This “Privacy Policy” governs the processing of your personal data by Gammol. This Privacy Policy contains information about how we process your personal data and which cookies are used. By providing your personal data on the website and by providing personal data to the email addresses listed on this website, you declare that you have taken note of this Privacy Policy and that you agree to it, as well as to the processing itself.
1. General
The controller of your personal data is the vzw Gammol, hereinafter referred to as "we" or "us", with registered office at Abdij Vlierbeek 3, 3010 Kessel-Lo (Leuven), Belgium.
We comply with the "Law of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy with regard to the processing of personal data", as amended by the Law of 11 December 1998 as well as the anti-spam provisions of Book XII of the Code of Economic Law concerning the "law of the electronic economy".
By means of this Privacy Policy, we also comply with the European Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of personal data.
2. Personal data
2.1. Personal data that you provice
You share the following personal data with us:
- Category 1: without registration: your IP address;
- Category 2: filling in forms or placing an order without registration: all fields in the form, as well as your IP address;
- Category 3: upon registration: all fields in the form, as well as your IP address and password;
- Category 4: via cookies.
2.2. Collecting your personal data
We may collect information from you in a number of ways:
- through the use of cookies (see below);
- during your registration and use of the Website.
2.3. Use of cookies
The Website also uses cookies that collect a number of personal data. For the provisions regarding the use of cookies, see article 8.
3. Purposes of the processing
3.1. General purposes
We will only use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Category 1: maintaining and improving this website and including personal data in anonymous statistics, from which the identity of specific persons or companies cannot be traced, with our legitimate interests to improve our website and services as the legal basis;
- Category 2: managing your account on this website with a view to using our website, with the legal basis being the execution of an agreement requested by you, and, if indicated by you, also sending direct marketing, with your explicit, prior consent as the legal basis;
- Category 3: sending you direct marketing, newsletters, campaigns and promotions, with your explicit, prior consent as the legal basis;
- Category 4: improving the user experience and statistical purposes (see below) with your explicit, prior consent as the legal basis.
You are not obliged to provide your personal data, but you understand that the provision of certain services will be impossible if you refuse the processing.
3.2. Direct marketing
The personal data will also be used for direct marketing, provided that you have given additional explicit consent for this ("opt-in").
If you are already included in our mailing list for receiving marketing material in paper and/or electronic form, we can use your data to send marketing and other material relating to our products and/or services. We can use the data you provide to update documents stored by us.
This consent can be withdrawn at any time, without justification and free of charge, for example by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided for this purpose at the bottom of each promotional e-mail message.
3.3. Transfer to third parties
In the event of a complete or partial reorganisation or transfer of our activities whereby we reorganise, transfer, cease our business activities or if we go bankrupt, this may mean that your data will be transferred to new entities or third parties.
We will attempt to inform you in advance of the fact that we disclose your data to said third party, but you also acknowledge that this is not technically or commercially feasible in all circumstances.
We will not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make your personal data commercially available to third parties, except as described above or unless with your prior consent.
3.4. Legal requirements
In rare cases, we may be required to disclose your personal data pursuant to a court order or to comply with other mandatory laws or regulations. We will attempt to inform you in advance of this, unless this is subject to legal restrictions.
4. Duration of the processing
The personal data are stored and processed by us for a period that is necessary in function of the purposes of the processing and in function of the contractual relationship between you and us.
5. Your rights
5.1. Right of access and inspection
You have the right to take note of your personal data at any time, free of charge, as well as of the use that we make of your personal data.
5.2. Right of improvement, deletion and restriction
You are free to share your personal data with us or not. In addition, you always have the right to request us to improve, supplement or delete your personal data. You acknowledge that in the event of refusal of communication or request for deletion of personal data, certain services and products will not be available. You may also request to limit the processing of your personal data.
5.3. Right of objection
You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for serious and legitimate reasons.
In addition, you always have the right to object to the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes; in such a case, you do not have to give reasons.
5.4. Right to free data portability
You have the right to obtain your personal data processed by us in a structured, common and machine-readable form and/or to transfer it to other controllers.
5.5. Right to withdraw consent
To the extent that the processing is based on your prior consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent.
5.6. Exercising your rights
You can exercise your rights by contacting us, either by e-mail to
5.7. Automated decisions and profiling
The processing of your personal data does not include profiling and you will not be subject to automated decisions by us either.
5.8. Right to file a complaint
You have the right to file a complaint with the Belgian Privacy Commission: Commission for the Protection of Privacy, Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels, Tel +32 (0)2 274 48 00, Fax +32 (0)2 274 48 35, e-mail:
This does not affect a remedy before a civil court.
If you suffer damage as a result of the processing of your personal data, you can file a claim for damages.
6. Security and confidentiality
6.1. Security measures
We have developed security measures that are adapted on a technical and organizational level, to avoid the destruction, loss, falsification, modification, unauthorized access or notification by mistake to third parties of personal data collected as well as any other unauthorized processing of this data.
6.2. Liability for damage
Under no circumstances can we be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from incorrect or unlawful use of the personal data by a third party.
6.3. Compliance with security regulations
You must comply with the security regulations at all times, including by preventing any unauthorized access to your login and code. You are therefore solely responsible for the use made from the website of your computer, IP address and your identification data, as well as for the confidentiality thereof.
7. Access by third parties
In order to process your personal data, we grant access to your personal data to our members.
We guarantee a similar level of protection by making contractual obligations enforceable against these members and appointees, which are similar to this Privacy Policy.
8. Cookies
8.1. What are cookies?
A “cookie” is a small file sent by our server and placed on the hard drive of your computer. The information stored on these cookies can only be read by us and only for the duration of your visit to the website.
8.2. Why do we use cookies?
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish your usage preferences from those of other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a better user experience when you visit our website and also allows us to optimize our website.
All websites that target certain parts of the European Union are required to ask for your consent to use or store cookies and similar technologies on your computers or mobile devices. This cookie policy provides you with clear and complete information about the cookies we use and their purpose.
8.3. Types of cookies
Although there are different types of cookies, distinguished in terms of functionality, origin or storage period, the legislation mainly distinguishes between functional or technically necessary cookies on the one hand and all other cookies on the other.
The Website uses only the following cookies:
Functional cookies (necessary)
| Name | Origin | Function | Storage time |
|---|---|---|---|
| gammol_session | current domein | Linking the active server session to the visitor (used for language settings, login) | Until after the session |
| joomla_remember_me | current domein | The joomla_remember_me cookie is an authentication cookie used to automatically log you in when you return to the site. This cookie is set for users who need to log in and who check the "Remember Me" option when logging in. The purpose of this cookie is to improve the user experience by ensuring that users do not have to re-enter their login details every time they visit the site. | 2 months |
For cookies placed by third parties (including Google Analytics), we refer you to the statements that these parties provide on their respective websites. Please note: we have no influence on the content of these statements, nor on the content of the cookies of these third parties: Google Analytics cookies
8.4. Your consent
You can always refuse or block cookies by changing the configuration parameters of your navigation system. Disabling cookies may mean that you cannot use certain functionalities of the website.
If you have any further questions or comments regarding the processing of your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us.