Privacy Policy
Gas Outlook attaches great importance to respecting the right to privacy of the visitors of its website.
You can contact us at
Gas Outlook
c/o Meliore Foundation (FUP)
Rue aux laines 70
1000 Brussels
Belgium
1. Who is concerned by this privacy policy
Every visitor of our website, as well as people who contact us or subscribe to our newsletter
2. What information do we handle about you and why?
We handle the hereunder mentioned personal data that we collect directly from you or via cookies (see our cookie policy).
The data processings which we conduct are there because either you have consented to it, or for our legitimate interests. You can find those reasons and legal bases hereunder.
2.1. When you make use of our website
We use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our website. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google Analytics to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
This data processing is based on your consent (article 6.1.a of the GDPR).
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (see Your Rights hereunder).
You can read more about how we use cookies on our cookie policy.
2.2. When you log in on our website or you register for newsletters or you want to upload articles and documents on our website
2.2.1. Based on your consent (article 6.1.a of the GDPR)
We collect and process your identification data (name, first name and email address):
- For registration to and delivery of our newsletters; we use a service provider to deliver our newsletters.
2.2.2. Based on our legitimate interests (article 6.1.f of the GDPR)
When you register for our newsletters, we gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.
Those data are kept as long as you do not oppose it.
2.3. When you contact us or make a media enquiry
We process your contact details, when required, in order to provide you with the requested support. This data processing is based on your consent (article 6.1.a of the GDPR). g
Those data are kept as long as you do not oppose to it.
2.4. When you contact us to make use of your data subject rights
We process your contact details and the proof of your identity you send us in order to address your request. We can also, depending on your request, process other personal data we have collected in order to address your request.
This data processing is for compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject (article 6.1.c of the GDPR).
We will store those data for the duration of one year. This duration aims at having history of the case in case the data subject comes back with further requests. Further, all our emails are achieved for audit purposes for the duration of our audit obligations.
2.5. Reach-out
To deliver our public interest campaign messages, we use advertisement tools provided by social media platforms. These tools offer target-based advertising options including interests, geographical position, age and gender that may be of relevance to reach out to likely interested audiences. When making use of those target-based advertising options, we do not collect the data used by these ads tools. Please note that those tools are not operated by us, therefore, we strongly advise you to review the privacy policies of those websites, too, as we have no control over the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
This data processing is based on our legitimate interests (article 6.1.f of the GDPR).
2.6. Links to other sites
Our website may contain links to other websites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. These external sites are not operated by us, therefore, we strongly advise you to review the privacy policies of those websites, too, as we have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
3. How do we protect your personal data?
Your personal data are handled in full confidentiality. We make all necessary effort to take technical and organisational measures that might be required so as to ensure security of your personal data.
4. Use of service providers and transfer to third parties
We do have recourse to service providers to gather audience information, receive your contact us form and deliver our newsletters.
Those service providers, otherwise referred to as data processors, are third parties who provide elements of support to us. We have contracts in place with our data processors. They cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do so. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They will hold it securely and retain it for the period we instruct. We do not transfer any of your personal data collected, as mentioned above, to any third party for commercial purposes
5. Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC) (“GDPR”), you have rights as an individual which you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you:
- Right to request access to your data and rectification of your personal data.
- Right to request erasure of your data (right to be forgotten) in the cases described in article 17 of the GDPR.
- Right to obtain from us restriction of processing where there is contestation about the data processing for a period enabling to solve the issue.
- Right to data portability.
- Where the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent means that we will not make use of your data any longer. However, use made of your data in the past remains valid.
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of your personal data which is based on our legitimate interests (article 6.1.f of the GDPR). To exercise your rights, please send us an email address to [email protected] together with a proof of your identity. Please note that you always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority of the European country of your choice.
COOKIES POLICY
Use of cookies by Gas Outlook website
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The tables below explain the cookies we use and why.
Essential cookies
The essential cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and so cannot be disabled.
Non-Essential cookies
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
List of cookies
| Cookie | Description | Sensitivity | Retention period | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. | Necessary | 11 months | Necessary |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. | Necessary | 11 months | Necessary |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”. | Necessary | 11 months | Necessary |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”. | Necessary | 11 months | Necessary |
| cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”. | Necessary | 11 months | Necessary |
| cookielawinfo-checbox-others | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other. | Necessary | 11 months | Necessary |
| UserMatchHistory | Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | Non-necessary | 1 month | Others |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | No description | Non-necessary | 1 month | Others |
| li_gc | No description | Non-necessary | 2 years | Others |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Advertisement”. | Non-necessary | 1 year | Necessary |
| bscookie | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. | Non-necessary | 2 years | Advertisement |
| personalization_id | This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting. | Non-necessary | 2 years | Advertisement |
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | Non-necessary | 2 years | Analytics |
| _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | Non-necessary | 1 day | Analytics |
| _gat_UA-194713335-1 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | Non-necessary | 1 minute | Analytics |
| lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. | Non-necessary | Session | Functional |
| bcookie | This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | Non-necessary | 2 years | Functional |
| lidc | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. | Non-necessary | 1 day | Functional |
What are my rights?
You have the right of access to your personal information and to ask for rectification, erasure or restriction of processing of your personal data.
You also have the right to object at any time to processing of your personal data provided to us in the framework of the use of cookies on the present site.
For more information on the use of those rights, please refer to the privacy policy.
DISCLAIMER
This project has been supported by the Meliore Foundation, who cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained or expressed therein.