Privacy Policy for Vandenberg Financial Solutions
This Privacy Policy describes how Vandenberg Financial Solutions ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares personal data when you use our site. Vandenberg Financial Solutions, located at 14 Market Street, Floor 3, Brussels, Brussels, 1000, Belgium, provides financial consulting, investment management, wealth planning, corporate finance, and risk management services. Protecting your privacy is important to us.
Data We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal data:
- Contact Information: This includes your name, postal address, phone number, and email address.
- Financial Information: This includes information about your assets, income, investments, and other financial details relevant to the services we provide.
- Identification Information: This includes government-issued identification numbers (e.g., national ID, passport number) and other information used to verify your identity for legal and regulatory compliance.
- Usage Data: This includes information about how you use our site, such as pages visited, time spent on pages, and links clicked. This is typically collected through cookies and similar technologies.
- Communication Data: Records of our communications with you, including emails, letters, and phone calls.
- Demographic Data: Information such as your age, gender, and location.
- Technical Data: This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device information.
- Special Categories of Data: In limited circumstances, and only where legally permissible, we may collect special categories of data, such as information about your health or political opinions, but only when necessary for specific purposes and with your explicit consent.
How We Collect Data
We collect data in the following ways:
- Directly from you: When you provide information to us through our site, such as when you fill out a form, request information, or contact us.
- Automatically: Through cookies and similar technologies when you use our site.
- From third parties: We may receive information about you from third-party sources, such as credit reporting agencies, regulatory bodies, or other service providers, but only as permitted by applicable law.
How We Use Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To provide services: To provide you with the financial consulting, investment management, wealth planning, corporate finance, and risk management services you have requested.
- To communicate with you: To respond to your inquiries, provide updates on our services, and send you important notices.
- To personalize your experience: To tailor our site and services to your individual needs and preferences.
- To improve our site and services: To analyze how you use our site and services to identify areas for improvement.
- For legal and regulatory compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
- For marketing purposes: With your consent, we may send you marketing communications about our services and promotions. You can opt out of receiving these communications at any time.
- For security purposes: To protect our site and services from fraud, unauthorized access, and other security threats.
Data Sharing
We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:
- Service providers: We share information with third-party service providers who assist us with various aspects of our business, such as data storage, payment processing, customer relationship management, and marketing. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and only use it for the purposes we specify.
- Regulatory bodies: We may disclose your information to regulatory bodies, government agencies, and law enforcement officials when required by law or legal process.
- Business partners: We may share information with business partners, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, or other professionals, to provide you with comprehensive services. We will only do so with your consent or when necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you.
- Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates for internal business purposes, such as improving our services and coordinating our operations.
- In connection with a business transaction: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of the transaction.
Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include data encryption, firewalls, access controls, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The retention period will depend on the nature of the data, the purpose for which it was collected, and any applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to access: You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.
- Right to erasure: You have the right to have your data erased under certain circumstances.
- Right to restriction of processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your data under certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your data in a portable format.
- Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your 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 rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at 14 Market Street, Floor 3, Brussels, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our site. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our site. We use cookies to personalize your experience, analyze how you use our site, and improve our services. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings.
Links to Third-Party Sites
Our site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these websites before providing them with your personal data.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site and, if the changes are material, we will provide you with additional notice. Your continued use of our site after the changes have been posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Vandenberg Financial Solutions 14 Market Street, Floor 3 Brussels, Brussels, 1000 Belgium Phone: +32 2 123 45 67