The website www.eu-flegt-vpa-programme (hereinafter referred to as "the EU FLEGT VPA website") is published by ETICWOOD, a consultancy firm whose number at the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises is BE 0775 827 576.
This document contains the following informations:
1 - Head office address and contact
2- Contact details of the designer and host of the website
3 - General conditions of use of the website
4 - Protection of personal data
5 - About cookies
6 - About our newsletter
ETICWOOD SRL
Avenue de Tervueren 204/1
1150 Woluwé Saint Pierre (Belgium)
+32 455 12 82 24
BE 0775 827 576
KERN-IT
Rue de Haerne, 51
1040 Etterbeek (Belgium)
+32 2 219 42 60
BE 0845 906 217
The EU FLEGT VPA website is designed in english, and a french version is available.
Caution and responsibility
ETICWOOD strives to ensure the proper functioning and security of this site as well as the accuracy and updating of the information contained therein. However, ETICWOOD cannot guarantee the accuracy, precision or completeness of the information available on this site.
The contents that may appear on the EU FLEGT VPA website from blogs or other platforms are under the sole responsibility of their authors. These blogs and platforms are governed by their own terms and conditions of use.
The content of the EU FLEGT VPA website does not reflect the official position or opinion of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) or the European Union (EU).
The user is aware of the risks associated with the use of Internet services. Therefore, the user acknowledges and agrees to:
Thus, ETICWOOD disclaims any liability:
If you have any questions regarding these terms of use of the site, you may write to the following address :
ETICWOOD SRL
Avenue de Tervueren 204/1
1150 Woluwé Saint Pierre (Belgium)
Intellectual property rights
ETICWOOD holds the entire copyright on the EU FLEGT VPA website and the services offered. Therefore, you are not allowed to sell, adapt, modify, reproduce, distribute, transmit or use in any other way, all or part of the EU FLEGT VPA website and the services offered, in any form or by any means whatsoever, on any current or future medium.
The texts, layout, illustrations and other elements of the website are protected by copyright.
The user who does not respect the laws and regulations in force may be prosecuted by ETICWOOD.
Reporting abuses
ETICWOOD is not subject to any general obligation to monitor or search for illegal content. However, ETICWOOD strives to preserve the quality of the content of the EU FLEGT VPA website.
If you notice or believe that the content published on the EU FLEGT VPA website is clearly illegal, you can report it by writing an email or a letter to the following addresses :
Any abusive notification exposes you to civil or penal sanctions.
Prohibition of mirroring
No uploading of the site by a third party under another URL is permitted without the express prior consent of ETICWOOD.
Hyperlinks
In addition, the website contains hyperlinks to websites or web pages of third parties or other parties, or refers to them in any way. ETICWOOD has no authority over the content, privacy policy, or any other features of such websites or web pages and shall not be responsible for the content or features of such websites or web pages.
Modification of these general conditions of use
ETICWOOD reserves the right to modify, at any time and without prior notice, these terms of use in order to adapt them to changes in the site and/or its operation.
Integrity of the contract
If one or more of the clauses of these general terms and conditions of use were to be declared null and void in application of a law, a regulation or following a final decision rendered by a competent court, the other clauses of the general terms and conditions would retain their binding force to the extent of the said decision.
Laws and court jurisdiction
These general terms of use and legal notice and the EU FLEGT VPA website are governed by the provisions of Belgian law.
If an amicable solution cannot be found within a reasonable period of time, any disputes arising from the use of the EU FLEGT VPA website, or from the interpretation and application of the general terms and conditions of use, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Belgian courts.
The protection and confidentiality of your personal data is of utmost importance to us. That is why we are committed to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Framework for the use of personal data
Personal data ("Personal Data") means any information about you that makes you personally identifiable, including your full name, address, telephone number, email address, and other information that allows you to be identified and that you (voluntarily) make available to us at any time.
We collect your personal data when:
Your data is processed for the purpose of:
Time of retention of your data
Your personal data will be kept by ETICWOOD as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, in accordance with legal, regulatory and internal provisions in this regard. Beyond this period, they will be kept for statistical purposes only and will not be used in any way whatsoever.
Access to your data
No Personal Data about you will be disclosed, sold, rented, or exchanged with any other organization or entity without your prior notice and express consent, except as expressly provided by law, such as in connection with legal proceedings.
Your data is only accessible to ETICWOOD employees who need to have access to it in order to perform their duties.
Our commitments
We aim to keep your personal data as safe and secure as possible at all times, and only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. To this end, we put in place appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures to prevent any alteration, loss or unauthorized access to your data.
ETICWOOD does not market the data collected in the course of its activities.
Your rights
Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the Belgian law of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy with regard to the processing of personal data and the European Regulation 2016/679.
You have the right (in the circumstances and under the conditions, and subject to the exceptions, provided for by the applicable law) to:
To the extent that the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time by contacting ETICWOOD. You may exercise the rights listed above by contacting the controller of your personal data:
In accordance with the applicable regulations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
A cookie is a text file stored by your browser that allows it to store information between web pages and browsing sessions. These cookies allow us to keep track of your browsing information. They also help us understand user behaviour on our site, allowing us to make your experience more enjoyable.
You can accept or decline the placement and reading of cookies at any time by :
You can set cookies by following the instructions below depending on the browser you are using:
In Internet Explorer :
Click on Tools at the top of the browser window and select Internet Options. In the options window, click on the Privacy tab.
To disable cookies, move the slider to the top to block all cookies.
For more information :
In Firefox :
Click on Tools in the browser menu and select Options. Select the Privacy tab. To disable cookies, deselect the Accept Site Cookies checkbox.
For more information :
In Google Chrome :
Click the Chrome menu in the browser toolbar. Select the Settings option.
Click on Show advanced settings. In the Privacy section, click the Content Settings, Cookie and Site Data button. You then have the option to delete all of them or select them one by one.
For more information : https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=fr&hlrm=en
In Safari :
Go to Settings > Safari > Clear Cookies and Data.
For more information : https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/HT201265
In Opera :
Go to Preferences > Advanced > Cookies
For more information : https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
When you register on our website to receive our newsletter, the data you enter in the registration form is processed for the purpose of managing our information offer. The following purposes are therefore pursued:
The information presented as compulsory in the registration form is necessary to send you the newsletters and to meet your expectations in the context of your registration process. The non-mandatory information allows us to produce statistical indicators on the audience of our newsletter.
We keep your email address and the information collected via the registration form for the duration of your registration. The recipients of the data are the authorised personnel in charge of external communication activities.
To manage and send our newsletters, we use the services of the company MailChimp, whose servers are located in the United States. However, your rights under European data protection regulations are guaranteed in accordance with Article 46 of the GDPR, by virtue of commitments entered into by MailChimp under the standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission.
You may access your data, rectify it, request its deletion or exercise your right to limit the processing of your data. To exercise your rights, or for any questions relating to your personal data, you can contact us
If you believe, after having contacted us, that your rights "Data Procesing and Liberties" are not respected, you can send a complaint to the CNIL.