Cookie Policy (EU)

This Cookie Statement was last updated on 13 May 2020 and applies to residents of the European Economic Area.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://balo.be uses cookies and other related techniques. (Hereafter, all techniques are referred to as "cookies" for convenience). Cookies are also set via third parties engaged by us. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a simple small file sent with pages from this website and stored by your browser on your computer's or other device's hard drive. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers or those of the relevant third parties the next time you visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of programme code used to make our website function properly and interactive. This code is executed on our server, or on your equipment.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (also pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to map traffic on a website. To do this, web beacons are used to store various data about you.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By setting functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not have to enter the same information every time you visit our website, for example, and it is possible to save the items in your shopping basket until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Analytical cookies

We use analytical cookies to make our website as responsive as possible to the needs of our visitors. We gain insight into the use of our website through analytical cookies. We ask your permission to place analytical cookies. We ask your permission to place analytical cookies.

5.3 Advertising cookies

We use advertising cookies on this website so that the online advertising offer can be personalised for you, and we (and third parties) can gain insight into campaign performance. This is done on the basis of a profile we create based on your click and browsing behaviour within and outside https://balo.be. Cookies are used to link a unique cookie ID to you as a website visitor so that, among other things, you do not see the same advertisement several times.

As these cookies are classified as tracking cookies, we therefore seek your consent for their placement.

5.4 Social media buttons

Our website includes buttons from Facebook and Instagram to promote (a.o. "like", "pin") or share (a.o. "tweet") web pages on social networks such as Facebook and Instagram. These buttons work through snippets of code that come from Facebook and Instagram themselves. Cookies are set by means of this code. The social media buttons may also store and process certain data so that personalised ads can be shown to you.

Please read the privacy statement of these parties (which may change regularly) to know what they do with your (personal) data that they process via these cookies. The information they collect is anonymised as much as possible. Facebook and Instagram are based in the United States.

6. Placed cookies

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7. Permission

When you visit our website for the first time, we display a pop-up explaining cookies. Once you click 'Save preferences', you give us permission to use the categories of cookies and plug-ins you have selected in the pop-up and which are described in the cookie statement. You can disable the placing of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may then no longer work optimally.

8. Your rights with regard to personal data

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what happens to it and how long it is kept.
  • Right to access: you can request to see the data we process about you.
  • Right to rectification and supplementation: you have the right to supplement, correct, delete or block your personal data whenever you want.
  • If you give us consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent and have your personal data deleted.
  • Right to data portability: you have the right to request all your personal data from the Controller and transfer it in its entirety to another Controller.
  • Right to object: you can object to the processing of your data. We will comply with this unless there are legitimate grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. To do so, please see the contact information at the bottom of this Cookie Statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the regulator (the Personal Data Authority).

9. Cookies in- / uitschakelen en verwijderen

Your internet browser allows you to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can also specify that certain cookies should not be placed. Alternatively, you can set your internet browser to notify you when a cookie is set. More information on these options can be found in the instructions of the Help function of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work optimally if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete cookies in your browser, they will be placed again upon a new visit to our websites following your consent.

10. Contact information

For questions and/or comments regarding our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us at the following contact information:

Balo Living in Style
Corbiestraat 24
2400 Mol
Belgium
Website: https://balo.be
E-mail address: bart@balo.be
Telephone number: +32 14 31 80 05