Data Protection Notice – for TIE Members
This Privacy Policy has been updated on 22 May 2018
Toy Industries of Europe, based at 36 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000 Brussels, Belgium (hereafter “TIE” or “we”), has prepared this data protection notice (the “notice”) to describe its practices regarding the collection, use, storage, transfer and other processing of individually identifiable information (“personal data“) of its members (“you”). TIE is the controller responsible for the processing of personal data described in this notice.
Please note that we may occasionally update all or parts of this Privacy Policy. In those cases, we will inform you via email. Any change to this Privacy Policy will also be posted on this page.
What information do we collect from you and for which purposes?
The categories of personal data TIE collects from you are your name, surname, gender, work email, work address, job title, telephone details, LinkedIn URL and sometimes photograph.
TIE will only use this personal data:
- for contract management purposes.
- for communications purposes. When joining TIE, members are asked to provide us with the contact details of the people within their organisation that they would like us to include in our different mailing lists. On the basis of this, we will be sending them information such as invitations to meetings, meeting minutes or TIE publications.
How do we store your personal data and who has access to your data?
TIE maintains a database with an electronic record of each member’s personal data. Additionally, TIE maintains personal data in various digital documents, such as meeting minutes, event attendee lists and the (electronic) file of the member organisation.
The persons and entities that can have access to your personal data are:
- the TIE staff
- external professional services, such as TIE’s IT/website supplier and TIE’s database software supplier
When TIE engages a third-party processor to process personal data on its behalf, such as those listed above, TIE will choose a processor that provides sufficient guarantees with respect to technical and organisational security measures governing the relevant processing.
From time to time, TIE may also need to disclose personal data to other parties, such as any organisation with whom TIE co-organises an event.
How do we protect your data?
We will store your data safely and will take precautionary measures to protect them against loss, abuse or changes. To try to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of your information, we have implemented appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected.
TIE’s employees or any of TIE’s contractual partners who have access to your data in order to provide services to TIE (e.g. its IT/website supplier, its database software supplier) are contractually obliged to keep such information in confidence and may not use these data for any purpose other than performing their contractual missions for TIE.
Do we transfer your data to third countries?
We use a third-party email service provider, MailChimp, to send you our weekly bulletin. To allow us to send our emails through MailChimp, we provide MailChimp with your name, surname and email address. In those cases, your data is sent to a server operating in the United States and stored there in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield.
MailChimp treats information about you in accordance with the provisions of its Privacy Policy. MailChimp also utilizes certain technologies, such as pixels and web beacons, in the emails that are sent through MailChimp. These technologies allow MailChimp to track whether you have opened or clicked on our emails and if so, the date, time, and IP address associated with the open and/or click.
You can unsubscribe from our weekly bulletin mailing list at any time following the instructions indicated in every email.
For how long do we keep your data?
TIE will retain the personal data of its members only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this notice. We will delete these data when the contract terminates and/or when the data subject ceases representing their organisation vis-à-vis TIE.
What are your rights and how can you exercise them?
You have the right to: i) have access to your personal data; ii) have inaccurate data corrected or removed, iii) object to the processing of your personal data; (iv) restrict TIE’s use of your personal data; (v) receive your personal data in a usable electronic format and transmit it to a third party (right to “data portability”); and (vi) lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights or if you are not satisfied about how we protect your privacy, you should address your request by email together with a copy of your ID (which we will only use to verify your identity), to TIE, as data controller at the following address: info@toyindustries.eu.
Contact us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the protection of your personal Data please direct them to info@toyindustries.eu or by post to the address below.
Toy Industries of Europe (TIE)
Boulevard de Waterloo 36
1000 Brussels
Data Protection Notice – for non TIE Members
This Privacy Policy has been updated on 22 May 2018
Toy Industries of Europe, based at 36 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000 Brussels, Belgium (hereafter “TIE” or “we”), has prepared this data protection notice (the “notice”) to describe its practices regarding the collection, use, storage, transfer and other processing of individually identifiable information (“personal data“) of its non-members (“you”). TIE is the controller responsible for the processing of personal data described in this notice.
Please note that we may occasionally update all or parts of this Privacy Policy. In those cases, we will inform you via email. Any change to this Privacy Policy will also be posted on this page.
What information do we collect from you and for which purposes?
The categories of personal data TIE collects from you are your name, surname, gender, work email, work address, job title, telephone details, LinkedIn URL and sometimes photograph.
TIE will only use this personal data:
- for contract management purposes. This only applies to the personal data of representatives and contact persons of entities and associations with whom TIE has a contract.
- for communications purposes, such as sending you invitations and publications related to TIE.
How do we store your personal data and who has access to your data?
TIE maintains a database with an electronic record of your personal data. Additionally, TIE maintains personal data in various digital documents, such as meeting minutes and event attendee lists.
The persons and entities that can have access to your personal data are:
- the TIE staff
- external professional services, such as TIE’s IT/website supplier and TIE’s database software supplier
When TIE engages a third-party processor to process personal data on its behalf, such as those listed above, TIE will choose a processor that provides sufficient guarantees with respect to technical and organisational security measures governing the relevant processing.
From time to time, TIE may also need to disclose personal data to other parties, such as any organisation with whom TIE co-organises an event.
How do we protect your data?
