Privacy policy

Agreement to the General Terms and Conditions

Please read the following terms and conditions (hereinafter the "General Terms of Use") governing the use of the website.

Please read these General Terms of Use carefully before accessing or making any use of our website. Accessing this site www.stas.be and/or using it implies automatic and unrestricted acceptance of these General Terms of Use. If you do not agree with their content, we ask you not to consult or use the website. This website "www.stas.be" is operated by Stas NV, Flanders Fieldweg 45, 8790 Waregem, BE 0430.995.942.


Intellectual Property

All material contained on the website is the intellectual property of Stas NV. This material may not be copied or reproduced except to the extent necessary to read it online. Notwithstanding this restriction, you have the right, for your personal use, to print entire pages on paper. With regard to the accuracy of information, Stas NV will use its best efforts to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and up-to-date, but does not accept any liability for any claims or damages arising from your reliance on its content. Stas NV reserves the right to modify all or part of this website at any time or to interrupt or delete it temporarily or permanently without prior notice to the user.

Copyright

All texts, comments, titles, photos, sounds, images, data, drawings, sequences animated with or without sound, videos, illustrations, ... displayed on the Stas NV website as well as the concept, form, possible databases and (part of) the software are the property of Stas NV and/or used by Stas NV under licence and are protected by the applicable laws on copyright, neighbouring rights, database rights, intellectual property rights and sui generis rights. Only the electronic copy for private use of all or part of the website or its constituent parts is authorised by Stas NV, provided that the original is not modified and that the use of the website complies with the relevant laws and regulations.

Use of the site and its content

The user undertakes to use the information in and on this website in accordance with the provisions of these General Terms of Use and the law. In particular, it undertakes not to perform any unlawful acts on this website that may affect the rights and interests of third parties, damage, overload, render the website inoperative, discredit and/or cause it to fail. Furthermore, the user undertakes not to perform any act, make any statement or take any action on this website that may tarnish the name and image of Stas NV. It undertakes not to transmit by e-mail or otherwise any element or content of the website that is unlawful, harmful, irresponsibly threatening, defamatory harassing, vulgar, obscene, racist, hateful or otherwise objectionable. The user agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and, if necessary, defend Stas NV against any third-party claims and/or costs (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising from the improper use of the website, the breach of the General Terms of Use, or the participation in another's breach of any intellectual property right owned by Stas NV.

Privacy Statement

Confidential processing of personal data

STAS NV, with registered office at Flanders Fieldweg 45, 8790 Waregem, registered in the Register of Legal Persons (Ghent, Kortrijk Division) under number 0430.995.942 (hereinafter "Stas NV", "we", "us", "our", "our" or derivatives), attaches the utmost importance to the privacy of its users. We understand that your trust is our most important asset. This Privacy Statement (hereinafter referred to as "Privacy Statement") applies, inter alia, to (i) our website https://www.stas.be (hereinafter referred to as the "Website").

You can visit our Website, inquire about our services and consult blog posts without providing your personal data.

If you do communicate personal information to us, we will treat it confidentially in accordance with the provisions below and national and international legal requirements.
STAS NV would like to emphasise that it endeavours at all times to act in accordance with (i) the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 ("AVG") and (ii) the Law on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data of 30 July 2018.

This Privacy Statement includes information about the personal data STAS NV collects, as well as how STAS NV uses and processes that personal data.
Please read this Privacy Statement in conjunction with STAS NV's cookie policy (found after the end of this Privacy Statement).

Categories of processed personal data

The information you communicate to us may include personal data. "Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("the data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or by reference to one or more elements characterising the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

STAS NV may collect and process the following personal data:

  • Name
  • First name
  • Address
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Company name
  • Correspondence data with and from STAS NV

Purpose of processing

If you communicate your personal data to us, it will be included in our database for the purpose of:

  • Improve the quality of our services and information;
  • To perform the agreement you entered into with us;
  • Informing you with tips and new developments in the world of transport;
  • Informing you in connection with the services we offer;
  • Statistical purposes;
  • Etc.

Consent to processing

When you wish to leave your personal data on our website, you will be asked (via opt-in) whether you wish to give your consent for the processing of that data by STAS NV. This consent will then consist of ticking a box stating that you authorise STAS NV to process your personal data for the purposes mentioned above. You have the right to withdraw your consent to processing at any time. However, withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of the processing operations that took place before the withdrawal of your consent. If you wish to withdraw your consent, you may do so by notifying STAS NV at the e-mail address: sales@stas.be

Execution of the agreement

 

When you share your personal data with Stas NV if this is necessary for the performance of an agreement with Stas NV or to take measures at your request before the conclusion of the agreement, the processing is based on the performance of the agreement. The performance of the agreement includes (without being limited to this) the execution of the order and invoicing.

