Vasco Group NV (Belgium) BE0428.107.718, Vasco BV (Belgium) BE0479.567.901, Vasco Group GmbH (Germany) DE124395941, Vasco Group Sp. z.o.o. (Poland) PL6912359171, Brugman Fabryka Grzejników Sp. z.o.o. (Poland) PL6912121564, Vasco Group Srl (Italy) IT03603120266 and Vasco Group Sarl FR24337626352 (hereinafter "Vasco Group" or "We") process personal data in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Vasco Group attaches great value and importance to the privacy and secure processing of personal data of their (potential) clients, end customers, prospects and business partners (hereinafter "You" or "Your"). With this Privacy Statement, We inform You about how We handle Your personal data. This Privacy Statement contains, inter alia, information about the personal data that Vasco Group collects, as well as how Vasco Group uses and processes it (hereinafter, "Privacy Statement").
1.1. The importance of this Privacy Statement
The present privacy statement applies to all (commercial) relations between Vasco Group and its (potential) clients, end-clients, prospects and business partners (including as regards the use of the website vasco.eu, brugman.eu, superia.be Vasco Group endeavours at all times to act in accordance with the Privacy Legislation, including the EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter: "AVG"), as well as current and future national legislation regarding the implementation of the aforementioned Regulation. When you provide personal data to Vasco Group, for example through your visit to the Website, the use of Vasco Group services, the purchase of our products, your subscription to one of our newsletters, your visit to a Vasco Group stand at a trade fair or your participation in Vasco Group events, we process these data in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Please note that the provision of certain mandatory personal data is a prerequisite for providing our services/products. In the absence of the aforementioned personal data, it will not be possible to offer our products/services or they will be inadequate. Please read this Privacy Statement in relation to Your use of the Website in conjunction with our cookie policy.
1.2. Who processes the personal data?
For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, Vasco Group is the controller ('controller') and alone or in cooperation with others determines the purposes and means of processing Your personal data. You can always contact us by using the contact details in article 10 of this Privacy Statement. Data protection office details are as follows: Hans Steenbreker (Hans.steenbreker@vasco.eu) Vasco Group may process personal data through the intervention of third-party service providers who receive clear instructions to this effect and who will only process Your personal data in accordance with Vasco Group's instructions and the AVG. If You so request, the data of the processors can be communicated at any time.
2.1. What personal data are processed?
Vasco Group collects and processes the following types of personal data:
2.2. For what purposes are Your personal data processed?
Vasco Group may use your personal data for the following purposes:
Vasco Group processes Your personal data in order to provide You with a safe, optimal and personalised user experience. Vasco Group processes personal data in compliance with general legal principles. Vasco Group will only process data that is strictly necessary for the purposes, as stipulated in this Privacy Statement or on the basis of a legal obligation. Our historical databases may contain personal data, which We have obtained from third parties in the past. We make every effort to avoid processing such data and take measures to minimise such processing. The provision of certain personal data is (sometimes) a condition for certain services (e.g. to access certain parts of the Website, to subscribe to newsletters, to participate in certain activities and events). If this is the case, We always indicate which data are mandatory and which are optional.
3.1. General
Your personal data may be transferred to affiliated entities (of the Vasco Group) or to another partner of Vasco including suppliers (e.g. mailing service providers, payment providers, software suppliers, IT partners, transportation partners, subcontractors, lawyers, external accountants, insurers, etc.) if this is necessary to achieve the stated purposes. This transfer of data will always be limited to companies within the European Economic Area. If Vasco Group shares Your personal data with third parties in this context, the third party in question is always obliged to use Your personal data in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Statement. Without prejudice to the above, Vasco Group may disclose Your personal data in the event We are obliged to do so or in the event of reorganisation or transfer of Our business.
3.2. Reorganisation or transfer of business
In the event of a full or partial reorganisation or transfer of Vasco Group's business, whereby it reorganises, transfers, ceases operations, or in the event of Vasco Group's bankruptcy, this may involve the transfer of Your data to new entities or third parties through which all or part of Vasco Group's business activities are conducted. Vasco Group will make every reasonable effort to notify You in advance before Vasco Group discloses Your data to such third parties, but You acknowledge that this may not be technically or commercially feasible in all circumstances. Vasco Group will not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise commercially provide Your personal information to third parties, except as described above or with Your prior consent.
3.3. Legal obligation
In exceptional cases, Vasco Group may be required to disclose Your personal data pursuant to a court order or to comply with other mandatory laws or regulations or to safeguard its rights. Vasco Group will make reasonable efforts to notify You in advance, except where required by law.
If We were to transfer Your personal data to parties outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who are domiciled or headquartered in a country not covered by an adequacy decision issued by the European Commission, We will ensure that Your personal data is protected by means of an agreement that either (i) contains the standard contractual clauses set out in the "European Commission Decision of 5 February 2010 (Decision 2010/87/EC)" or (ii) provides appropriate safeguards through any other mechanism under the Privacy Act or any other regulation governing the processing of personal data.
