1. Who We Are
This website is operated by Axel Bollansée, based in Mechelen, Belgium. For any privacy-related questions, you can contact us at: axel.bollansee@gmail.com
2. What Data We Collect and Why
Contact forms
If you fill in a contact form on this website, we collect your name, email address, and any message you provide. We use this data solely to respond to your enquiry. Legal basis: legitimate interest.
Comments
If you leave a comment, we collect your name, email address, and IP address. Your email is used for spam detection and is not published. Legal basis: legitimate interest.
Cookies
This website uses cookies. For full details on which cookies we use and why, please see our Cookie Policy. We only place non-essential cookies after you have given your consent via our cookie banner. Legal basis: consent.
Google Fonts
This website uses Google Fonts to display text. We self-host these fonts, meaning no data is sent to Google servers when you visit our site.
Analytics
We may use Google Analytics in the future to understand how visitors use this website. This will only be activated with your consent via the cookie banner. Legal basis: consent.
3. How Long We Retain Your Data
Contact form submissions are retained for as long as necessary to handle your enquiry and for up to 12 months thereafter. Comments are retained indefinitely unless you request deletion. Cookie consent records are retained for 12 months.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties, except where required by law or where you have given explicit consent. Our website is hosted on a server within the European Union.
5. Your Rights Under GDPR
As an EU resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access — you can request a copy of the data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data.
- Right to restriction — you can ask us to limit how we use your data.
- Right to object — you can object to our processing of your data.
- Right to data portability — you can request your data in a portable format.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at axel.bollansee@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (dataprotectionauthority.be).
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date of the most recent update is shown below. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Last updated: 15 June 2026