Privacy Policy
Confidential processing of personal data
Accountantsburo Lauwers attaches great importance to the privacy of its users. We understand that your trust is our most important asset. This privacy policy (hereinafter named “Privacy Policy”) applies to, among other things, (i) our website https://www.buro-lauwers.be (hereinafter named the “Website”)
You can visit our site, gather information about our services and view our blogposts without having to give any personal data.
If you do share your personal data with us, we will handle this confidentially, in accordance with the decisions outlined below and the relevant national and international legal regulations.
Accountantsburo Lauwers wishes to emphasise that, at all times, it aims to work in accordance with (i) the Belgian Privacy Act of 8 December 1992 for the protection of privacy in relation to the processing of personal data.
This Privacy Policy includes information on the personal data that Accountantsburo Lauwers collects, as well as how Accountantsburo Lauwers uses and processes this personal data.
Please read this Privacy Policy in conjunction with Accountantsburo Lauwers' cookie policy.
Categories of processed personal data
The information that you share with us may contain personal data. “Personal data” refers to all information about an identified or identifiable natural person (“the person concerned”); identifiable means a natural person who can be directly or indirectly identified, in particular through an indicator such as a name, an identification number, location data or an online identifier, or through one or more elements that are characteristic of the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of the natural person.
Accountantsburo Lauwers may collect and process the following personal data:
- First name:
- Surname:
- Email address:
- Telephone number:
- Company name:
- Correspondence data received and sent by Accountantsburo Lauwers
Accountantsburo Lauwers also automatically collects anonymous information regarding the way that you use the Website. For example, Accountantsburo Lauwers will automatically log which parts of the Website you visit, what web browser you are using, what website you are on when you access the Website, as well as your IP address. We cannot identify you on the basis of this data, but it allows Accountantsburo Lauwers to draw up statistics regarding the use of the Website, as well as to send more targeted communication.
For more information about this, please refer to our cookie policy.
Purpose of the data processing
If you share your personal data with us, it will be added to our database for the following purposes:
- To improve the quality of our services and information;
- To provide you with tips and tell you about new developments in the accountancy world;
- To inform you about the services we offer;
- For statistical purposes.
Consent for processing
If you wish to leave your personal data on our website, you will be asked (via an opt-in) if you consent to the processing of this data by Accountantsburo Lauwers. Giving consent involves ticking a box, confirming that you authorise Accountantsburo Lauwers to process your personal data for the purposes stated above. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent will however not affect the legitimacy of the processing that occurred prior to this withdrawal. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, you can do so by informing Accountantsburo Lauwers via the following email address: ronse@buro-lauwers.be.
Disclosing personal data to third parties
Accountantsburo Lauwers will not disclose your personal data to third parties, unless this is necessary for Accountantsburo Lauwers to deliver and optimise its services (such as, but not limited to, maintenance work, processing payments, and database management). If, in this context, it is necessary for Accountantsburo Lauwers to disclose your personal data to third parties, the third parties concerned are obliged to use your personal data in agreement with the decisions in this Privacy Policy.
Notwithstanding the above, it is also possible that Accountantsburo Lauwers will disclose your personal data to the competent authorities: (i) when Accountantsburo Lauwers is required to do so on the basis of the law or as part of a current or future legal procedure, and (ii) to safeguard and defend our rights.
In all other cases, Accountantsburo Lauwers will not sell, rent or transfer your personal data to third parties, unless it (i) has got your consent to do so, and (ii) has made a data processing agreement with the third party concerned, which contains the necessary guarantees regarding confidentiality and privacy of your personal data.
Storage of personal data
Unless a longer storage period is demanded or justified (i) by law or (ii) for compliance with another legal obligation, Accountantsburo Lauwers only stores your personal data for the period that is necessary for achieving and satisfying its aims, as described in the Privacy Policy under ‘Use of personal data’.
Your rights
- Right to information: If you wish to exercise your rights or have a question about the processing of your data, please contact ronse@buro-lauwers.be;
- Right to access: Users have the right to access personal data that Accountantsburo Lauwers could hold about you;
- Right to rectification and the completion or updating of your personal data;
- Right to erasure of your personal data;
- Right to a restriction of the processing of your personal data: Under certain circumstances, you have the right to ask Accountantsburo Lauwers to restrict the processing of your personal data.
- Right to portability of your personal data;
- Right to object to the processing of your personal data.
Should you no longer wish to receive newsletters or information about our services, you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of every email sent by Accountantsburo Lauwers.
Security of personal data
Accountantsburo Lauwers commits to taking reasonable physical, technological and organisational precautions in order to prevent (i) unauthorised access to your personal data, as well as (ii) loss, misuse or alterations to your personal data.
Accountantsburo Lauwers will store all personal data that it has collected in the cloud (with data centre(s) within the EU).
Cross-border processing of personal data
Accountantsburo Lauwers guarantees that your personal data will not be transferred outside of Europe or the European Economic Area (EEA).
Update to Privacy Policy
Accountantsburo Lauwers can, at any time of its choosing, modify and update its Privacy Policy without giving prior notification, by placing a new version of the policy on its Website.
For this reason, we strongly advise you to regularly check the Website and the Privacy Policy page, so you are sure that you are up to date with any changes. The date of the most recent version is always stated at the bottom of the Privacy Policy.
