We take privacy seriously

Your privacy matters

We treat the personal data that you share with us with the strictest confidentiality and always in accordance with applicable legislation.

This privacy policy is intended to inform you in a transparent manner about the data we collect, why we do so, the way we use it and your rights with regard to the processing of such data. It is important to read this privacy policy carefully. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Who is responsible for processing your personal data?

Data Merit BV is responsible for processing your personal data.  Please turn to our contact page for our coordinates.

Why do we collect personal data?

We collect your data primarily to be able to communicate with you and to improve our services. Your (technical meta-) data also enables us to improve - and ease your navigation on - our site.

Which information do we collect?

When you fill out the contact form, we collect identification data (name, first name, telephone number, e-mail address).

    How do we collect your personal data?

    Your data is communicated to us through your own active intervention. We do not collect personal identification data in any other way.

    Are your personal data protected?

    We attach great importance to the protection of our users' privacy. We are committed to taking the appropriate measures to prevent leaks, destruction, loss, disclosure and use of your data and we will prevent access or change of your data.

    How long do we store your personal data?

    We will keep your personal identification data only for the period needed to communicate with you.

    What are your rights and how can you exercise them?

    You can request to correct, delete, control, transfer, grant access, oppose to the use and request the limitation of your data at any time. To do so please send e-mail to info@datamerit.eu. We will do the necessary as soon as possible.

    Who has access to your personal data?

    Our employees as well as and third-party data processors. They only have access to the extent necessary to achieve the goal of the processing.

    Can you receive messages from us about our activities?

    We do not use your email address to send you mailings.

    What happens when this privacy policy changes?

    We can change and / or adapt this privacy policy, in particular to comply with all new applicable legislation and / or regulations (such as the GDPR), the recommendations of the Data Protection Authority, the guidelines and recommendations of the European Data Protection Authorities and the decisions of the courts and court in this area. If we need to change this privacy policy, you will be notified via our website. We recommend that you consult this regularly.

    What happens in the unlikely event of a dispute?

    Nobody benefits from long legal proceedings. In the event of a dispute, we promote dialogue and openness in search of a friendly solution. We wish to point out that you have the right to make a complaint to the data protection authorities if you believe your rights have been violated. You can find more information about this on the website of the Belgian Privacy Commission.

    Cookies and other Trackers

    Our website uses cookies. Because we want to guarantee your privacy and improve the user-friendliness of your visits to our website, we feel it is important that you know how and why we use cookies.

    This cookie policy gives you clear and comprehensive information about the types of cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them. We also tell you where these cookies come from, how you can set and configure your cookies. 

    Who is responsible for the processing of your data?

    Data Merit BV is responsible for the processing of data as described in this cookie policy.  Please turn to our contact page for our coordinates.

    This cookie policy applies to the websites datamerit.be and datamerit.eu. It is important to read this cookie policy carefully. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

    What is a cookie?

    Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit websites. Information is stored in these text files.

    We cannot and do not personally identify you with cookies. They do help us to recognise your device and to collect some data about the surfing behaviour on that device.

    Cookies usually also have an expiration date. For example, some cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while other cookies remain on your computer for a long time, sometimes even until you delete them manually.

    Which types of cookies do we use and why?

    Data Merit uses different types of cookies on its website for different reasons.

    Functional cookies are essential to be able to visit our website and to use certain parts of it. These cookies collect information about your choices and preferences, among other things, so that we can offer you a more pleasant and personalized browsing experience (for example, by remembering your language preference).

    Non-functional cookies are cookies that can be placed for analytical and statistical purposes, social media purposes and commercial purposes. They have nothing to do with the purely technical support of the website. We use the following type of non-functional cookies on our website:

    Analytical cookies are used to collect information about how you use our website. This allows us to improve the content of our website, to better tailor our website to your needs and to make our website more user-friendly. These cookies show us, for example, which pages on the website are visited the most, the time of the visit and whether the user has visited the website before. Moreover, they can help us to identify any problems while surfing.

    Where do cookies come from?

    Cookies can be used by website owners or third parties who communicate via the website that you visit. Depending on the origin of cookies, we make a distinction between first-party and third-party cookies.

    First-party cookies are those cookies that are placed by a website that is currently being visited by the user.

    Third-party cookies are cookies that are placed by a domain name other than that of the website visited by the user. If a user visits a website and a third party places a cookie through that website, then this is a third party cookie (e.g. cookies placed by Google).

    Functional cookies are usually first-party cookies, while non-functional cookies can be both first-party and third-party cookies

    How can you deal with cookies?

    You can remove or deactivate cookies from our website at any time, either through your browser settings or on the websites of the various third parties that install cookies. If you use different computers, smartphones and / or tablets, do not forget to set your cookie preferences on each of those devices.

    How can you configure your cookies?

    You can configure the cookies at any time via the cookie banner.

    Every browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.) has its own configuration method for cookies. In most cases you can systematically accept or refuse the storage of cookies in your browser, or decide on a case-by-case basis whether you want to allow the installation of cookies.

    More information about disabling cookies or managing cookie settings for your browser can be found in the following list:

    We have no control over the content of the above pages. These links can be changed by those responsible for the respective browsers. For more information about the procedure for your browser you can also visit the website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.

    During your visit to our website, cookies are sometimes installed by third parties in addition to the cookies installed by us.