We will store your data safely and will take precautionary measures to protect them against loss, abuse or changes. To try to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of your information, we have implemented appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected.
TIE’s employees or any of TIE’s contractual partners who have access to your data in order to provide services to TIE (e.g. its IT/website supplier, its database software supplier) are contractually obliged to keep such information in confidence and may not use these data for any purpose other than performing their contractual missions for TIE.
Do we transfer your data to third countries?
TIE does not transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), unless adequate protective measures are in place.
For how long do we keep your data?
TIE will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this notice.
What are your rights and how can you exercise them?
You have the right to: i) have access to your personal data; ii) have inaccurate data corrected or removed, iii) object to the processing of your personal data; (iv) restrict TIE’s use of your personal data; (v) receive your personal data in a usable electronic format and transmit it to a third party (right to “data portability”); and (vi) lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights or if you are not satisfied about how we protect your privacy, you should address your request by email together with a copy of your ID (which we will only use to verify your identity), to TIE, as data controller at the following address: info@toyindustries.eu.
Contact us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the protection of your personal Data please direct them to info@toyindustries.eu or by post to the address below.
Toy Industries of Europe (TIE)
Boulevard de Waterloo 36
1000 Brussels
Privacy Policy for Website Users
This Privacy Policy has been updated on 22 May 2018
You are now connected to the official website (“this site”) of Toy Industries of Europe (“TIE”). TIE maintains this site to enable public visitors (“visitors”) to access information about its activities and initiatives.
This privacy policy applies to all visitors regardless of their physical location. This privacy policy does not apply to external sites accessible from links offered on this site. By accessing and using this website, you are accepting the conditions outlined below.
Please note that we may occasionally update all or parts of this Privacy Policy. Any change to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. We will indicate above the date on which this Privacy Policy was last modified. Your continued use of this site constitutes your agreement to the Privacy Policy and any updates.
What information do we collect from you and for which purposes?
When you visit this site or download information from it, we make a record of the date, time, and duration of your visit to the site. We also collect information such as the pages you access, the documents you download, the links to others site you follow to reach our site and the type of browser you use.
We do not use this information to identify you. We do not combine this information with other identifiable information about you. Our analytic software only uses this information for statistical purposes.
We only collect personally identifiable information from you on this website when you voluntarily sign up to receive our play blog.
What happens with my data if I register to receive TIE’s blog on the Importance of Play?
This site allows you to register to TIE’s blog on the Importance of Play which is hosted in a different website.
In those cases, we use a third-party email service provider, MailChimp, to send you our blog. To allow us to send our blog through MailChimp, we provide MailChimp with your name, surname and email address. Your data is then sent to a server operating in the United States and stored there in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield.
MailChimp treats information about you in accordance with the provisions of its Privacy Policy. MailChimp also utilizes certain technologies, such as pixels and web beacons, in the emails that are sent through MailChimp. These technologies allow MailChimp to track whether you have opened or clicked on our emails and if so, the date, time, and IP address associated with the open and/or click.
We will only use this data to the purpose of sending you our future blogs on play. We will only retain your data for as long as necessary to fulfil this purpose. You may cancel your subscription and revoke your consent to the storage of this data at any time with future effect. For instructions to take this step, please refer to the confirmation email and each blog you receive.
Use of Cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a text file that is installed in the browser of your computer or mobile device by our web server when you consult our website. The browser stores the message in a text file, and the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
A website’s server can only read the cookies it has installed itself, and has no access to other information found in your computer or mobile device. Cookies are stored in the folder of your browser on your computer or mobile device.
Cookies generally make the interaction between the visitor and the website faster and easier, and help the visitor navigate between the different parts of a website. Cookies can also be used to make the content or advertisement on a website more relevant for the visitor, and can be adapted to his personal taste and needs.
Which cookies are used on TIE’s website?
TIE makes limited use of cookies on this website. We (or our service provider acting on our behalf and under our instructions) may notably use cookies or similar tracking technologies that we place on your computer hard drive to measure usage sessions accurately, and to gain a clear picture of which areas of the sites attract traffic and to deliver a better and more personalised service to you. We also use cookies to improve the functionality of our website, for example, remembering your login details for password protected areas of the website.
The following cookies are used on our website:
_utma; _utmb; _utmc; _utmz: Google Analytics _utma stores each user’s amount of visits, and the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit.
_utmb and _utmc are used to check approximately how long you stay on a site: when a visit starts, and approximately ends.
_utmz stores where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link)
How to manage cookies?
Most Internet browsers are set up to accept cookies. You may decide to reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do decide to refuse all cookies please be aware that some features and services of this website may be unavailable or may not function properly. If you want to object to the use of cookies or similar technologies, please refer to the section ‘Your rights’ in our Privacy Policy. Please note that if you do not object or disable cookies, except where express consent is required by law, you will be deemed to consent to their use for the purposes and in the manner described in this Cookie statement and our Privacy Policy.
The procedure for enabling or disabling cookies and deleting them differs depending on your device and Internet browser. Please consult your browser for further information:
For Internet Explorer, please see the information provided here.
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For Google Chrome, please see the information provided here.
For Safari, please see the information provided here and here.
Contact us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the protection of your personal data please direct them to info@toyindustries.eu or by post to the address below.
Toy Industries of Europe (TIE)
Boulevard de Waterloo 36
1000 Brussels