Unless where a longer retention period is required or justified (i) by law or (ii) by compliance with another legal obligation, Vasco Group will retain Your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve and fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.
If You wish to exercise one or more of the rights below, please contact privacy@vasco.eu. In principle, You can exercise these rights free of charge. If You wish to exercise any of Your rights, We will respond within one (1) month of receiving the request, and only if the aforementioned right is granted to You. The request will be made in accordance with Article 11 of this Privacy Notice. We may ask You to identify Yourself at any time when You exercise Your rights. For the record, We stress that these rights are not absolute rights and that Vasco Group may not be able to grant Your request due to specific legitimate reasons including but not limited to legal obligations and legitimate interests of Vasco Group or of a third party. If you were to exercise (one of) Your rights and Vasco Group would therefore no longer have the relevant personal data, there is the possibility that certain services/products will no longer be accessible.
6.1. Guarantee of compliance with principles Vasco Group processes Your data only:
6.2. Right to access your personal data
You have the right, provided You adequately prove Your identity, to obtain from Vasco Group a determination as to whether or not Your personal data have been processed and, if so, to obtain access to the personal data.
In doing so, You can obtain information on the categories of personal data, the processing purposes, the recipients of personal data, the (criteria to determine the) time period (to be) during which Your personal data will be stored and the rights that You can exercise pursuant to the AVG.
6.3. Right to rectification or deletion of Your personal data
Personal data that is incomplete or inaccurate can always be corrected or deleted. You can exercise Your right to rectification by providing a statement to Vasco Group in accordance with Article 11 of this Privacy Statement. Furthermore, You have the right to have Your personal data erased by Vasco Group without unreasonable delay. You can only invoke this right in the following cases, which Vasco Group will assess:
In this context, Vasco Group does point out to You that certain services/products will no longer be accessible or can no longer be provided, if You delete or have certain personal data deleted.
6.4. Right to restrict/object to the processing of your personal data;
As a User, You have the right to obtain a restriction of processing by Vasco if any of the following applies:
6.5. Right to data portability
You have the right to obtain the personal data provided to Vasco Group in a structured, common and machine-readable form if the processing is done on the basis of Your consent. In addition, You have the right to transfer these personal data to another controller where the processing of Your personal data rests solely on Your consent.
6.6. Right to withdraw Your consent
You always have the right to withdraw Your consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on the consent before its withdrawal.
6.7. Right to oblivion
Whenever You have rightly requested rectification, erasure or further limited processing of data, the controller will notify each recipient of these personal data, unless this proves impossible or would involve an unreasonable effort. You may also receive information about these recipients at any time.
Vasco Group undertakes to take appropriate and reasonable physical, technological and organisational security measures in order to prevent unauthorised or unlawful access to Your personal data, or loss, misuse or alteration of Your personal data. Vasco Group will in principle keep all personal data it has collected on servers within the EU. Notwithstanding Vasco Group's security policies, the controls We implement and the actions We take in this context, a foolproof level of security can never be guaranteed. You must comply with security rules at all times, including preventing unauthorised access to Your login and code. You are solely responsible for the use of Your computer, Your IP address and Your identification data, as well as for their confidentiality.
It is possible that our Privacy Statement may be amended and modified in the future. This will be clarified in our Privacy Statement. It is up to You to consult this document regularly. Any substantial change will always be clearly communicated through a notification on our home page.
The Website may contain hyperlinks to other websites. When You click on one of these links, You may be directed to another website or Internet resource that knowingly, through cookies or other technologies, collects information about You. Vasco Group bears no responsibility, liability or control over these other websites or Internet resources, nor their privacy policies or the uses/services of that website. You should check the privacy policies of these other websites and Internet resources yourself so that You can judge whether they act in accordance with the Privacy Legislation.
If You have any questions about this Privacy Statement or about how Vasco Group collects, uses or processes Your personal data, please contact us:
If You are dissatisfied with the way Vasco Group has handled these questions or comments, or if You have any complaints about the way Vasco Group collects, uses or processes Your data, You may lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority.
This Privacy Statement applies to the following entities of Vasco Group:
Vasco Group NV
3650 Dilsen-Stokkem (België)
Kruishoefstraat 50
BTW nummer BE 0428.107.718
Vasco BV
3650 Dilsen-Stokkem (België)
Kruishoefstraat 50
BTW nummer BE 0479.567.901
Vasco Group GmbH
Ruhrallee 55
44319 Dortmund (Germany)
BTW nummer DE124395941
Vasco Group Sp. z.o.o.
Ul. Jaworzyńska 295
59-220 Legnica (Poland)
BTW nummer PL6912359171
Brugman Fabryka Grzejników Sp. z.o.o.
Ul. Jaworzyńska 295
59-220 Legnica (Poland)
BTW nummer PL6912121564
Vasco Group Sarl
Bâtiment l’Amiral
1/5 Rue Jean Monnet, 94130 Nogent-sur-Marne (France)
BTW nummer FR24337626352
Vasco Group BV
Boskampstraat 26
7651 AM Tubbergen (The Netherlands)
BTW nummer NL801865633B0TVA FR24337626352.