Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
BEMAS vzw-asbl and its brand Asset Performance are committed to protecting your privacy and personal data and will only use and process your personal data in accordance with the Privacy Act and other relevant applicable legal regulations.
With this Privacy Policy, BEMAS vzw-asbl wants to inform the User of its website www.ap-magazine.eu about possible processing activities and the rights of the User. By using our website, the User implicitly agrees to possible processing activities.
It is possible that our privacy policy may be subject to adjustments and changes in the future. These will be made clear in our Privacy Policy. The last update of this Privacy Policy dates from September 1st, 2022.
By using the website www.ap-magazine.eu, by subscribing to the Asset Performance Newsletter and/or by ordering the Asset Performance Magazine, you pass on information that allows you to identify yourself as a person. This only happens when using these services.,
Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation or 'GDPR'.
This privacy policy applies to the services of BEMAS – Belgian Maintenance Association vzw-asbl, as publisher of the Asset Performance Magazine. We are not responsible for the privacy policy of the partner organizations, other sites and sources that are connected to this website and the Asset Performance Magazine, but we refer to it so that you can find the necessary information.
By using the website www.ap-magazine.eu, by subscribing to the Asset Performance Newsletter and/or by ordering the Asset Performance Magazine, you accept this privacy policy.
Regarding the stored personal data, you always have the right to:
- request and to look into the data,
- to change (or have changed) the data,
- to delete (or have deleted) the data.
This can be done for one or more entries in the different databases of BEMAS – Belgian Maintenance Association vzw-asbl, as publisher of the Asset Performance Magazine.
You can also ask to be removed from all databases of BEMAS – Belgian Maintenance Association vzw-asbl, as publisher of the Asset Performance Magazine. You will then be 'forgotten' and not contacted in any way by BEMAS – Belgian Maintenance Association vzw-asbl, as publisher of the Asset Performance Magazine.
If you make changes or delete data yourself, this is immediately effective. If you submit an application for changes, this will happen as soon as possible and at least within 30 days .
If you want to be removed from a database of one (or more) of the partner organisations connected to the Asset Performance Magazine, you will need to address the organisation(s) in question directly and apply the procedures stated in their respective privacy policy.
How do you claim your rights?
This can be done by clicking on a link at the bottom of the newsletter or emails or by simply sending an email to info@assetperformance.eu stating your request.
Always mention:
- First and last name of the person you wish to delete or change;
- E-mail address of the person you wish to delete or change;
- What changes you want to make or that you want the person to be deleted.
This is how we process your data
The data controller is:
BEMAS – Belgian Maintenance Association vzw-asbl (not-for-profit organisation and publisher of the Asset Performance Magazine)
Bd. A. Reyers 80 – BE-1030 Brussels - BELGIUM
Phone: +32 2 706 85 41
e-mail address: info@assetperformance.eu and info@bemas.org
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Your personal data will be processed by the following data processors:
BEMAS – Belgian Maintenance Association vzw-asbl (not-for-profit organisation and publisher of the Asset Performance Magazine)
Bd. A. Reyers 80 – BE-1030 Brussels - BELGIUM
Phone: +32 2 706 85 41
e-mail address: info@assetperformance.eu and info@bemas.org
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All the above mentioned data processors process and store your data in a protected manner. They can use third party data processors to do so. All organizations are active in advancing the knowledge and insights in maintenance, reliability and asset management for the benefit of society and therefore have a legitimate purpose to inform practitioners that are professionally active in these fields about their initiatives.
For the sending of newsletters, the data processor Mailchimp is based in the United States. By subscribing to our newsletter you agree to the conditions of Mailchimp. Here too, your personal data is processed and stored in a protected manner.
For creating invoices for magazine subscriptions and advertising, the data processor Exact is based in the Netherlands. By subscribing to the Asset Performance Magazine or by purchasing advertising space, you agree to the conditions of Exact and the privacy policy of Exact . Here too, your personal data is processed and stored in a protected manner.
For use analysis of our website, we enable Google Analytics. Anonymous information about the use of our website is collected for this purpose. This information is not passed on to Google and is not used for marketing and advertising purposes.
Which data is collected?
Only those personal data are collected that are necessary to meet a certain part of our service or to send you information.
That can be:
- first name and name
- professional e-mail address
- job title
- company
- work address
- work phone number
- VAT number of the company
- invoicing address
Some information is required in forms (usually marked with a *), this information is required to provide you with the desired service.
