This privacy policy describes engineers.be‘s policies regarding the collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your personal information.

This privacy policy applies to the Engineers.be website and all related websites and services that refer to this policy, regardless of how you access it, including access or use using mobile devices.

By using Engineers.be and all associated services and options, you expressly consent to our collection, use, disclosure and retention of your personal data as described in this privacy policy and our terms and conditions.

This privacy policy is valid since July 1, 2021. The privacy policy is frequently updated and you can always consult the latest version here. Conceptfabriek commv is responsible for processing within the meaning of the applicable privacy legislation. Conceptfabriek commv is a company under Belgian law with company number 0635.884.686.

In accordance with the law on electronic communications, we would like to inform you in detail about the use of cookies. You can also read our cookie policy on this page. Do not forget to log out during each session, especially if you have visited our website from a third-party device.

To make optimal use of Engineers.be, you must register and create an account. You will be asked to provide certain information about yourself. Not all information is required to be provided. The information provided can always be adjusted in your personal account. We have the right to add data to our information if we receive additional information from third parties, within the limitations of the law. Creating an account is not mandatory. You can use parts of our website without creating an account. In that case, we only collect automatically generated data. We collect automatically generated information about your surfing behavior when using our website. This information includes your IP address and the type of browser you are surfing from, as well as cookies. 

Engineers.be uses cookies that are stored on your computer by your browser temporarily (“session” cookies) or for a longer period of time (“permanent” cookies). Cookies are small pieces of information that our server sends to your browser with the intention that this information will be sent back to the Engineers.be server on your next visit. Cookies do not tell you who you are, but assign a unique identification code to your computer. With the help of a permanent cookie, our website can recognize you when you visit our website again and the website can be set up specifically for you. This saves you time. A session cookie can be used to keep track of, among other things, which web pages you view and which options on the website you use. A cookie cannot spread viruses. You can set your browser so that you do not receive cookies when you next use our website. In that case, however, it may happen that no or full use cannot be made of all the features of our website or that access cannot be granted to (parts of) the site. Information processing The data that you passively provide to us will be used anonymously as much as possible. We do this to improve the quality, security and user-friendliness of the website. For example, we perform an analysis to find out, for example, how many unique users read a certain page or viewed a photo or video. We also look at where content is accessed, so we know how to organize our site for optimal ease of use. The personal data that you actively provide to Engineers.be will be included in a database and used for the following purposes.

– to offer you the opportunity to create an account;

– to inform you – after online registration – of the assignments from the range of vacancies that most match your profile.

– to inform you about new services. among other things, by sending information via e-mail that is in the area of interest, such as jobs, events, training, etc.

– to make your data available to potentially interested employers;– to facilitate the management of the websites and the services we offer.

– to provide you with information regarding career and employment events.

– to compile anonymized statistical data and to secure the service;

– to provide your information to third parties based on legal obligations.

Registered job seekers can create/upload a profile page for free. This indicates that they are available to be contacted by registered employers. Job seekers can take their profile offline or delete it at any time. By creating a profile page, job seekers declare that they are aware that search engines may crawl their data and that their data may therefore appear in search engines. This is despite the fact that Engineers.be & conceptfabriek commv will not make any name and/or contact details visible to non-registered visitors (employers and employees).

Registered employers will be able to view the summary of the profile (without contact details and name, but with the possible profile photo). Only registered employers with a paying package will actually be able to view contact details. Despite setting the profile pages as no-index for search engines, CVs and attachments may still be found by search engines. The user declares to be aware of this through the use of our platform. Engineers.be & Conceptfabriek commv cannot be held liable in any way if personal data were visible to third parties. Engineers.be will not provide your data to other third parties unless you have given prior unambiguous permission to Engineers.be or if Engineers.be is legally obliged to do so.

