Privacy Policy

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1. Introduction

Your privacy is very important and must be protected. This policy describes how we process your personal information provided via the website (https://blacklightdsgn.com). We, Blacklight Dsgn, are the data controller for your personal information. We recommend that you read the details of this privacy policy carefully to fully understand our privacy practices.

What is the purpose of this policy? This document explains how this site collects, uses, and protects your personal data in order to fulfill the purposes mentioned in this document.

What is meant by personal data? The term “personal data” refers to information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly. This includes information such as your first name, last name, email address, tracking technologies (such as cookies or web beacons), user activity, and device information. You will find detailed information about each type of personal data collected in the relevant sections of this privacy policy or in a text displayed before the data is collected.

2. Data controller.

Blacklight DSGN (Kristof Putteman)

GDPR Contact: contact

3. Data we collect.

The types of personal data that this site collects, either directly or through third parties, may include the following:

  • Firstname.
  • Lastname.
  • Email address.
  • Trackers.
  • Usage data.

Full details on each type of personal data collected are provided in the relevant sections of this privacy policy or in specific explanatory texts published prior to data collection. Personal data may be freely provided by you or, in the case of usage data, collected automatically when you use this site. Unless otherwise specified, all data requested by this site is mandatory and failure to provide it may make it impossible for the site to provide its services.

In cases where this site specifies that certain personal data is not mandatory, you are free not to provide it without affecting the availability or functioning of the service.

Any use of cookies (or other tracking tools) by this site or by the owners of third-party services used by this site is intended to provide the service you have requested, in addition to the other purposes described in this document.

You are responsible for any personal data of third parties obtained, published, or communicated through this site.

4. Processing methods & location.

Treatment methods. We take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of data. Data processing is carried out using computers or IT tools, following procedures and organizational methods strictly related to the purposes indicated.

In some cases, the data may be accessible not only to us but also to certain types of people responsible for managing or participating in this site (e.g., administration, sales team, marketing team, legal department).

The data may also be accessible to external parties that we have designated, where applicable, as subcontractors.

The updated list of these parties can be requested at any time by contacting us at the address indicated in this document.

Place of treatment. The data is processed at our headquarters and in all other locations where the parties involved in the processing are located. Depending on your location, data transfers may involve the transfer of your data to a country other than your own. For more information on where this transferred data is processed, please refer to the section containing details on the processing of personal data.

5. Purposes & legal bases.

  • B2B prospecting (legitimate interest/consent depending on the channel).
  • Contract execution (quotations, invoicing, support).
  • Audience measurement (consent if necessary).

Legal basis for processing

We may process personal data about you if you have given your consent or for one or more specific purposes:

  • the provision of data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
  • processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
  • the processing is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
  • the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.

In any case, we will gladly assist you in clarifying the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of personal data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

6. Recipients & subcontractors.

Web hosting : OVHcloud

Messaging : Microsoft 365/Outlook.

Analytics : Google LLC.

CMP : Termly.

7. Retention period.

Understanding how long we keep your information.

When we collect your personal information, we keep it for as long as necessary for the purposes for which we collected it. Sometimes, we may need to keep your personal information longer due to a legal obligation or based on your consent.

Here is more detail on what this means. We will retain your personal information based on the purposes and grounds mentioned below:

  • for contractual purposes: if we have entered into a contract with you, we will retain your information until the contract has been fully performed.
  • for our legitimate interests: If we use your personal information for purposes that are necessary and related to our activities, we will retain it for as long as we need it for those purposes. You can find out more about these purposes by consulting the relevant sections of this document or by contacting us.
  • with your consent: We may be permitted to retain personal data for longer whenever you have given your consent to such processing, unless you withdraw your consent.
  • legal obligations: we may be required to retain personal data for longer periods whenever this is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or by order of an authority.

Once the retention period has expired, your personal data will be deleted. Consequently, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification, and the right to data portability cannot be exercised after the retention period has expired.

Retention period. Unless otherwise specified in this document, personal data is processed and stored for as long as required for the purpose for which it was collected and may be stored longer due to an applicable legal obligation or on the basis of your consent.

8. Transfers outside the EU/EEA.

Where applicable: guarantees (standard contractual clauses, countries concerned).

9. Third-party services (analytics, policies, forms).

Your personal data is collected to enable us to provide our service, fulfill our legal obligations, respond to law enforcement requests, protect our rights and interests (or yours or those of third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, and for the purposes mentioned below:

Analyses.

