1. Application
This privacy statement applies to all personal data processed on buildingsmart.be.
buildingsmart.be is a website operated by Buildwise.
Buildwise is a trading name of the SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION, an establishment recognized under the decree-law of January 30, 1947, with its registered office at 1000 Brussels, Rue Lombard 42, and company number 0407.695.057.
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The processing of cookies on this website is done in accordance with our privacy policy. Information about how to manage your cookie preferences is explained more specifically in our cookie policy at the bottom of this page.
2. Personal Data
This policy applies to personal data processed by Buildwise on buildingsmart.be.
The collection and use of personal data by Buildwise comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
2.a How do we collect these personal data?
Data collection can occur in several ways:
- This is possible when you have the right to create an account on the extranet of this website.
- When you contact our support service or fill out a contact form.
2.b Retention period
Your data will not be kept longer than necessary for the purposes for which you provided them:
- If they are provided within the framework of a contract with Buildwise, they will not be retained longer than necessary for their execution.
- If they are provided based on your consent, processing will be interrupted as soon as possible when you withdraw your consent.
- If they are processed based on a legal obligation or legitimate interest of Buildwise, they will be retained for as long as necessary for this purpose.
3. How can I contact Buildwise regarding my privacy rights?
In accordance with GDPR legislation, you have the right to access your personal data, have them corrected, object to processing, and have your data erased.
Furthermore, since Buildwise is a controller of Buildwise.be, it has the duty, if requested by you, to provide a copy of the data it holds about you. For additional copies, Buildwise may charge cost recovery fees.
If you wish to invoke your rights, you can do so by sending an email to gdpr@buildwise.be.
4. Security
Buildwise.be uses appropriate technologies and security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, disclosure, loss, and destruction. To ensure the confidentiality of your data, Buildwise also uses professional firewalls and security passwords.
Buildwise, as an umbrella organization, strives to ensure the security of the transmission of these data, but is in no case responsible for any damage that may result from the loss of certain data and/or interception of these data by a third party. In this regard, it is advisable to install the necessary software and always exercise caution when using and communicating your personal data.
5. Changes
buildingsmart.be may revise its personal data processing policy. These modifications will be notified on the website.
6. Other Websites
The Site may contain links to other websites.
Buildwise cannot guarantee that these sites comply with their privacy policy according to applicable regulations. It is advisable to verify this yourself by consulting the privacy clauses of these sites.
7 Cookie policy
buildingsmart.be uses cookies, to optimise the ease of use, under application of this cookie policy. This policy has been drawn up with the aim of informing you correctly and clearly about the use of cookies and your how to give your consent to their use.
While visiting and/or using the Website and you can visibly refuse or accept cookies in accordance with this policy. We reserve the right to amend this policy from time to time, as well as to add and/or remove cookies in order to keep this policy as up to date as possible. We will keep you informed via the Website.
7.a What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text or data file that your browser stores on your computer, tablet or smartphone when you visit a website.
A Cookie consists of a unique value that allows your browser to recognise you. This allows you, as a visitor to the Website, to be identified on your next visit without having to reset certain preferences (such as preferred language).
Cookies also allow us to analyse the Website and tools and so that we can make it work better and better.
7.b Refusing cookies
If you do not want the Website to set cookies, you can set by indicating your preferences before the first use of the Website. You cannot refuse strictly necessary cookies, which guarantee the proper functioning of the Website.
7.c Overview Cookies
buildingsmart.be uses these functional cookies.
| Name | Domain | Lifetime | description |
| PHPSESSID | buildingsmart.be | SESSIE | Originally from PHP, the cookie enables websites to store serialised status data. It is used to establish a user session and to pass status data. |
buildingsmart.be uses these analytical cookies.
| Name | Domain | Lifetime | description |
| _ga_* | buildingsmart.be | 14 maanden | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a major update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a customer identifier. It is included in every page request on a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports. The “*” indicates that different cookie variants are active on the site with the same prefix. However, the function is the same |
| _gid | buildingsmart.be | 1 dag | The _gid cookie is installed by Google Analytics and stores information about how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some data collected are the number of visitors, their source and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _gat_gtag_ | buildingsmart.be | 1 minuut | Used to limit the percentage of requests.It collects information about how visitors use the site. |