data and how we use those data at any time and at no charge.

5.2. Right of rectification, removal and restriction:

You may freely decide whether to communicate your personal data to CRIUS GROUP. You also always have the right to request that we rectify, supplement or remove your personal data. You acknowledge that if you refuse to communicate your personal data or request their deletion, we will be unable to provide certain services and products.

You may also request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

5.3. Right to object:

You also have the right to object to processing of your personal data for serious and legitimate reasons.

You also always have the right to oppose the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes and you need not provide any reasons in such a case.

5.4. Right to free data portability:

You have the right to obtain your personal data that we process in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or to transmit these data to other controllers.

5.5. Right to withdraw consent:

If processing is based on your prior consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent.

5.6. Exercising your rights:

You can exercise your rights by contacting us either by email at info@crius-group.com or by post at CRIUS GROUP [Vaartstraat 66, 2235 Hulshout], enclosing a copy of your identity card.

5.7. Automatic decisions and profiling:

Processing your personal data does not include profiling and we will also not subject you to automated decisions.

5.8. Right to lodge a complaint:

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Privacy Commission: Data Protection Authority, Rue de la Presse – Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels, Tel. +32 (0)2 274 48 00, Fax +32 (0)2 274 48 35, email: contact@apd-gba.be.

This does not affect you obtaining relief from a civil court.

If you suffer damage because of the processing of your personal data, you can institute a claim for compensation.

Article 6 – Security and confidentiality

We have developed appropriate technical and organisational security measures to avoid the destruction, loss, falsification, alteration, unauthorised access or accidental disclosure of personal data to third parties, as well as any other unauthorised processing of these data.

CRIUS GROUP will never be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the incorrect or unlawful use of personal data by a third party.

You must always comply with security regulations, including preventing any unauthorised access to your login details and code. You are thus solely responsible for any use from your computer website, of your IP address and your identification data, and for their confidentiality.

Article 7 – Access by third parties

To process your personal data, we grant our employees access to your personal data. We guarantee an equivalent level of protection by making contractual obligations similar to this Privacy Policy enforceable against these employees.

Article 8 – Notifying the Data Protection Authority

The Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy has been notified of this processing of personal data. You can always contact this Commission at these addresses:

Data Protection Authority
Rue de la Presse – Drukpersstraat 35
1000 Brussels
Tel. +32 (0)2 274 48 00
Fax +32 (0)2 274 48 35
email: contact@apd-gba.be

Article 9 – Cookies

9.1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file sent by CRIUS GROUP’s server and placed on your computer’s hard drive. Only we can read the information stored in these cookies and we can do so only for the duration of your visit to our website.

9.2. Why do we use cookies?

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish your user preferences from those of our other website users. This helps us to provide you with a better user experience when you visit our website and to also optimise our website.

Because of recent legislative changes, all websites targeting certain parts of the European Union must obtain your consent to use or store cookies and similar technologies on your computers or mobile devices. This Cookie Policy gives you clear and complete information about the cookies we use and their purpose.

9.3. Types of cookies:

The website uses these cookies only:

Strictly necessary cookies/Indispensable cookies:
You need these cookies to visit our website and browse on certain pages. These cookies may help you, for example, to navigate between pages or to complete forms. If you refuse these cookies, some parts of the website will not work or will not work as well as they should.
Functional cookies:
These cookies make it easier for our websites to function, allow for more personalised browsing and remember your preferences. In short, these cookies make browsing much more pleasant.
Performance and analysis cookies:
These cookies collect general information about how visitors use our website. By using these cookies, we want to improve the content of our website, adapt it to the wishes of our visitors and make it more user-friendly. Examples are cookies that count the number of unique visitors and cookies that track the most popular pages.
Social media cookies:
To support our activities, CRIUS GROUP’s website sometimes refers to other websites with a clickable link. Cookies can also be created if you visit these (external) sites. Check the privacy policies of these websites for more information. You can also share the content of CRIUS GROUP’s website on social media using buttons. Social media can in turn place cookies on CRIUS GROUP’s website and collect data in this way. For more information, refer to the statements made by these parties on their websites: Facebook, Google+/YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter. Note that these statements can change regularly.
Other cookies:
These are cookies that do not belong in any of the above categories. Examples include the cookies we use to optimise our website and perform our own web analyses. These are known as web analysis cookies. You can create statistics with the information they collect. They provide insight into how often web pages are visited, where visitors spend the most time, and so on. These cookies help us to make our website’s structure, navigation and content as user-friendly as possible.

For cookies placed by third parties (e.g. Google Analytics), we refer you to the statements these parties provide on their respective websites. Note: we have no influence over the content of those statements or the content of those third-party cookies: Google Analytics cookies.

9.4. Your consent:

When you first visit our website, you will be asked to accept our different types of cookies. You can allow or refuse each category of cookies. You can always change the cookie settings for our website by using the hyperlink at the bottom of our website and thus withdrawing your consent.

You can refuse the installation of these cookies by selecting ‘Refuse cookies’ in the pop-up window that appears when you use the website for the first time.

You can also refuse or block cookies by changing your browser settings. Disabling cookies could mean that you are unable to use certain website functions.

Should you have any further questions or comments about processing your personal data, contact us by email at info@crius-group.com or by post at CRIUS GROUP (Vaartstraat 66, 2235 Hulshout).

More information on cookies can also be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

More information on online behavioural advertising and online privacy can be found at http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/