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Privacy statement

Your data is in good hands with me. Below you can read what data I collect, why, how long I keep it and what rights you have.

Version of 29 October 2026

Who I am

  1. 1.1Bert Van Den Eeckhaut, photographer, sole proprietorship with company number BE 0793 485 536, Tolhuislaan 204, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. I am responsible for processing your personal data.
  2. 1.2Questions about your data? Email hello@bertvde.be.

What data I collect

  1. 2.1Through the contact form: your name, email address, phone number, type of shoot, date, venue, number of guests, package, how you found me and your message.
  2. 2.2For a print order: your name, email address, your address and the details of your order.
  3. 2.3When we work together: your contact and billing details, agreements about the assignment and the images themselves.
  4. 2.4If you accept statistics cookies: anonymous data about how you use the site, such as pages visited, your device type and your region.
  5. 2.5If you accept marketing cookies: whether you came to the site through a Google Ads advert and whether that visit led to an enquiry.

Why I use it

  1. 3.1To answer your question, send you a quote and prepare the assignment. This is necessary to enter into an agreement with you.
  2. 3.2To carry out and invoice the assignment or your order. This is necessary to perform the agreement and to meet my legal obligations.
  3. 3.3To improve the site, only with your consent through the cookie settings.
  4. 3.4To measure what my adverts bring in, only with your consent through the cookie settings.
  5. 3.5I never sell your data and do not use it for advertising.

Who I share it with

  1. 4.1Brevo (France) sends messages from the contact and order forms to my inbox.
  2. 4.2Netlify (United States) hosts this website and processes technical data such as your IP address. Transfers to the US are based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
  3. 4.3Google Analytics (Google Ireland) and Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Ireland) measure how the site is used, only if you accept statistics cookies.
  4. 4.4Google Ads (Google Ireland) measures whether an advert leads to an enquiry, only if you accept marketing cookies.
  5. 4.5For delivering and storing images I work with Pixieset, Dropbox and WeTransfer, as described in the terms and conditions.
  6. 4.6All of them process your data only on my instructions.

How long I keep it

  1. 5.1Enquiries that do not lead to a booking are deleted within 12 months.
  2. 5.2Client data is kept as long as the assignment requires. Invoices and accounting records are kept as long as the law requires.
  3. 5.3Statistics data is kept for a maximum of 14 months.

Cookies

  1. 6.1Necessary: cc_cookie remembers your cookie choice, 6 months.
  2. 6.2Statistics, only with your consent: _ga and _ga_* from Google Analytics (up to 2 years), _clck and _clsk from Microsoft Clarity (up to 1 year).
  3. 6.3Marketing, only with your consent: _gcl_au from Google Ads (3 months).
  4. 6.4You can change your choice at any time via "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page.

Your rights

  1. 7.1You can access, correct or delete your data, restrict or object to its processing, or request a copy to take elsewhere. If you gave consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
  2. 7.2Email hello@bertvde.be. I reply within one month.
  3. 7.3If you are not happy with how I handle your data, you can lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority, Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels (www.dataprotectionauthority.be).