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UniversalAutomation.org AISBL
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Address: Botanic Tower, 6th floor, Blvd St. Lazare 4-10.
Content Manager: Gregory Boucaud
E-mail: [email protected]
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The user of the present site (hereinafter referred to as “User”) is informed that, during his navigation on the website universalautomation.org (hereinafter referred to as “Website”), personal data concerning him are collected and processed by UniversalAutomation.org.
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These data are used for UniversalAutomation.org.
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The User, after proving his identity, may obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him are being processed, information concerning the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data are communicated, the communication of personal data concerning him/her as well as any available information as to the origin of such data, information allowing him/her to know and to contest the logic underlying the automated processing in the event of a decision taken on the basis thereof and producing legal effects with respect to him/her.
The User may also, if he/she proves his/her identity, request that personal data concerning him/her that are inaccurate, incomplete, equivocal, outdated, or whose collection, use, communication or storage is prohibited, be rectified, completed, updated, locked or deleted.
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Any unauthorized exploitation of the site or of one of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting an infringement and will be prosecuted in accordance with the Belgian law of June 30, 1994 on copyright and related rights (especially articles 79bis to 86).
We commit to serve you with care, consideration, and respect and to protect your privacy and personal information.
UniversalAutomation.org is responsible for your personal data. The UniversalAutomation.org official address is Botanic Tower, 6th floor, Blvd St. Lazare 4-10. UniversalAutomation.org is organized as an international, non-profit organization.
The personal data we collect may include:
We may collect personal data about you in a number of circumstances, including
As a general principle, you will provide us with your personal data entirely voluntarily; there are generally no detrimental effects for you if you choose not to consent or to provide personal data. However, there are circumstances in which UniversalAutomation.org cannot take action without certain of your personal data, for example because this personal data is required to process your instructions or orders, provide you with access to a web offering or newsletter or to carry out a legally required compliance screening. In these cases, it will unfortunately not be possible for us to provide you with what you request without the relevant personal data and we will notify you accordingly.
We may use your personal data for the following purposes only (“Permitted Purposes“):
If you provide personal data to us about someone else (such as one of your directors or employees, or someone with whom you have business dealings) you must ensure that you are entitled to disclose that personal data to us and that, without our taking any further steps, we may collect, use and disclose that personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. In particular, you must ensure the individual concerned is aware of the various matters detailed in this Privacy Policy, as those matters relate to that individual, including our identity, how to contact us, our purposes of collection, our personal data disclosure practices (including disclosure to overseas recipients), the individual’s right to obtain access to the personal data and make complaints about the handling of the personal data, and the consequences if the personal data is not provided (such as our inability to provide services).
UniversalAutomation.org is a global association. We may transfer your personal data abroad if required for the Permitted Purposes as described above. This may include countries which do not provide the same level of protection as the laws of your home country (for example, the laws within the European Economic Area or Australia). We will ensure that any such international transfers are made subject to appropriate or suitable safeguards as required by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or other relevant laws. This includes entering into the EU Standard Contractual Clauses which are available here. You may contact us anytime using the contact details below if you would like further information on such safeguards.
We will require our agents, consultants and sub-contractors and others who are outside the European Economic Area or Australia and to whom we transfer your personal data to ensure a level of data protection at least as protective as that required in the European Economic Area and Australia.
When doing so we will comply with applicable data protection requirements and take appropriate safeguards to ensure the security and integrity of your personal data.
We keep information as needed to perform the purposes described above, taking into consideration the need to provide the services, marketing requirements, security requirements, legal requirements and statute of limitations.
Personal information will be processed by our affiliates and suppliers involved in the provision of the services and in the performance of the purposes described in Section 5. We take measures to ensure that personal information receives an adequate level of protection. We do not sell your personal information.
Our affiliates and suppliers provide service including hosting and maintenance, performance monitoring and security. As we are a global association, teams and suppliers may have global or multi-country roles, and they can be located anywhere in the world, in countries with different privacy standards than the country of our customers.
We may also share your information, as necessary :
The service includes Google Analytics, a Google service which provides us with information about how you use the mobile and the web applications. Google publishes information about its use of information at https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/partner-sites
Google Analytics features are used to understand how often functionalities are used.
We will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to keep your personal data confidential and secure in accordance with our internal procedures covering the storage, disclosure of and access to personal data. Personal data may be kept on our personal data technology systems, those of our contractors or in paper files.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
To exercise the data protection rights granted under applicable data protection law, such as the rights to be informed, to access, to rectify, to withdraw consent, to request restriction or erasure, the right to object and data portability, you may make a request at [email protected]. To ensure the security of your personal information, we may ask you to provide other details to verify your identity.
You may address questions or comments about our privacy practices or this privacy notice to the following e-mail address: [email protected] or at:
UniversalAutomation.org AISBL
Botanic Tower
6th floor, Blvd St. Lazare 4-10.
If you believe that we have processed your personal information in violation of applicable law, you may file a complaint using the e-mail address stated above or, the contact details above or with a supervisory authority.
We reserve the right to charge you a reasonable administrative fee for any manifestly unfounded or excessive requests concerning your access to your data, and for any additional copies of the personal data you request from us.
We will consider any requests or complaints which we receive and provide you with a response in a timely manner. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may take your complaint to the relevant privacy regulator. We will provide you with details of your relevant regulator upon request
This Privacy Policy was last updated in November 2021. We reserve the right to update and change this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect any changes to the way in which we process your personal data or changing legal requirements. In case of any such changes, we will post the changed Privacy Policy on our website or publish it otherwise. The changes will take effect as soon as they are posted on this website.
