Privacy declaration

Our website address is: https://thedataforest.be.

What information do we collect about you?

When visitors leave comments on the site, third parties collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if uploaded) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

When creating an account or requesting a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

The website or third parties may collect data about how you interact with the website, cookies, and interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to the website or are browsing the website.

Who has access to your information?

Only consented cookies are shared with third-parties for improved and customised user experience. Some of the content can be shared with the government if required by law.

How long do we store your data?

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Cookies used by third parties will be stored according to their own policies. 

How will we use the information about you?

We collect information about you related to the activities conducted on the website that might include comments, creating login, browsing history, and cookies. We use this information to provide you with better personalised content and website experience. 

Why do we use information about you?

We process the data for the legal obligation to be compliant under certain conditions to which we are subjected to. And another part is that there is a legitimate interest in collecting data for improving the services by us or third parties. This information is collected and processed only after the consent of the user.

How can you access and correct your information?

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.