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Privacy Policy
Last update: February 28, 2025 · Effective for barsgent.be
1. Who are we?
Bars Ghent is an informative guide about bars and cafés in the city of Ghent (Belgium). The website can be reached via barsgent.be and is managed by a private individual based in Belgium.
For questions about this privacy statement or about the processing of your personal data, you can contact us via: infobarsgent@gmail.com
2. What data do we collect?
Bars Ghent does not collect personal data directly through the website. There are no registration or login forms, no payment functions, and no orders are processed.
If you accept analytical cookies (see our cookie statement), anonymized visitor data is collected via Google Analytics, such as:
- Anonymized IP address (last octet masked)
- Visited pages and navigation patterns
- Device type, browser, and screen resolution
- Referring website (referrer)
- Session duration and bounce rate
This data is not traceable to an individual person and is used exclusively to improve the website.
3. Legal Bases
We process data based on the following legal bases (Art. 6 GDPR):
Consent (Art. 6.1.a)
Analytical cookies are only placed after explicit consent via our cookie banner. You can withdraw this consent at any time.
Legitimate Interest (Art. 6.1.f)
Functional cookies are necessary for the operation of the website (session memory, scroll behavior). They do not contain personal identification data.
4. Disclosure to Third Parties
We never sell or rent your data to third parties. If you accept analytical cookies, anonymized statistics are processed by:
Google LLC (Ireland / USA)
Google Analytics & Google Tag Manager · The transfer to the USA is based on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (adequacy decision of the European Commission, July 2023). More info: policies.google.com/privacy
5. Retention Periods
Analytical data in Google Analytics is kept for a period of 14 months, after which it is automatically deleted. Your cookie consent is stored locally in your browser until you clear it yourself.
6. Your Rights (GDPR)
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR:
Right of access
You can request what data we keep about you.
Right to rectification
Incorrect data can be corrected.
Right to erasure
You can request us to delete your data.
Right to restriction
You can have the processing temporarily suspended.
Right to data portability
You can receive your data in a readable format.
Right to object
You can object to certain processing.
Withdraw consent
You can refuse analytical cookies or withdraw your consent via the cookie banner or by clearing cookies.
Right to complain
You can file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (GBA): dataprotectionauthority.be
7. External Links
The website contains links to external websites (e.g., Google Maps, menus of bars). Bars Ghent is not responsible for the privacy policy of those websites. We recommend that you consult the privacy statements of each website you visit.
8. Changes
We reserve the right to change this privacy statement at any time. Material changes will be announced via the website. The date at the top of this document indicates when the text was last updated.