Privacy declaration

vzw Semper Ferraris complies with the GDPR, the European Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of personal data. You can read what that means for you below.

In brief

Membership

vzw Semper Ferraris saves your data when you become a member. This data is stored in a secure database of vzw Semper Ferraris vzw, Dennenlaan 21, 3110 Rotselaar. We use your address details to keep you informed of our activities, news and positions. The data is stored for a maximum of 5 years after your membership has ended.

Non-members

If you participate in our activities as a non-member or request information, we will include your data in a secure list. If you do not interact with Semper Ferrairs in any way for 5 years, your data will be deleted. Are you interested in our activities and did you give your express permission to be kept informed? Even then we keep your data in a separate, secure file. You can always let us know that you no longer wish to receive that communication.

Extensive privacy statement

Semper Ferraris is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy.

In this privacy statement we want to provide clear and transparent information about what data we collect and how we handle personal data. We do everything we can to guarantee your privacy and process your personal data with the necessary care.

Semper Ferraris complies in all cases with applicable laws and regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU 2016/679).

Semper Ferraris is responsible for the processing of the personal data you provide to us. If you have any questions after reading this privacy statement, or in a more general sense, you can contact us:

Semper Ferraris vzw
Dennenlaan 21
3100 Rotselaar
info@semperferraris.eu

Why do we process personal data?

We only use your data for the purposes for which we obtained it. These purposes are:

  • Management and renewal of memberships

  • Sending the member sheet

  • Sending e-newsletters about our operation and the results

  • Sending invitations to activities

  • Obtaining prospecting target groups for member recruitment, setting up member recruitment processes and sending mailings for gift and member recruitment

  • The granting of member benefits to our partners

  • Prospecting and monitoring contacts with prospective testators and major donors

  • The management and monitoring of the volunteer base and directorships

  • Organizing and evaluating courses, webinars, campaigns and other activities

  • Statistical research to evaluate and improve our operations

  • Accounting and management of customers and suppliers

  • Obtaining subsidies from the government

Semper Ferraris bases this on the following grounds:

  • Execution of an agreement, e.g. for membership or registration for a paid activity, we need your data.

  • We are obliged to keep a number of data, in accordance with legal obligations, e.g. for accounting and subsidy regulations.

  • A registered legitimate interest, for example, to be able to inform you about our activities and to invite you to our activities, we register your email address.

Which personal data do we collect?

We only process your data when this is necessary for the purposes described above. Semper Ferraris may collect the following categories of personal data for this purpose:

Members

  • Name, address and contact details

  • Personal characteristics (gender, date of birth)

  • Automatic logging of the address history

  • Financial data: account number, payment data for membership fees

  • Family membership: partner

  • Other information such as application information and the reason for cancellation of the membership

Newsletter subscribers

  • Name and email address

  • Personal characteristics (date of birth)

  • Newsletter preferences

Donors

  • Name, address and contact details

  • Personal characteristics (date of birth)

  • Automatic logging of the address history

  • Financial data: account number, payment details and beneficiary project

  • If relevant for tax certificate: partner

Volunteers

  • Name, address and contact details

  • Personal characteristics (gender, date of birth)

  • Automatic logging of the address history

  • Voluntary positions, followed volunteer training

Participants in activities

  • Name, address and contact details

  • Personal characteristics (date of birth)

  • Automatic logging of the address history

  • Financial data: account number, payment data

  • Areas of interest

Candidate testers and major donors

  • Name, address and contact details

  • Personal characteristics (gender, date of birth)

  • Bequest information

  • History of the contacts

Prospecting target groups for member recruitment

  • Name, address and contact details

Suppliers and commercial partners

  • Name, address and contact details

  • Financial details such as VAT number or company number, account number

  • Ordering and payment information

Visitors website

Every time you visit our website, Semper Ferraris collects personal information that is necessary to ensure optimal functioning of the site. Semper Ferraris uses so-called “cookies” for this. These are small text files that are placed on the hard drive of your computer during your website visit. They contain information such as your language preference, so that you do not have to enter that information again when you visit our website again. Most internet browsers are set up to automatically accept cookies. If you do not want this, you can delete already placed cookies via the browser settings on your computer and refuse to place new cookies.

Semper Ferraris uses:

  • Necessary and functional cookies, e.g. to prevent data loss.

  • Performance cookies with the aim of improving the ease of use of the website.

  • Profile cookies with the purpose of tracking surfing behavior. The information generated about your visit to the website (including your IP address, time when you visit the site, the type of browser you use, the pages you consult and the files you download) is used to generate reports on prepare the website activity for Semper Ferraris.

How long do we keep your personal data?

Semper Ferraris does not store your personal data longer than necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was provided or as required by law. We use the following retention periods after the last contact you had with us:

  • Personal data in the accounts (incl. Member and donor data): 7 years or longer if this becomes mandatory

  • Other data from members, volunteers and sympathizers: maximum 5 years

  • Participants activities: max. 5 years

  • Newsletter subscribers: max. 5 years

  • Candidate testers and major donors: max. 3 years after last contact

  • Prospecting target groups for member recruitment: max. 3 years after last contact

How do we protect your personal data?

We have taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against misuse or loss.

For example, we have taken the following measures:

  • All persons who can access your data on behalf of Semper Ferraris are bound to confidentiality.

  • We have an authorization and authentication policy on all our systems. We use a virus scanner and installed a "firewall".

  • We make backups of the personal data in order to be able to restore it in the event of physical or technical incidents.

  • We inform our volunteer about the importance of protecting personal data.

Minors and sensitive data

Semper Ferraris does not process personal data of minors (-16 y) or personal data classified as sensitive, such as medical or judicial data.

Do we pass on your personal data to third parties?

Semper Ferraris treats your data as confidential information and will never sell or rent your data to other organizations or companies. We can provide your data to third parties if this is necessary for the implementation of the purposes described above.

We also use a third party for:

  • Sending electronic newsletters and mailings

  • Taking care of and processing surveys, inquiries and information requests

  • Taking care of the internet environment

  • Providing an online gift tool

With a limited number of partners, Semper Ferraris may exchange personal data under a cooperation agreement for the granting of member benefits to our members.

Your rights

You have the right to view, copy and correct your data at any time. You can also have your data deleted when it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected. For this you have to make a clear request in which you indicate what you want to know, correct or delete. Our contact details can be found at the bottom of every page on the website. To prevent abuse, this request must be signed and dated and include a copy of the front of your identity card. You must specifically motivate questions to delete data. If these conditions are met, Semper Ferraris will answer your question as soon as possible and inform you about it.

If you object to the processing of certain data, you can always request us to stop this processing.

You can also let us transfer the information you provide to yourself or on your behalf directly to another party.

Complaints

If you have a complaint about the processing of your personal data, we ask you to contact us directly at info@semperferraris.eu.

You also always have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (GBA). This is the supervisory authority in the field of privacy protection. You can find the contact details on www.dataprotectionauthority.be.

Change of privacy statement

Semper Ferraris can change its privacy statement at any time. Any changes will be announced on the website.