Privacy Policy

Kot & Co respects the privacy of visitors to the Website, particularly the rights of visitors regarding the automated processing of personal data. To ensure complete transparency with our customers, we have therefore formulated and implemented a policy regarding these processing activities themselves, their purpose, and the options available to data subjects to exercise their rights as effectively as possible. 

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For any additional information regarding the protection of personal data, please refer to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which ensures greater transparency and control over your data.

 

Until you accept the use of cookies and other tracking systems on the website, we will not place any non-anonymized analytical cookies and/or tracking cookies on your computer, cell phone, or tablet.

By continuing to browse the Website, you accept the following terms of use.

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Article 1 - Legal provisions

 

1. Website (hereinafter also referred to as “the website”): www.kotenco.be 

2. Data Controller (hereinafter also referred to as “the Controller”): Kot & Co, located at Frederik Lintstraat, 3000 Leuven, company number: 0726.651.645

 

Article 2 - Access to the website

 

Access to and use of this website are strictly personal. You may not use this website or the data and information provided on it for commercial, political, or promotional purposes, or for any commercial offers, and in particular, you may not use it for unsolicited electronic offers.

 

Article 3 - The content of the website  

 

All brands, images, texts, comments, illustrations, (animated) pictures, video footage, sounds, as well as all technical applications that may be used to operate the website and, more generally, all components used on this site, are protected by law through intellectual property rights. Any reproduction, repetition, use, or modification, in any manner whatsoever, of the whole or only part of it, including the technical applications, without the prior written consent of the responsible party, is strictly prohibited. If the administrator does not immediately take action against any infringement, this cannot be interpreted as tacit consent or as a waiver of the right to prosecute.

 

Article 4 – The management of the website

 

For the proper management of the website, the administrator may at any time:

• suspend, interrupt, or restrict access to all or part of the website for a specific category of visitors;

• remove any information that may disrupt the functioning of the website or that is contrary to national or international legislation or internet etiquette;

• temporarily make the website unavailable in order to carry out updates.

 

Article 5 – Responsibilities

 

The administrator shall in no event be held responsible for failures, malfunctions, difficulties, or interruptions in the operation of the website that result in the website or any of its functionalities being inaccessible. The manner in which you connect to the website is your own responsibility. You must take all appropriate measures to protect your equipment and data against, among other things, internet-based virus attacks. You are also solely responsible for the websites and data that you access on the internet.

The administrator shall not be liable for any legal proceedings brought against you:

• due to your use of the website or services accessible via the internet;

• due to a breach of the terms of this privacy policy.

The administrator shall not be responsible for any damage that you or third parties, or your equipment, may suffer as a result of your connection to or use of the website. You shall refrain from taking any action against the administrator as a result thereof.

If the administrator becomes involved in a dispute as a result of your use of this website, he shall be entitled to recover from you any damages he has suffered and may continue to suffer as a result.

 

Article 6 – Data collection

 

Your data is collected by Bjan BV. Personal data refers to: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is considered to be a person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by means of an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more elements specific to their physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity.

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The personal data collected on the website is primarily used by the administrator to maintain relationships with you and, where applicable, to process your orders.

 

Article 7 – Your rights regarding your data

 

Pursuant to Article 13(2)(b) of the GDPR, everyone has the right to access and rectify or erase their personal data, or to restrict the processing concerning them, as well as the right to object to the processing and the right to data portability. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at info@kotenco.be.

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Any request to this effect must be accompanied by a copy of a valid identity document bearing your signature, and must include the address at which you can be contacted. You will receive a response to your request within 1 month of submitting it. Depending on the complexity of the requests and the number of requests received, this period may, if necessary, be extended by 2 months.

 

Article 8 – Processing of personal data

 

In the event of a violation of any law or regulation of which the visitor is suspected, and for which the authorities require personal data collected by the administrator, this data will be provided to them following an explicit and reasoned request from those authorities. Consequently, these personal data will no longer be subject to the protection of the provisions of this privacy statement.

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If certain information is required in order to access certain functionalities of the website, the responsible party will indicate the mandatory nature of this information at the time the data is requested.

 

Article 9 – Commercial offers

 

You may receive commercial offers from the administrator. If you no longer wish to receive them, please send an email to the following address: info@kotenco.be.

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If you encounter any personal data while visiting the website, you must refrain from collecting it or from any other unauthorized use, as well as from any act that constitutes an infringement of the privacy of that person or persons. The administrator shall in no event be responsible in the aforementioned situations.

 

Article 10 – Data retention period

 

The data collected by the website administrator is used and stored for the period prescribed by law.

 

Article 11 - Cookies 

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1. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit our website. A cookie contains data that allows you to be recognized as a visitor each time you visit our website. This makes it possible to tailor our website specifically to you and to facilitate the login process.

2. We use the following types of cookies on our website:

   1. Functional cookies: such as session and login cookies for storing session and login information.

   2. Anonymized analytical cookies: to gain insight into visits to our website based on information about visitor numbers, popular pages, and topics. This allows us to better tailor our communication and information services to the needs of visitors to our website. We cannot see who visits our websites or from which computer the visit takes place.

   3. More specifically, we use the following cookies:

   4. No other cookies

3. When you visit our website, cookies from the responsible party or third parties may be installed on your device.

4. For more information about the use, management, and deletion of cookies, we invite you to consult the following link: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/onderwerpen/internet-telefoon-tv-en-post/cookies#faq

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Article 12 – Visual material and products offered

 

No rights can be derived from the visual material accompanying the products offered on the website.

 

Article 13 – Applicable law

 

These terms and conditions are governed by Belgian law. The courts of the administrator’s place of establishment shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the event of any disputes concerning these terms and conditions, except where a legal exception applies.

 

Article 14 - Contact

 

For questions, product information, or information about the website itself, you can contact: Kot & Co, info@kotenco.be.​

 

Cookie Policy

Article 1 – The use of cookies

 

www.kotenco.be uses cookies. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with pages from this website and/or Flash applications and is stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer, mobile phone, smartwatch, or tablet. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers during a subsequent visit.

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The use of cookies is of great importance for the proper functioning of our website, but cookies whose effects are not immediately visible to you are also very important. Thanks to the (anonymous) input from visitors, we can improve the use of the website and make it more user-friendly.

 

Article 2 – Consent for the use of cookies

 

Your consent is required for the use of certain cookies. We obtain this through a so-called cookie banner.

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Article 3 – Types of cookies and their purposes

 

We use the following types of cookies:

Functional cookies: these allow us to make the website function better and make it more user-friendly for visitors. For example, we store your login details or what you have added to your shopping cart.

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Anonymized analytical cookies: these ensure that an anonymous cookie is generated each time you visit a website. These cookies determine whether you have visited the site before or not. A cookie is only created during your first visit; during subsequent visits, the existing cookie is used. This cookie is used solely for statistical purposes. It allows the following data to be collected:

• the number of unique visitors;

• how often users visit the site;

• which pages users view;

• how long users view a particular page;

• the page from which visitors leave the site.

 

Analytical cookies: these ensure that a cookie is generated each time you visit a website. These cookies determine whether you have visited the site before or not. A cookie is only created during your first visit; during subsequent visits, the existing cookie is used. This cookie is used solely for statistical purposes. The following data may be collected, such as:

• which pages you have viewed;

• how long you stayed on a particular page;

• the page from which you left the site.

These are the cookies that we use: