Terms of use

Legal information and privacy

Overview

These conditions of use apply to the website www.befre.be (and www.befre.eu). By using this site, you acknowledge that you are bound by these conditions of use, accept and respect them.

This website is created and is administered by BeFre® SPRL, Rue Joseph Stevens 7, B-1000 Brussels. VAT number: BE 0833.829.717. For any additional information, please send us an email at [email protected].

BeFre® activities are subject to various specific approvals. For any additional information on this subject, contact the regulatory body directly:

IBPT Avenue de l’Astronomie 14 1210 Brussels

Intellectual property rights

The texts, drawings, photos, films, images, data, databases, software, names, domain names and trademarks, brands, logos and other data elements used on this site are protected by intellectual law and belong to BeFre ®, or to third parties. Unless BeFre® has given prior written authorization, saving (with the exception of that made necessary by consulting the website), reproduction, modification, disclosure, distribution or dispatch, sale, rental or transfer of rights to third parties, by any means whatsoever, of the information published on this website is prohibited.

Unauthorized use of the website

Among other things, you agree to:

  • Do not exploit the information illegally.
  • Do not use this website in such a way that it is damaged, transformed, interrupted, stopped or made less efficient by any means.
  • Do not use this website for the transmission or sending of computer viruses or for the transmission or sending of illegal, illegal or inappropriate content (in particular, but not exclusively, information of an obscene nature or harmful to order public.
  • Do not use this website for the purpose of infringing, in any way whatsoever, the rights of a natural, legal person or of an association such, among others but not exclusively, as the right to privacy and intellectual property.
  • Do not use the website for sending or transmitting content for promotional or advertising purposes without having previously requested authorization from BeFre®, except for the information requested by the recipient.

Personal information

BeFre® collects personal information only on condition that they be provided on a voluntary basis. By filling in and sending an order form or by sending an e-mail, the visitor authorizes BeFre® to save his personal information in a BeFre® file for the purpose of automated user profiling, customer management, study market and direct mail. The data provided may be transmitted, for these purposes, to companies linked to BeFre®. You have the right to access your personal data and the right to modify them. You have the right to freely object to the use of your data for direct marketing purposes. You can send your requests for consultation, modification or opposition to [email protected].

If you authorize it beforehand, your electronic contact information can be used by BeFre® for direct e-mail marketing purposes. However, your prior authorization is not required when BeFre® uses electronic contact information obtained following the delivery of specific products and services for direct e-mail marketing for products or services of the same kind. You have the right to access and modify your electronic contact information. You have the right to freely object to the use of your electronic contact information for direct email marketing purposes. You can send your requests for consultation, modification or opposition to [email protected].

Automatic collection of non-personal information

BeFre® may collect anonymous or aggregated non-personal information such as the browser version or IP address, the operating system you use or the domain name of the site by which you visit the BeFre® site or to which you leave it.

Cookies

During a visit to the site, “cookies” can be automatically installed on the hard drive of your computer. This information helps us to customize the site according to the wishes and preferences of each visitor. Most browsers allow you to refuse and delete cookies or to receive a warning before they are installed. See the instructions of the help function of your Internet browser for more details. If you accept the use of cookies during a visit, these cookies can be reused during a subsequent connection to the site.

IP addresses

485/5000 When you post a message on a forum, your IP address is also published. The IP address of a proxy server is sometimes also visible in square brackets. The goal of this approach is to strengthen the authenticity and integrity of messages by reducing the possibility for a user to impersonate another user. In the event of complaints relating to alleged illegal behavior, this IP address may be transmitted to the competent judicial authorities.

BeFre® liability

Information on the website

The information, software, products and services (“information”) offered on this site are potentially not free from imperfections of any kind. BeFre® is not responsible for the integrity, reliability, timeliness or accuracy of the information. The information is provided and returned without any other form of guarantee. BeFre® is not responsible for the possible spread of viruses in the event that, despite the precautionary measures taken, it should occur and declines any responsibility for the damage that these viruses would cause. BeFre® expressly reserves the right to modify the information on this site at any time.

Links to other sites

This website may contain hyperlinks or otherwise point to websites or web pages administered by third parties. BeFre® has no right to inspect the content or any other characteristic of these websites and web pages and is in no way responsible for their content and characteristics. The fact that BeFre® offers links does not in any way imply implicit approval of the content of these sites or web pages.

Advice via the website

If advice is given, either directly or indirectly, via the website in the context of medical, legal, financial or any personal or commercial decisions, this advice is given without any form of guarantee and without BeFre® may be responsible for it. Always consult an expert in these matters for additional information adapted to your particular situation.

Links to the BeFre® site

The use of links to the befre.be site (and befre.eu) is only authorized on the condition that these hyperlinks point to the home page of the site. Unless BeFre® has given prior written authorization, deep-linking is not authorized. The use of this site in third party sites or site elements (for example via in-line linking, framing or in some other way) is also prohibited.

Applicable law and competent court

This website is subject to Belgian law, with the exception of Belgian removal rules from Belgian private international law. In in the event of disputes, only the courts of Brussels are competent.