PRIVACY POLICY

1. Parties and Subject Matter

LS INNOVENTA (hereinafter “LS INNOVENTA” or the “Data Controller”)
Toekomstlaan 29
3600 Genk, Belgium
KBO/VAT: BE 0665 643 296
E-Mail: info.belux@lsinnoventa.com
Phone: +32 (0) 89 39 08 16

LS INNOVENTA establishes this Privacy Policy with the aim of informing Users transparently about the website hosted at the following address: www.lsinnoventa.com (hereinafter the “Site”) and about the way personal data is collected and processed by LS INNOVENTA. The term “User” refers to any user, whether a natural or legal person, who visits the Site or communicates with the Site in any way.

In its capacity as data controller, LS INNOVENTA determines all technical, legal, and organizational means and the purposes for processing Users’ personal data. LS INNOVENTA commits to taking all necessary measures to ensure that the processing of personal data takes place in accordance with the Law of July 30, 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (hereinafter the “Law”) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 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 (i.e., the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); hereinafter the “Regulation”).

LS INNOVENTA is free to choose a natural or legal person who processes the personal data of Users at its request and in its name (hereinafter the “Processor” or “Subcontractor”). In such a case, LS INNOVENTA commits to selecting a Processor that offers sufficient guarantees regarding technical and organizational measures for processing personal data in accordance with the Law and the Regulation.

2. Processing of Personal Data

The use of the Site by Users may lead to the collection of personal data. The processing of these data by LS INNOVENTA in its capacity as Data Controller or by service providers acting in the name and on behalf of LS INNOVENTA is done in accordance with the Law and the Regulation. Personal data is processed by LS INNOVENTA for the purposes mentioned below via the following methods:

An automated procedure;
Subscription to the newsletter;
Leaving data for the shipment of purchases;
Use of cookies;
Sharing free content.

3. Purpose of Processing Personal Data

In accordance with Article 13 of the Regulation, the purposes of processing personal data are communicated to the User. These purposes are as follows:

Ensuring the execution of the services offered and agreed upon on the Site;
Fulfilling legal obligations for keeping records.

4. Personal Data That Can Be Processed

The User agrees that during the visit and use of the Site, LS INNOVENTA collects and processes the following personal data:

Information provided by users or purchasers during the purchase on the website: name, address, email address, phone number.
LS INNOVENTA collects and processes this personal data in accordance with the conditions and principles described in this Privacy Policy.

5. Consent

By accessing and using the Site, the User declares that they have read and given their free, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent to the processing of their personal data. This agreement relates to the content of this Privacy Policy. Consent is given through the positive and active act of checking the box for the privacy policy in the ‘hypertext link’. This consent is an essential condition for performing certain actions on the Site or for enabling the User to enter into a contractual relationship with LS INNOVENTA. Any agreement binding LS INNOVENTA and a User concerning the services and goods offered on the Site is subject to the User’s acceptance of the Privacy Policy. The User agrees that the Data Controller collects and processes their personal data provided on the Site or in connection with the services offered by LS INNOVENTA for the above-mentioned purposes in accordance with the conditions and principles contained in this Privacy Policy. The User has the right to withdraw this consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on prior consent.

6. Retention Period of Users’ Personal Data

In accordance with Article 13, paragraph 2 of the Regulation, the Data Controller retains personal data only as long as reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes for which they are processed. This duration is in all cases no longer than 5 years.

7. Recipients of Data and Disclosure to Third Parties

Personal data may be transmitted to employees, collaborators, subcontractors, processors, or suppliers of LS INNOVENTA to the extent that adequate guarantees are provided for data security and they cooperate with LS INNOVENTA for marketing products or providing services. They act under the direct authority of LS INNOVENTA and are specifically responsible for collecting, processing, or subcontracting these data. In all cases, the recipients of the data and those to whom the data is disclosed adhere to the content of this Privacy Policy. LS INNOVENTA ensures that they process this data only for the intended purposes and in a discrete and secure manner. If data is disclosed to third parties for direct marketing or prospecting purposes, the User will be informed beforehand to provide their prior and explicit consent to this use of personal data.

8. Users’ Rights

The User can exercise their rights at any time by sending an email to the following address: info.belux@lsinnoventa.com or by sending a letter accompanied by a copy of their identity card to the following address: Toekomstlaan 29, 3600 Genk, Belgium.

a. Right of Access

In accordance with Article 15 of the Regulation, LS INNOVENTA guarantees the User’s right to access their personal data. The User has the right to access this personal data and the following information:

The categories of personal data concerned;
The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed;
If the recipients are established in third countries or international organizations, the appropriate or suitable safeguards;
If possible, the proposed storage period for personal data or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine this period;
The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling as referred to in Article 22, paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Regulation, and at least in such cases, relevant information about the underlying logic as well as the importance and expected consequences of such processing for the data subject.
The Data Controller may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs for additional copies requested by the User. If the User submits this request electronically (e.g., via email), the data is provided in an electronic format and for general use unless the User requests otherwise. The data copy will be communicated to the User no later than one month after receipt of the request.

b. Right to Rectification

LS INNOVENTA guarantees the right to rectification and deletion of personal data to the User. In accordance with Article 16 of the Regulation, incorrect, inaccurate, or irrelevant data can be corrected or deleted at any time. The User first makes the necessary changes from their user account unless these cannot be made independently, in which case the request can be addressed to LS INNOVENTA. In accordance with Article 19 of the Regulation, the Data Controller notifies each recipient to whom the personal data has been disclosed of any rectification of personal data unless such rectification proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. The Data Controller provides the data subject with information about these recipients if the data subject requests it.

c. Right to Erasure

The User has the right to obtain the deletion of their personal data as soon as possible in the cases mentioned in Article 17 of the Regulation. When the Data Controller has made the personal data public and is obliged to erase it under the previous paragraph, the Data Controller, taking into account available technology and implementation costs, takes reasonable measures, including technical measures, to inform other data controllers processing such personal data that the data subject has requested these data controllers to erase any links to, or copy or replication of, that personal data. The two preceding paragraphs do not apply to the extent that such processing is necessary:

For exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
For compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the Data Controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Data Controller;
For the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
In accordance with Article 19 of the Regulation, the Data Controller notifies each recipient to whom the personal data has been disclosed of any deletion of personal data or any restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. The Data Controller provides the data subject with information about these recipients if the data subject requests it.

d. Right to Restrict Processing

The User has the right to obtain restriction of processing of their personal data in the cases mentioned in Article 18 of the Regulation. In accordance with Article 19 of the Regulation, the Data Controller notifies each recipient to whom the personal data has been disclosed of any restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. The Data Controller provides the data subject with information about these recipients if the data subject requests it.

e. Right to Data Portability

In accordance with Article 20 of the Regulation, Users have the right to receive their personal data from LS INNOVENTA in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.