Privacy Policy
Please make sure that you carefully read our Privacy Statement to learn about the information that we collect on our site and how we process it. Without limiting the terms of our Privacy Statement, you understand that the Belgian Shepherd Health Project™ and its Authors do not and cannot guarantee that your use of the Sites and/or the information provided by you through the Sites will be private or secure.
‘Authors’ include, but are not limited to, any person or entity that writes, creates, or otherwise causes content to appear on www.belgianshepherdhealthproject.org.
The Belgian Shepherd Health Project™ and its Authors are not responsible or liable to you for any lack of privacy or security you may experience. You are responsible for using the precautions and security measures best suited for your situation and intended use of the site. We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as the Belgian Shepherd Health Project™ (BSHP) deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
1. What data does this privacy statement apply to?
This privacy statement applies to your personal information, which is any information or combination of information that could reasonably be used to identify you and your dog.
We adapt our privacy practices to country data protection laws and cooperate with country data protection authorities if they believe a privacy problem has occurred.
If you have a query about how your personal information is being used, you can contact the Website administrator whose contact details appear below.
Please note that our Websites may include links to third-party Websites whose privacy practices may differ from our privacy practices. If you submit personal information to any of those Websites, your information is governed by the privacy policies on those Websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any Website you visit.
“Third-party” includes but is not limited to official and unofficial partners of the BSHP and unaffiliated persons and entities.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
2. What information do we collect and process?
We may collect or process various information that you provide to us, including personal contact details, and information related to your purchases.
- Personal contact details include information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, or e-mail addresses such as when you provide them to us during online registration; our Website may allow you to establish a user name and password to set up an account.
- Purchase-related information includes data regarding purchases you may make on our Website, which may include payment card information and shipping details.
3. Who is responsible for the data collection on this Website?
The data collected on this Website are processed by the webmaster. The webmaster’s contact details can be found below.
Data collected and processed on this Website is subject to review by the Belgian Shepherd Health Project™ and its Authors’ Data Review Team, which comprises the webmaster and the project director.
4. How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the Website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our Website. Third-party Services may also collect information automatically.
5. What do we use your data for?
We may use your information for a variety of purposes including: to provide products or Services that you request; to conduct research via surveys and the like; to communicate with you; to improve our Websites, products and Services; and for other legitimate business purposes.
6. How do we share and disclose your information?
We may share or disclose your information:
- With vendors or agents. For example, we may share your information with companies we have hired to provide Services on our behalf. When we share information with these other companies to provide Services for us, they are not allowed to use it for any other purpose and must keep it confidential unless you otherwise consent.
We also may share or disclose personal information, including the content of your communications:
- To comply with the law or respond to legal process or lawful requests, including from law enforcement and government agencies.
- To conduct investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law, to protect the integrity of the Website, to fulfill your requests, to conduct research, or to cooperate in any legal investigation.
- To protect the rights or property of the Belgian Shepherd Health Project™ and its Authors, or our users, including enforcing the terms governing your use of the Services.
- To act on a good faith belief that access or disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of our partners, users or the public.
7. What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address below if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
8. How do we use analytics and third-party tools?
When visiting our Website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.
9. Who is the party responsible for our Website data?
The party responsible for processing data on this Website is:
Kadi Thingvall
malndobe@sbcglobal.net
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
10. Can you revoke consent to the processing of your data?
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
11. Where can you file a complaint regarding this Website?
You may file complaints with the Data Protection Officer, listed below.
12. Do you have the right to data portability?
You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
13. What type of data encryption do we use?
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
14. How do you correct your data?
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given below if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.
15. What about promotional emails?
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of Website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The webmaster reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.
16. Who is the data protection officer?
We have appointed a data protection officer for our organization.
Kadi Thingvall
17. How do we use cookies?
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our Website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this Website.
The webmaster has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
We do not control the cookies of third parties.
By continuing to use the Website, you agree to the use of cookies.
You can object to the collection and use of your data at any time with future effect by clicking on this link and setting an opt-out cookie in your browser: https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out/.
If you delete the cookies on your computer, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again.
18. What kind of information do we collect from your browser?
The Website provider may automatically collect and store information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files.” These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
19. What happens to questions sent via the contact form?
Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.
We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
20. How will we use your info for registration on this Website?
You can register on our Website in order to access additional functions offered here. The input data will only be used for the purpose of using the respective site or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject your registration.
To inform you about important changes such as those within the scope of our site or technical changes, we will use the email address specified during registration.
We will process the data provided during registration based on your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
We will continue to store the data collected during registration for as long as you remain registered on our Website. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
21. How do we use analytics?
Google Analytics
This Website may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies.” These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the Website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this Website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The webmaster has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its Website and its advertising.
Browser Plugin
You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this Website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the Website (including your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Outsourced Data Processing
We may enter into an agreement with Google USA for the outsourcing of our data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the protection authorities when using Google Analytics. We will comply with applicable data privacy laws.
Demographic Data Collection by Google Analytics
This Website may use Google Analytics’ demographic features. This allows reports to be generated containing statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This collected data cannot be attributed to any specific individual person. You can disable this feature at any time by adjusting the ads settings in your Google account.
