Privacy Statement

Alken-Maes NV, with registered office at 2800 Mechelen, Blarenberglaan 3 Bus C and with company number 0716 926 901, RPR Antwerp, Mechelen division (hereinafter referred to as “Alken-Maes”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is responsible for the processing of personal data collected on this website.

We handle privacy and privacy-sensitive data carefully in accordance with the restrictions of the applicable privacy legislation (including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Electronic Communications Act of 13/06/2005).

In this Privacy & Cookie Statement, we inform you about how we handle personal data. Personal data is information that can be used to identify an individual, or that can be linked to an individual. In particular, this Privacy & Cookie Statement informs you about how we process users’ personal data on this website, as well as the purposes of such processing. In that respect, it also discusses the various privacy rights available to the users of this website and how to exercise these rights.

This Privacy & Cookie Statement applies to all activities on this website unless a separate, specific privacy statement is communicated for a specific digital action.

What personal data does Alken-Maes collect?

Alken-Maes collects the personal data that you, as a website user, voluntarily communicate to us, e.g. your name and e-mail address, when filling out the contact form or sending an e-mail.

 We also process personal data through cookies on our website (look at ‘Cookie Statement’ below for more information), such as your IP address, browsing behaviour on the website, click behaviour, location data and cookie ID.

For what purposes does Alken-Maes process personal data?

Alken-Maes processes personal data collected through the website for the following purposes:

• Practical purposes: being able to use and display the website correctly;
• Legal purposes, such as age verification;
• Communication purposes: handling your queries or suggestions sent to us via the contact form or e-mail;
• Recruitment purposes: if you are interested in working at Alken-Maes, we will process and hold personal data for that purpose;
• If you have given your consent to do so: Marketing and promotional purposes, such as carrying out competitions and promotional campaigns, sending newsletters, displaying offers and information, sending user information, service messages or other electronic messages via advertising networks and social media channels.