PRIVACY POLICY

INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) regulates the processing of your personal data related to the services and related products we offer. By using our services and related products, you declare to accept this Privacy Policy.

Wild Plant Forager BV, private limited liability company (‘besloten vennootschap’) with registered office in Krommehamlaan 5, 9031 Drongen, Belgium, and under the company registration number (‘ondernemingsnummer’) BE 1008839590 (“Wild Plant Forager BV”, “we”, “our”) acts as the controller in the context of these processing operations.

Your personal data and your privacy will be protected by Wild Plant Forager BV in accordance to the Belgian and European regulations on the protection of personal privacy, amongst which the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the national implementing legislation.

Read this Privacy Policy very carefully. Described below are not only your rights, but also how you can exercise them.

Questions regarding your privacy and the processing of your personal data by Wild Plant Forager BV can be sent to the following email address: herborist@kruidencursus.com.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR WHAT PURPOSES AND LEGAL GROUNDS? WHAT IS THE RETENTION PERIOD?

You can find more information below about the type of personal data that Wild Plant Forager BV processes, the purposes and legal grounds for the processing and retention periods of personal data.

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Wild Plant Forager BV may only process your personal data if it has an appropriate legal ground to do so. We explain the applicable legal grounds below.

  • 1. The applicable legal ground for customer administration and for follow-up and invoicing varies:

    • If our customer is a natural person, then Wild Plant Forager BV bases itself on the necessity for the execution of the agreement. It needs these personal data to correctly process your order and carry out the agreement.

    • If our client is a legal person, Wild Plant Forager BV bases itself on its legitimate interest. Given the nature of the required personal data and the intended purpose, Wild Plant Forager BV believes that the processing of these personal data do not have a negative impact on your fundamental rights and/or fundamental freedoms. You can always object to processing based on this legal ground by contacting us via herborist@kruidencursus.com.

  • 2. The applicable legal ground for the processing of direct marketing purposes also varies:

    • For marketing messages to existing customers, we rely on our legitimate interest. Considering the character of the requested personal data and the intended goal, Wild Plant Forager BV believes that processing these personal data does not have a negative impact on your fundamental rights and/ or fundamental freedoms. You can always object to processing based on this legal ground by contacting us via herborist@kruidencursus.com.

    • For marketing messages to prospects or to employees of our customers, we rely on prior consent of the addressee. The consent you give is always voluntary and at all times you have the right to withdraw this consent. You can withdraw your consent by unsubscribing from the newsletter via the link provided for this purpose or by contacting us via herborist@kruidencursus.com. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the processing of personal data prior to such withdrawal.

  • 3. For handling questions Wild Plant Forager BV relies on its legitimate interest. Considering the character of the requested personal data and the intended goal, Wild Plant Forager BV believes that processing these personal data does not have a negative impact on your fundamental rights and/ or fundamental freedoms. You can always object to processing based on this legal ground by contacting us via herborist@kruidencursus.com.

WHAT ARE THE THIRD PARTIES WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH?

Wild Plant Forager BV can share your personal data with the following third parties:

This list can evolve and will be updated if necessary.

Wild Plant Forager BV will only share personal data that are relevant and necessary. We guarantee that all third parties are selected with the utmost care.

If you are redirected to another website via our website, different terms and conditions, privacy and cookie policies may apply. We therefore strongly suggest to read these additional terms and conditions carefully.

Wild Plant Forager BV may also disclose your personal data to third parties (including legal authorities) if this is legally required or if Wild Plant Forager BV judges in good faith that such disclosure is required to comply with a court order or to protect the rights of Wild Plant Forager BV, its employees and/ or customers. The applicable legal ground will be either the legitimate interest of Wild Plant Forager BV or, if applicable, the necessity to comply with a legal obligation.

To conclude, your personal data can be disclosed to third parties in the context of a collaboration or a transaction subject to company law (acquisition, merger, sale of shares or assets, joint venture, etc.) and to professional advisors of the parties involved (lawyers, consultants, etc.). Wild Plant Forager BV appeals to its legitimate interest for this purpose.

TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EEA

The European Economic Area (‘EEA’) encompasses the countries of the European Union and Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. The GDPR requires additional safeguards if personal data are transferred to countries that are outside of the EEA.

Certain parties that Wild Plant Forager BV relies on, process your personal data in countries outside the EEA, such as the United States.

Such transfers will only take place in accordance with applicable law. The additional safeguards taken by Wild Plant Forager BV include, amongst others, the closing of agreements based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.

You can always contact us for a complete overview of the appropriate safeguards.

HOW ARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA PROTECTED?

Wild Plant Forager BV has developed appropriate technical and organisational measures, protective measures and safeguards to process your personal data in accordance with applicable Belgian and European regulations, and in particular, without being limited to it, to protect your personal data against loss, misuse or unauthorised changes.

The measures include, amongst others:

  • Raising employee awareness;

  • Making the collected personal data available on a need-to-know basis;

  • Contractual agreements with recipients of personal data.

Despite the afore-mentioned measures of Wild Plant Forager BV, you need to be aware that there are always risks involved in sending personal data over the internet. The safety and protection of your personal data can never be fully guaranteed.

WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE?

If and to the extent it is provided for in the applicable Belgian and European regulations, you have the right:

  • to confirmation as to whether Wild Plant Forager BV does or does not process your personal data, and in such case, to access to the personal data Wild Plant Forager BV processes;

  • to correction by Wild Plant Forager BV, without unnecessary delay, of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;

  • to have your personal data deleted by Wild Plant Forager BV;

  • to obtain your personal data and transfer them to a different controller or processor;

  • to obtain the restriction of the processing of your personal data from Wild Plant Forager BV, insofar as this is possible;

  • to be sent your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format; or

  • to resist against the processing of your personal data based on the legal ground of legitimate interest and against the use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.

You can exercise these rights by contacting us via herborist@kruidencursus.com.

You have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if the processing of your personal data violates the applicable regulation. The competent authority in Belgium is the Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be, contact@apd-gba.be, Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussel).

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Wild Plant Forager BV may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The date of the last modified version is stated at the bottom of the Privacy Policy. Changes will be published on the website and, where applicable, will be submitted for approval.

LIABILITY

If Wild Plant Forager BV has lawfully provided your personal data to a third party (other than the processor), then Wild Plant Forager BV is not liable for unlawful processing or unlawful use by that third party.

APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT COURT

This Privacy Policy is controlled, interpreted and executed in accordance to Belgian law, which is exclusively applicable in any dispute.

The Belgian courts and courts of the judicial district of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Ghent division, have exclusive jurisdiction to rule on any dispute that could arise from the interpretation or the implementation of this Privacy Policy, subject to the consumer's right to bring a dispute before the competent court on the basis of a mandatory legal provision.

[Last update: 2 September 2024]