Engineers.be offers an online platform that brings together the offers of job seekers and employers. To ensure that you see relevant jobs and profiles and that the jobs and/or profiles you post are read by relevant job seekers and/or employers, Engineers.be places parts of your personal data on the website. Some personal data are included in the search system, which can be used to calculate whether there is a match between the party that has posted a vacancy and/or profile and the job seeker and/or employer. Use by third parties Without your explicit permission, Engineers.be will not provide your personal data to third parties for direct marketing purposes (for example for sending advertising).

Engineers.be can provide your data to third parties insofar as this is necessary for the provision of the service to you (for example by sending your data to potential employers) and/or insofar as this data cannot be traced back to you personally (such as automatically generated Information excluding your IP address). Finally, Engineers.be can provide your data to third parties if it is obliged to do so on the basis of legal provisions, if it is forced to do so as a result of a lawsuit and/or if it deems this necessary to protect its own rights. Engineers.be further points out that third parties can take note of your personal data that you post on the public part of the website. Data you place on the website can also be indexed by external websites, such as search engines. Engineers.be has no control over and is not liable for the way in which these third parties handle your personal data.

Engineers.be uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service offered by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies as described above to help Engineers.be analyze how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie (including your IP address) is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to keep track of how you use the website for Engineers.be, to compile reports on website activity for Engineers.be and to offer other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or insofar as these third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not combine your IP address with other data held by Google. You can refuse the use of cookies. Other cookies This website may contain media files from third-party websites such as Youtube.com. When playing these media files, cookies may be placed by these third parties. Furthermore, this website offers the option to share certain information via social networks such as Facebook.com, LinkedIn.com or Twitter.com. When using this functionality, these social networks can place cookies on your computer to keep track of what information has been shared.

Engineers.be has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss or any form of unlawful processing. The website is secured in such a way that this environment cannot be accessed from outside without login codes. Your personal data is protected against unwanted use via a username and password. In addition, the environment itself is also secured. This security can be recognized by the entry ‘https’ in the URL (the web address bar) of your browser as well as by the image of a closed lock. However, Engineers.be cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never circumvent the measures taken by Engineers.be and use your personal data for improper purposes.

Engineers.be also points out that the content you make public using the website will be viewed and used by third parties. Engineers.be cannot guarantee that these third parties will never use your personal data for improper purposes. Engineers.be does not store your personal data for longer than necessary for the realization of the purposes for which it was collected and processed. Engineers.be stores your (personal) data for as long as your account or profile remains valid for 5 years after the last login, or as long as the law requires. Engineers.be may store personal data for longer if there are circumstances that give reason to do so. 

You can always view your own personal data in your personal account and change it if necessary. Based on the overview provided, you can request Engineers.be to correct, supplement, delete or shield personal data if they are factually incorrect, incomplete or irrelevant for the purpose or purposes of processing or otherwise processed in violation of a legal requirement. In your request you must specify as much as possible which personal data the request relates to.

In accordance with the law of 8 December 1992, everyone has the right to request additional information from the Commission for the Protection of Privacy, PO Box No. 4, Brussels 37, B-1000 Brussels. When transmitting personal data, it is acknowledged that liability for the material accuracy of the personal data entered or transmitted rests solely with the transmitter.

Our website may contain hyperlinks that take you away from the site and to third-party websites. Engineers.be has no control over the third party website to which it links. It is therefore possible that a different privacy policy applies to the use of these third-party websites.

This Privacy Statement only applies to personal data obtained via the website. Engineers.be accepts no responsibility or liability for (the operation and/or content of) third-party websites.

You can set your browser not to accept a cookie or to notify you when a cookie is sent to you, giving you the opportunity to decide whether or not to accept it. You can also use the options available in your browser to delete cookies that may have been placed on your computer. If you wish to delete a cookie that is already on your computer, you can also check in which folder your computer stores cookies and delete them there. Be aware that some of our services will not work if your browser does not accept cookies. But you can allow your browser to accept cookies from our site by marking it as a trusted website in your browser.

For all privacy-related questions, please contact us via our contact form.