This notice says who runs this website and what happens with your personal data. Text marked like this is still to be confirmed.

Who we are

Engage User Group vzw, a Belgian non-profit association (vereniging zonder winstoogmerk)
Kleine Groeneweg 29, 1790 Affligem, Belgium
VAT number: BE 0823.216.135, RPR Turnhout
Email: info@engage.ug

We are the controller of the personal data described below.

Where the site is hosted

The site runs on our server at [name of the Belgian hosting provider] in Belgium. A backup and cluster server is hosted by Prominic in the USA, so a copy of the data on our server is also kept there. Both providers process data on our behalf. [Safeguard for the transfer to the USA: Data Privacy Framework certification or standard contractual clauses. To be confirmed.]

The site has no analytics, no advertising and no cookies. We do not store IP addresses.

The fonts (Jost and Montserrat) are loaded from Google Fonts, only if you agree below (without your agreement the site shows your device's own fonts). Once you agree, your browser asks Google's servers (Google Ireland Limited, which may pass data to Google LLC in the USA) for the font files, and Google therefore receives your IP address and browser details. Google says it does not set cookies for this and uses the requests only to serve fonts. We have no access to that data. We use Google Fonts so the site looks the same on every device. Read Google Fonts privacy FAQ and Google privacy policy.

The icons (Font Awesome) are loaded from the cdnjs content delivery network run by Cloudflare, Inc. (USA), also only if you agree below. Cloudflare then receives your IP address and browser details. Cloudflare says cdnjs sets no cookies and does not use these requests for tracking. Read the Cloudflare privacy policy. [Safeguard for the transfer to the USA for Google and Cloudflare: Data Privacy Framework certification or standard contractual clauses. To be confirmed.]

What we collect and why

WhatDataWhyKept
Newsletter Company, first and last name, email address, your comment To send you Engage event news. Your consent. Until you unsubscribe
Sponsoring Company, contact name and email, address, VAT number, website, logo, social media handle, chosen package and extras, your comment To handle your sponsorship and publish your logo and contact details on the site. Steps before and under a contract. 10 years
Speaking Name, company, email, LinkedIn, profile picture and biography (of you and any co-speaker), your session proposal and comment To review and schedule your session and publish your name, photo, biography and session on the site. Steps before and under an agreement. 10 years

Details of sponsors and speakers that are published on the site can be corrected or removed on request. Your data is seen by the Engage organisers and by the hosting providers above. We do not sell or share it with anyone else.

The newsletter

The newsletter is sent from our own server, not by an external email service. Every email has a link to unsubscribe. You can also email info@engage.ug. We then stop sending you email.

Registering for the event and paying

You register for Engage on a form at Ticket Tailor, and payment is handled by Stripe. You leave this website for theirs, and what you enter there (name, email, ticket and payment details) goes to those companies, not to our server. We receive the attendee list from Ticket Tailor, which processes it for us. For attendee data we, Engage User Group vzw, are the controller. Read how they handle your data: Ticket Tailor privacy policy and Stripe privacy policy. Following the link stores nothing on our site.

Local storage on your device

With your agreement, we use your browser's local storage for functional reasons only. It stays on your device and is not sent to us. Without your agreement the theme button, favourites and filters are not available, forms are hidden, the site uses your device's own fonts and the icons are not shown.

NameWhat it holds
engage-consentYour choice on this page (needed to remember it, so it is stored either way)
engage-themeLight or dark theme
preferredSessionsSessions you marked as preferred
showPreferredOnlyWhether you show preferred sessions only
conferenceFiltersYour date, speaker and topic filters

Your choice

You can give or withdraw your agreement at any time. It covers local storage and loading the fonts and icons from Google and Cloudflare. Withdrawing removes everything listed above from your device and stops them being loaded.

Current choice: you agreed.

Current choice: you did not agree.

Current choice: not made yet.

If you prefer not to agree, email info@engage.ug to subscribe, to sponsor or to propose a session.

Your rights

You can ask us for access to your data, correction, deletion, restriction or a copy, and you can object to its use or withdraw your consent at any time. Email info@engage.ug. You can also complain to the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorité de protection des données), https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be.