Vlerick Leuven Gent Alumni vzw, hereinafter referred to as Vlerick Alumni, collects the personal details of each registered user of the website, as soon as they subscribe for an activity, take part in a survey, etc.

 

The personal details collected can consist of contact information, such as name, postal or email address, telephone and fax numbers.

 

Vlerick Leuven Gent Alumni VZW is producer of the database. The address list is protected by the Law of August 31st 1998 on the conversion to Belgian law of the European instruction of March 11th 1996 on the protection of databases, by law, and that thus, neither the total nor a qualitative or quantitative substantial part of the contents of the database may be re-used without foregoing written permission of the publisher. The data in our Database will be used to keep you informed of our activities. The law of 08/12/1992 gives you the right of access and improvement.

 

The information gathered is required so that Vlerick Alumni can grant you access to its website and the respective functions. Vlerick Alumni also uses this personal information to measure the number of visits and the level of interest of the users, with the objective of improving the functionality of the website.

 

You can request at any subsequent time that the sending of such items be stopped; for this you simply follow the instructions contained in the emails that are received. Vlerick Alumni makes use of the personal details that are obtained via 'cookies' as detailed below.

 

Cookies are small information files that particular websites automatically write to the hard disk of the users as soon as they visit a site. The site makes use of cookies to simplify the login procedure. By accepting our cookie, your password information is filed, after which a registered user can easily gain further access to specific pages of our website without having to log-in every time.

In these circumstances, Vlerick Alumni advises you to protect access to your computer; in this way you can prevent your personal log-in code and password being used by unauthorised people to visit the site.

 

By using the site, you thereby agree that we may collect your personal details to use and to handle in the manner and for the objectives laid down in our Privacy Policy and our Conditions of Use. We reserve the right to change this policy insofar as it is necessary and shall always keep you updated concerning possible changes.

 

 

As our students, alumni and visitors originate from many different countries, the “lingua franca” we use on our website is English, combined with Dutch for any regional information on events and local happenings.

 

The users acknowledge, agree and guarantee that Vlerick Alumni has unrestricted authority to use, to publish or to make use of in any other way, all available information that is published on its website, or published by any other means by the visitor.

 

All information on our website, including text, illustrations and animation, databanks, programmes, CGI scripts, etc., are the exclusive property of Vlerick Alumni or the licensees and is protected by international copyright and by other intellectual property rights. All rights not expressly conferred are reserved.

 

Vlerick Alumni hereby grants you a non-exclusive and non-transferable authorisation of unspecified duration, that can be revoked without notice and without giving any reason, for access to the information contained in our website, including the reproduction, the downloading for any technical requirement and for the reproduction and printing of an example of this information. This licence is only valid for one computer that is exclusively for personal use, on the condition that you do not alter the information on the website in any way and that you moreover observe all copyright and other property rights concerning the information on our website.

 

On our Portal Site it is possible to e-mail particular information to a friend. You are personally responsible for the use of this option, that is intended for private correspondence and certainly not for sending information via a mailing list. You may not reproduce, change, distribute, send, share or publish the information on our Portal Site in any other way, without the prior written consent of Vlerick Alumni.

 

Only users of the Portal Site who possess a personal and confidential access code, provided by Vlerick Alumni, are authorised to use the restricted pages on our website. You must therefore take care that no-one else gains access to the site using your code. If you know that someone else is trying to gain access to the restricted pages of our Portal Site, you must immediately advise Vlerick Alumni of this violation by means of a registered letter. In case of any dispute, you give your agreement to the fact that all information stored on the Vlerick Alumni servers relating to the use of the website and in particular the personal access codes that you have been assigned and that have been created by Vlerick Alumni can also be regarded as decisive evidence for the parties.

 

Vlerick Alumni encourages you to benefit from our Life Time Forwarding E-Mail and Alumni Forum service as long as you abide by the Vlerick Alumni prohibition on spamming and unethical marketing activities. The following are some examples of spamming that may violate our Terms of Use policy.

Violations of our Terms of Use may result in legal action against you and the termination, without notice, of your Vlerick Alumni Life Time E-mail Address and use of the Alumni Forums

 

You understand that all information, data, text, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. This means that you, and not Vlerick Alumni, are entirely responsible for all content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Life Time E-mail & Alumni Forum services. Vlerick Alumni does not control the content posted via the Life Time E-mail & Alumni Forum Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Life Time E-mail & Alumni Forum Service, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Vlerick Alumni be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Life Time E-mail & Alumni Forum Service.

 

Due to the immediate nature of the Alumni Forums, Vlerick Alumni does not review, censor, approve, edit, or endorse information placed on this forum. Discussion boards are intended to be appropriate for alumni members, students, faculty members. Posting of indecent material is strictly prohibited. The placement of advertisements or solicitations is also prohibited. Vlerick Alumni will review information placed on this forum from time to time and delete inappropriate material that comes to its attention as soon as it is practicable. By posting material on Vlerick Alumni online forums you agree to this policy prohibiting indecent, offensive, or advertising material and to legally assume full and sole responsibility for your posting.

 

By making use of the Vlerick Alumni  website you agree with our terms and conditions, whatever contractual or judicial measures are possibly taken by Vlerick Alumni. Any dispute concerning the interpretation or implementation of the contractual terms stated in this document will be heard exclusively before the Belgian courts under the application of Belgian law.

 
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