The services contained in this section allow us to monitor and analyze web traffic and track changes in your behavior.

Google Analytics (Google LLC)

Web analytics service (GA4) provided by Google. Google uses the collected data to track and analyze the use of this site, prepare reports on its activities, and share them with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

To understand how Google uses data, see its policy regarding partners. and its page sur les données d’entreprise.

Personal data processed: trackers; usage data. Place of treatment: United States. Privacy Policy:https://business.safety.google/privacy/ Deactivation link:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Displaying content from external platforms.

This type of service allows you to view and interact with content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this site. These services are often referred to as widgets. They are small elements placed on a website or application. They provide certain information or perform a specific function and often allow interaction with the user. If such a service is installed, it can still collect web traffic data from the pages, even if you do not use it.

Google Fonts (Google LLC)

Google Fonts is a font preview service provided by Google LLC that allows this site to incorporate such content on its pages.

To understand how Google uses data, see its policy regarding partners and its page on company data.

Personal data processed: trackers; usage data Place of treatment:United States. Privacy Policy:https://business.safety.google/privacy/ Deactivation link:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Category of personal information collected under the CCPA: information relating to activity on the internet or any other electronic network.

Contact Us

Contact form (this site)

By filling out the contact form with your details, you authorize this site to use this information to respond to your requests for information, quotes, or any other request indicated in the form header.

Personal data processed: email address; first name; last name

10. Your rights.

You may exercise certain rights regarding your data that we process. In particular, you have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:

  • Withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to withdraw your consent if you have already consented to the processing of your personal data.
  • Object to the processing of your data. You have the right to object to the processing of your data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
    • If your personal data is processed in the public interest, by a public authority, or for our legitimate business interests, you may object to this by providing a reason related to your particular situation.
    • However, if your personal data is processed for commercial prospecting purposes, you may object to this at any time, free of charge and without giving any reason. In the event of an objection, we will stop using your personal data for prospecting purposes. To find out if we use your data for commercial prospecting purposes, please refer to the relevant sections of this document.
  • Access your data. You have the right to know whether we are processing data, to obtain information about certain aspects of the processing, and to obtain a copy of the data being processed.
  • Verify and obtain rectification. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your data and request that it be updated or corrected.
  • Restrict the processing of your data. You have the right to restrict the processing of your data. In this case, we will only process your data for storage purposes.
  • Have your personal data deleted or erased. You have the right to have your data erased by us.
  • Retrieve your data and have it transferred to another data controller. You have the right to retrieve your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another data controller without hindrance of any kind.
  • Lodge a complaint. You have the right to lodge a complaint with your competent data protection authority.
  • Know the reason for data transfers. You also have the right to know the legal basis for data transfers to any foreign country and in particular to any international organization governed by public international law or created by two or more countries, such as the UN.
  • Know the security measures. You have the right to know the security measures we take to protect your data.

How to exercise these rights?

Any request to exercise your rights may be sent to us. You will find our full contact details at the beginning of this document.

These requests can be made free of charge and we will respond as soon as possible, providing you with the information required by law.

We will communicate any rectification or erasure of personal data or any restriction of processing to each recipient to whom the personal data has been disclosed, where applicable, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At your request, we will inform you of these recipients.

Contact : contact form. Competent authority: APD/Data Protection Authority (BE).

11. Cookies & preferences.

Types of cookies, purposes, durations. Link to the preferences page.

12. Information for Switzerland.

This section applies to you if you reside in Switzerland, and supersedes any other information that may be inconsistent or contradictory in the privacy policy.

Further details regarding the categories of data processed, the purposes of the processing, the categories of recipients of the personal data, where applicable, the retention period, and other information about personal data are provided in the section entitled “Detailed Information on the Processing of Personal Data” in this document.

Your rights under Swiss federal data protection law.

You may exercise certain rights regarding your data, within the limits of the law, including the following rights:

  • the right to access personal data;
  • the right to object to the processing of your personal data (which also allows you to demand that the processing of personal data be restricted, that personal data be deleted or destroyed, that specific disclosures of personal data to third parties be prohibited);
  • the right to retrieve your personal data and transfer it to another data controller (data portability);
  • the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data.

How to exercise these rights?

Any request to exercise your rights may be sent to us at the contact details provided at the beginning of this document. These requests may be exercised free of charge, and we will respond as soon as possible, providing you with the information required by law.

13. Policy updates

We may modify this policy; the update date reflects the current version.

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