Other information - not marked with * - can be useful, but is not absolutely necessary. You choose whether you enter data here.
No marketing profiles are created based on automatic analytics or cookies placed (see below).
Why are your personal details stored?
Your personal data are used for a specific purpose (and only for that purpose) with the following legal grounds:
- Contact form: to meet your question, to give an answer (to execute assignment).
- Subscription to newsletter(s): to occasionally send you a newsletter with offers or information that may interest you (permission of the person involved). This newsletter will only be sent if there is interesting information for you.
- Subscription to magazine: to send you the magazine (permission of the person involved).
- Information request: to send you the information required (execute assignment)
An exception to this can only be made with your explicit permission.
How long will your data be stored?
Personal data is stored for as long as is necessary to provide you with the service that you yourself activated or for which you gave permission. Your personal data is kept up to 5 years after the last use.
Transfer to third parties
By subscribing to the Asset Performance Magazine and/or the newsletters, you agree that BEMAS vzw-asbl, as a publisher of the Asset Performance Magazine, may use his/her name, job title and contact information such as email address: (a) to be able to process the subscription for the Asset Performance Magazine, to deliver the desired products and to be able to show you other services and initiatives that might interest you (commission and legitimate interest); (b) to invite the Subscriber to participate in optional satisfaction surveys and feedback; (c) to send the Subscriber any information required (execute assignment); (c) to occasionally send you a newsletter with offers or information that may interest you (permission of the person involved).
Any other personal data will not be passed on to third parties unless you explicitly consented to do so. We only use services that process personal data if we have a processing agreement with them, if they are necessary for our services and information provision and if they can guarantee the secure storage of personal data with guarantee for your privacy.
Your personal data will only be passed on if this is necessary for the purpose for which you gave your consent and provided the personal information, or if this is legally required and permitted (for example in the context of a legal investigation).
Among other, a third party is engaged for:
- providing IT infrastructure (including accounting software, CRM software ...);
- the provision (and distribution) of newsletters and invitations.
Our services may also contain links to other websites. However we are not responsible for the privacy policies nor for the content of such third party websites. We recommend that users read the privacy statements of each website.
We do not provide personal data to parties located outside the EU, except Google.
Minors
We have absolutely no intention to collect data about website visitors who are underage, even if they have permission from parents or guardians. However, we can not check whether a visitor is a minor. Therefore, make sure that you are involved in the online activities of your underage children to prevent their data from being processed by us or our partners.
Data security
The computers and internet connections on which your personal data is stored and transported are protected against hacking, installing malware and other improper use. The computers and the network can only be logged in with a username and password.
Anyone who can view or know your personal data on behalf of the data processors mentioned above is bound to confidentiality of that information.
A backup is made of the personal data in order to be able to recover it in the event of physical or technical incidents.
All employees of the data processors mentioned above have been informed about the importance of the protection of personal data and privacy.
Automatic storage of non-personal data
During a visit to this website, data is automatically stored about the use of the website . These are only non-personal and anonymous data (for example, your IP address is not tracked). We analyze this information with Google Analytics (read the privacy policy of Google and Google Analytics for more information) to improve our website, however no personal information is kept or transmitted to Google and to other third parties.
Cookies
This website uses functional and analytical cookies. This happens anonymously. Read more about the cookie policy in our cookie policy.
In short: functional cookies make the website work better, analytical cookies tell something about how the website is used.
You can turn cookies off and on in your browser settings and also clear them.
Facebook, Twitter and other social media
On this site are share buttons for social media networks. The code behind these buttons places - when used - a cookie on your computer. The privacy rules of the social networks apply here. We have no influence or responsibility for what these networks do with your personal data. We also have no control over how other users of social media use your information after you have shared something that is on our website.
Changes
This Privacy Statement may change. We adapt the rules and conditions to protect your privacy as well as possible and to deal with your personal details in a transparent manner. So please revisit this page regularly. The latest update dates from March 2nd 2022.
When something does go wrong ...
We handle your personal data as carefully as possible and keep it secure. In the unlikely event that something does go wrong, we will inform you as soon as possible and do everything possible to limit the damage that might arise.
The intentional or unintentional release of your personal data and information due to for instance, but not limited to, data theft, data leaks or mailing mistakes, can not give rise to any form of indemnification or damage claims to the data controller nor the data processors mentioned above.
Complaints
If you still might have complaints about our use of your personal data despite our precautionary measures, please contact info@assetperformance.eu or info@bemas.org and we will find a solution.