Thomas Gérard - Consultant Digital et Organisationnel

Je suis Thomas Gérard, consultant indépendant basé à Liège, and I am committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information from visitors and users of our site.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Information You Provide Directly: This includes any information you voluntarily submit to us through our site, such as when you leave a comment on a blog post. This information may include your name (or alias), email address (if provided), and the content of your comment.
Automatically Collected Information: When you access and use our site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:
- Log Data: This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, pages visited, and the dates and times of your visits.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity on our site. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that enable us to recognize your browser and remember certain information. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level.

How We Use Your Information

We may use your information for the following purposes:

To Provide and Improve Our Site: We use your information to operate, maintain, and improve our site and to develop new features and functionalities.
To Respond to Your Inquiries: If you contact us with questions or requests, we may use your information to respond to you.
To Personalize Your Experience: We may use your information to personalize your experience on our site, such as by displaying content that is relevant to your interests.
To Monitor and Analyze Site Usage: We use your information to monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities on our site.
To Communicate with You: We may use your information to communicate with you about updates, promotions, or other news related to our site. (Note: This is general, as no active newsletter or similar is mentioned)
To Protect Our Rights and Interests: We may use your information to protect our rights and interests, such as to enforce our terms of service or to prevent fraud or abuse.

Legal Basis for Processing

Our legal basis for processing your personal data depends on the specific purpose for which we are using your data:

Consent: We may process your data based on your consent, such as when you agree to receive marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when we have a legitimate interest in doing so, such as to provide and improve our site or to personalize your experience. We will only process your data for legitimate interests when our interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
Legal Obligations: We may process your data to comply with our legal obligations, such as to respond to a court order or subpoena.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with the following categories of recipients:

Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us with operating our site, such as hosting providers, analytics providers, and payment processors. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if we are required to do so by law or legal process.
Other Third Parties: We may share your information with other third parties with your consent or as otherwise permitted by law.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal data that we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you.
Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority if you believe that we have violated your privacy rights.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

Third-Party Links

Our site may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party websites or services before providing them with your personal information.

Children's Privacy

Our site is not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site. Your continued use of our site after the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Thomas Gérard

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