Disclaimer

Scope

This disclaimer and privacy statement are applicable to the website managed by ECLAN. By using or accessing this website you agree with the terms and conditions in this disclaimer.

This website contains hyperlinks to websites that are not managed by ECLAN. These hyperlinks have solely been included for the visitor’s convenience. ECLAN does not accept any responsibility for the content, the availability or the quality of external websites. 

Amendments

ECLAN may at any time amend the terms of this disclaimer. Amendments will go into effect as soon as they have been published on this website. 

Ownership

ECLAN’s website  is the property of ECLAN (ULB). 

Intellectual property

The information, images, lay-out, documents, audio, video, text and software on this website are intellectual property of ECLAN. Users are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any site content without prior written permission of ECLAN.

Liability

The Website is under constant development. ECLAN  has made every effort to ensure that the information contained on the Website was accurate at the time of creation and/or modification. However, ECLAN does not warrant the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information on this site and expressly disclaims any liability for errors or omissions therein.

ECLAN makes every effort to ensure that its computer infrastructure is free from viruses but accepts no liability for damage caused by viruses acquired via the Website.

Privacy statement

When you visit our website you enable us to collect data. ECLAN believes it is important to safeguard your personal information with the utmost care.

Personal data

Although you can browse through our website without giving any information about yourself, in some cases, personal information is required in order to provide the services you request.

ECLAN is committed to ensure the protection of your personal data and your privacy. As a result, we safeguard the information you supply and collect about you, and only use your personal data for the purposes for which it was provided.  Under no circumstances is the collected data sold or passed on to third-parties.

The automatic or manual collection of e-mail addresses from the ECLAN website for commercial use, including (but not limited) for resale or for the unsolicited sending of e-mails, is strictly prohibited.

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, do not hesitate to contact us.

Cookies

What are cookies ?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. Cookies 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.

How do we use cookies?

The ECLAN website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") to help analyse the use of this website. For this purpose, Google Analytics uses"cookies", which are text files placed on your computer.

The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website - standard internet log information (including your IP address) and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form - will be transmitted to and stored by Google including on servers in the United States. Google will anonymize the information sent by removing the last octet of your IP address prior to its storage.

According to Google Analytics terms of service, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website and compiling reports on website activity for ECLAN.

ECLAN will not use, and will not allow any third party to use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to this site. Google may transfer the information collected by Google Analytics to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.

According to Google Analytics terms of service, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of Google Analytics cookies by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics.

Cookies are also used to record if you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site, so that you are not asked the question every time you visit the site.

Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed.

All about cookies

Managing cookies in your browser

Most browsers allow you to:

  • see what cookies you've got and delete them on an individual basis
  • block third party cookies
  • block cookies from particular sites
  • block all cookies from being set
  • delete all cookies when you close your browser

If you chose to delete cookies, you should be aware that any preferences will be lost. Also, if you block cookies completely many websites (including ours) will not work properly and webcasts will not work at all. For these reasons, we do not recommend turning cookies off when using our webcasting services.

Third party privacy policy

This privacy statement does not apply to third party websites, or websites which are connected to ECLAN by hyperlinks. ECLAN does not accept responsibility for the manner in which third parties handle personal information.