Stas NV may use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • The (efficient) performance of the agreement;
  • Offering customer service;
  • Customer management and billing for our goods and services;
  • Any other necessary activity in the context of the contractual relationship Stas NV has with you.

Legitimate interest

Where the processing of your personal data is necessary for the protection of the legitimate interests of Stas NV or a third party, the processing is based on this legitimate interest, except where your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms requiring the protection of your personal data outweigh your interests.

Necessary for a legal obligation

 

As part of our business, we may be under a legal obligation to process certain personal data. For example, we may have to comply with legal obligations such as record keeping, in connection with the prevention, monitoring and combating of criminal behaviour, crimes, fraud and money laundering activities.

Your personal data may be communicated with public authorities, supervisory authorities and/or judicial investigative bodies as part of a legal obligation whether or not at their express request.

Disclosure of personal data to third parties

STAS NV will not disclose your personal data to third parties unless this is necessary in the context of the performance of services by STAS NV and their optimisation (such as but not limited to maintenance work, payment processing, database management). If it is necessary for STAS NV to disclose your personal data to third parties in this context, such as suppliers, manufacturers, dealers, etc., the third party in question is obliged to use your personal data in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Statement.

However, without prejudice to the foregoing, STAS NV may disclose your personal data to the competent authorities (i) when STAS NV is required to do so by law or in the context of judicial or future legal proceedings and (ii) for the purpose of safeguarding and defending our rights.

In all other cases, STAS NV will not sell, rent or transfer your personal data to third parties, unless it has (i) obtained your consent to do so and (ii) concluded a data processing agreement with the third party in question, which contains the necessary guarantees regarding confidentiality and privacy conformity of your personal data.

When submitting forms on the Website, your IP address is shared with Google.

Storage of personal data

Unless a longer retention period is required or justified (i) by law or (ii) by compliance with another legal obligation, STAS NV will only retain your personal data for the period necessary to achieve and fulfil the purposes, as described in the Privacy Statement under 'purpose of processing'.

Your rights

  • Right to information: If you wish to invoke your rights or have any questions regarding the processing of your data, please contact sales@stas.be;
  • Right of access: Users have the right to access the personal data that STAS NV may hold about you;
  • Right to rectification and completion or update of your personal data;
  • Right to data erasure and deletion of your personal data;
  • Right to restrict the processing of your personal data: You have the right, under certain circumstances, to request STAS NV to restrict the processing of your personal data;
  • Right to transferability of your personal data;
  • Right of objection/opposition to the processing of your personal data: If you no longer wish to receive newsletters or information about our services, you may unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "unsubscribe" button provided at the bottom of every email from STAS NV;
  • Right to complain to the Data Protection Authority (GBA):
          Rue du Printing Press 35, 1000 Brussels 
          Tel: +32 (0)2 274 48 00
          Fax: +32 (0)2 274 48 35
    Mail: contact@apd-gba.be

Personal data security

STAS NV undertakes to take reasonable, physical, technological and organisational (precautionary) measures to prevent (i) unauthorised access to your personal data, as well as (ii) the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.

STAS NV will store all personal data it has collected in the cloud (with data centre(s) within the EU).

Cross-border processing of personal data

STAS NV guarantees that no transfer of personal data will take place outside the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA).

Privacy Statement Update

STAS NV may modify and update the Privacy Statement at any time without prior notice by posting a new version on the Website.
For this reason, it is highly recommended that you regularly check
the Website and the relevant page on which the Privacy Statement appears to ensure that you are aware of any changes. The date of the most recent version is always updated and can be found at the bottom of the Privacy Statement.

Other websites

The Website may potentially contain hyperlinks to other websites. In no event is STAS NV responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.

If you use the social media plug-ins on our Website (such as Instagram, Facebook, etc.) or other channels, you accept that the terms of use of the relevant social media apply and you accept that we do not bear any liability for the processing of your personal data by those social media.

Questions and complaints

If you have any questions about the Privacy Statement or how STAS NV collects, uses or processes your personal data, please contact us:

  • Via email: sales@stas.be
  • By post: Eugène Bekaertlaan 24, 8790 Waregem
  • By phone: +32(0) 56 60 01 91

Privacy statement version: 15/05/2023

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