Privacy

These notes on data protection apply only to Ocean Gate Logistics’s internet service on www.oceangate.be.



We are pleased that you have visited our website and about the interest you have shown in our company, our products and our services.



Protection of your personal data and respecting your individual rights is important for us; therefore we consider data protection as a customer-orientated quality measure. The personal data which are recorded when you visit our website will only be processed and used in accordance with the current applicable legislation regarding the protection of personal data. Our data protection declaration does not apply to third party websites, even if our web pages contain links to these websites.

When you visit our web pages, our web servers routinely store technical access data such as the IP address of your internet service provider, information about the internet browser used, the website from which you are visiting us, the web pages that you visit with us and the date and time of your visit. However, these data cannot be attributed to a particular person. We use this technical access information only for the purposes of improving the attractiveness and user friendliness of our web pages and where relevant for the early identification of technical problems on our website.

Apart from this, you can use almost all of our internet services without having to divulge any personal data. In accordance with the principle of data avoidance and data economy, we record and store personal data only if they are absolutely essential for your intended purposes and if you have freely supplied them. We use your personal data to process your order, to answer your enquiries, to give you access to special information and offers or to be able to perform special services for you (brochure dispatch etc.).


We use your personal data only for the purposes stated on this information page about data protection. In addition, personal data will only be recorded, processed or used by us if it is necessary according to a careful assessment of all the interests relating to the maintenance of the legitimate business interests of Ocean Gate Logistics.


Your personal data will only be disclosed without your express consent to subsidiaries or business partners which are involved and this solely to the extent that it is necessary to process your order.


We will not disclose your personal data to other third parties and in particular not sell them or otherwise pass them trough to commercial users.


According to the applicable legislation, you may enquire in writing at any time whether any personal data and which personal data about you are stored by us. We will then provide you with the relevant information. Please address all your enquiries regarding your personal data (corrections, deletions and other questions) to our Data Protection Officer.

In our Internet Service we use cookies in order to be able to cater for the visitor's preferences and to design the web pages in an appropriately optimum manner. Cookies are not viruses and therefore are not harmful to your computer. In fact these are very small files that are stored on your PC. These cookies are used to allow our server to recognize your computer and to simplify navigation and the use of our web pages for you. You can set your internet browser so that cookies are accepted or rejected in general or you can set your internet browser so you can decide about them in each individual case. If you want more information about the use of cookies, you can find more details under the ‘Help’ heading of your internet browser.

The personal data which you have disclosed to us are protected by us by suitable technical and organizational means in order to protect them from accidental or deliberate interference, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are constantly checked and improved in line with technological developments and organizational opportunities.

If you have any questions, suggestions or complaints regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer directly.