Other websites
The Website may possibly contain hyperlinks to other websites. Accountantsburo Lauwers is in no way responsible for the privacy policy or the privacy practices of any third party website.
Questions and complaints
If you have a question about the Privacy Policy or the way in which Accountantsburo Lauwers collects, use or processes your personal data, please contact us:
- Email: ronse@buro-lauwers.be,
- Post: Viermaartlaan 197, 9600 RonseTelephone: +32(0)55 20 77 52
If you wish to complain about the way in which Accountantsburo Lauwers collects, uses or processes your personal data, you can submit your complaint to the Privacy Commission.
Version of Privacy Policy: 06/08/2018
Cookie policy
1. General
Accountantsburo Lauwers (hereinafter named “Accountantsburo Lauwers” or “we”) principally uses cookies to improve your browsing experience on www.buro-lauwers.be (hereinafter named the “Website”). All data that Accountantsburo Lauwers collects from its cookies is anonymous and is only used to understand the customer experience on the Website, in order to improve the performance and usability of this Website.
Accountantsburo Lauwers has the right to update this cookie policy by placing a new version on the Website. For this reason, we strongly advise you to regularly check the Website and the cookie policy page, so you are sure that you are up to date with any changes. As soon as a new cookie policy is implemented, you will once more be asked to consent to the use of cookies.
2. What is a cookie?
A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, a web cookie or a browser cookie, is usually a small text file sent from a website and saved in the web browser or on a user's device while a user is browsing on a website or using a mobile application. When the user goes on the same website in future, the data that is saved in the cookie can be retrieved by the website, so that the website is informed about the user's previous activity. Cookies have been developed as a reliable mechanism for websites to remember the status of the website or the past activities of the user on the website. They help us to optimise your visit to the Website, to remember technical choices (e.g. language choice, newsletter subscription, etc.) and to offer more relevant services. If you wish to consult the Website, Accountantsburo Lauwers advises you to accept cookies. However, if you do not wish to, you are always free to block them.
Cookies can include: clicking on certain buttons, and logging or recording the pages visited by a user, even months or years ago. Although cookies cannot contain viruses and cannot install malware on the guest computer, tracking cookies and in particular third-party tracking cookies are often used to build up long-term data on individuals' browsing history. This is a large privacy concern that led to European and US legislators taking action in 2011. This Cookie Policy is in accordance with current Belgian law (Act of 10/07/2012 setting out rules on electronic communication, Belgian Official Journal 20/09/2012).
This Website uses various types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: As the name suggests, these cookies are strictly necessary to allow you to browse on the Website, to use the platform, or to perform certain functions that you have requested.
- Functional cookies: These cookies improve the functionality of the Website by saving your preferences.
- Tracking cookies: These cookies last longer than user sessions. When the max-age of a permanent cookie is set to 1 year, then within that year the initial value as saved in the cookie will be sent back to the server every time the user visits that server. This is done to save essential information, such as how the user initially landed on the Website. This is why they are known as tracking cookies. For example, once you have chosen your desired language, the Website will save your preference in a permanent cookie and store this on your browser. When you visit the Website again, the Website will use the permanent cookie to ensure that the content is provided in your chosen language.
- Performance cookies: These cookies help to improve the performance of the Website and therefore enhance user experience. Accountantsburo Lauwers uses Google Analytics, which is a popular web analysis service offered by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help Accountantsburo Lauwers analyse how users use the Website. It records the number of visitors and gives Accountantsburo Lauwers information about general behaviour, such as the typical length of a visit to the Website or the average number of pages that a user looks at.
- Third party cookies: To support its communications, Accountantsburo Lauwers has anchored its content in social media channels, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Furthermore, Accountantsburo Lauwers uses the sharing options on social networks. The channels that Accountantsburo Lauwers uses may contain cookies from these websites, but Accountantsburo Lauwers has no control over these. For more information on these cookies, please refer to the relevant websites of these third parties.
3. List of cookies which the Website uses
The list below summaries the cookies that Accountantsburo Lauwers uses, where appropriate, and what information they save.
Google Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics cookies to collect data about your sessions on our Website. For more information on how these cookies work, please consult Google's cookie & privacy policies.
- _GA
- _GID
- _UTMA
- _UTMZ
Hotjar cookies
We use Hotjar cookies to analyse information about your browsing behaviour and mouse movements. Please consult Hotjar's cookie policy for more information about these cookies.
- _HJINCLUDEDINSAMPLE
Other website cookies
- CraftSessionId: We use Craft CMS as our website system. Craft uses cookies that are necessary for the website to function properly. Please consult the Craft CMS cookie policy for more information about these cookies.
- cookieconsent_status: This cookie saves the status of the cookie consent pop-up. Duration: This expires after 1 year.
4. Disabling cookies
There are a number of options available to prevent cookies being saved. Please go the websites of the different browsers to find out how you can block cookies. It is important to be aware that if you decide to delete all your cookies, it is very likely that you will have to re-enter your user name and password on all the websites you visit, which you previously did not have to think about. As already stated, cookies really enhance your internet browsing experience. If you would like to know more about cookies, please visit the website www.allaboutcookies.org. This website contains more information about cookies, explains in detail how you can delete them, and shows how you can consent to trusted websites saving cookies on your computer.
5. Contact details for Accountantsburo Lauwers
Accountantsburo Lauwers
Viermaartlaan 197,
9600 Ronse