Google AdSense
This Website may use Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements from Google Inc. (“Google”). It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google AdSense uses so-called “cookies,” which are text files stored in your computer that enable an analysis of the way you use the Website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as the visitor traffic on these pages can be evaluated.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons relating to your use of this Website (including your IP address), and delivery of advertising formats, may be transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there. This information can be passed on from Google to contracting parties of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data you have stored.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. Please be aware that in this case, you may not be able to make full use of all the features of this Website. By using this Website, you agree to the processing of data relating to you and collected by Google as described and for the purposes set out above.
Google Analytics Remarketing
Our Website may use the features of Google Analytics Remarketing combined with the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and DoubleClick. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
This feature makes it possible to link target audiences for promotional marketing created with Google Analytics Remarketing to the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. This allows advertising to be displayed based on your personal interests, identified based on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. your mobile phone), on other devices (such as a tablet or computer).
Once you have given your consent, Google will associate your web and app browsing history with your Google Account for this purpose. That way, any device that signs in to your Google Account can use the same personalized promotional messaging.
To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users that are temporarily linked to Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad promotion.
You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing/targeting by turning off personalized advertising in your Google Account; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
For more information and the Google Privacy Policy, go to: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.
Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This Website may use Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).
As part of Google AdWords, we may use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser stores on your computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification of the user. Should the user visit certain pages of the Website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the Website can tell that the user clicked on the ad and proceeded to that page.
Each Google AdWords advertiser has a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked using the Website of an AdWords advertiser. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for the AdWords advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, advertisers do not obtain any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can opt-out of this by easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie by changing your browser settings. In doing so, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
For more information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, see the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this Website.
Google reCAPTCHA
We may use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our Website. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our Website (such as on a contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the Website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the Website visitor enters the Website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor has been on the Website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses take place completely in the background. Website visitors are not advised that such an analysis is taking place.
The webmaster has a legitimate interest in protecting its site from abusive automated crawling and spam.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please visit the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.
Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this page may use web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our Website.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information about handling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
22. Where is your information stored and processed?
Personal information collected on our Website will be stored and processed in the United States.
The servers and databases in which information may be stored may be located outside the country from which you accessed this Website and in a country that does not have the same privacy laws as your country of residence. The personal information you provide us may be transmitted abroad, but we will collect, process and use personal information only in accordance with this privacy statement.
If you choose to provide us with personal information, we may transfer that information to other third parties, across borders, and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world in accordance with legal requirements.
23. How long do we store your information?
We retain and store your personal information only for as long as we have a legitimate business purpose to do so and in accordance with our data retention policies.
24. How do we safeguard your information?
We have implemented safeguards designed to protect your information. No security measures can be 100% secure, however, and so we recommend that you take additional measures to protect yourself and your information, including by installing up to date anti-virus software, closing browsers after use, keeping confidential your log-in credentials and passwords, and making sure that you regularly update software and apps you have downloaded to ensure you have enabled the latest security features on your devices.
25. What should you do if you have questions, wish to access, update or delete information, or wish to opt-out of receiving future communications?
We take steps to keep your personal information accurate. You can view, correct or update the personal contact information you provide to us.
Where our processing of your information is based on your consent, you may have the right to withdraw your consent by contacting us by e-mail at the address to follow. Note that your withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of our processing of your information based on your consent prior to your withdrawal. Where appropriate, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. We are intent on resolving any issues relating to our handling of your information, and you may contact us at any time regarding any questions or concerns.
26. How do we process information from the European Union?
If you are an individual in the European Economic Area (EEA), we collect and process information about you only where we have legal Bases for doing so under applicable EU laws. The legal Bases depend on the Services you use and how you use them. This means we collect and use your information only where:
- We need it to provide you the Services, including to operate the Services, provide customer support and personalized features and to protect the safety and security of the Services.
- It satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote the Services and to protect our legal rights and interests.
- You give us consent to do so for a specific purpose; or
- We need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.
27. How do we respond to Do-Not-Track Disclosures?
We do not support “Do Not Track” browser settings and do not currently participate in any Do Not Track frameworks that would allow us to respond to signals or other mechanisms from you regarding the collection of your personal information.
28. What are your California Privacy Rights?
California law permits residents of California to opt-out of disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. You may choose to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes at any time by by e-mailing us at Kadi Thingvall, malndobe@sbcglobal.net. Please note that this opt-out does not prohibit disclosure made for non-marketing purposes. California law also permits residents of California to request and obtain from us once per year, free of charge, a list of the third parties (if any) to whom we have disclosed personal information for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please submit your request in an e-mail to: Kadi Thingvall, malndobe@sbcglobal.net. Requests via telephone or facsimile will not be accepted. The e-mail subject line and the content of your request must include the phrase “Your California Privacy Rights,” and include your name and e-mail.
29. How can you contact us about this Website?
You may contact us using the following information:
Kadi Thingvall
We are committed to working with you to resolve any complaints you may have regarding this Privacy Statement or the treatment of your personal information. If you have a concern, please contact us at the address above and your communication will be promptly addressed.
30. Changes to this Privacy Statement
We may update this privacy statement from time to time, so please visit this page periodically and review this statement for changes. We will notify you of material changes to this privacy statement by changing the “Updated” date below. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes will mean that you accept the changed terms.
If there is any conflict between the English version of our Privacy Policy and a version translated in another language, the English version controls.
Created: 3/6/2019
