Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.lauwersgames.com (or aliases like https://www.gnomerace.eu or legacy domain names).

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

We do not use contact forms, but feel free to directly e-mail us using the buttons on the website or the “contact” button above.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics, cookies & other technologies we use

We use Google Analytics.

We use cookies and / or similar technologies to analyze customer behavior, manage the website, follow user movements and collect information about users. This is done to personalize and improve your experience with us.

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer. Cookies store information that is used to make sites work. Only we have access to the cookies made by our website. You can manage your cookies at the browser level. If you choose to disable cookies, this may interfere with your use of certain functions.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Necessary cookies – these cookies are required so that you can use some important functions on our website, such as logging in. These cookies do not collect personal information.
  • Functionality cookies – these cookies offer functionalities that make the use of our service easier and enable more personalized functions. For example, they can remember your name and e-mail in comment forms, so you do not have to re-enter this information the next time.
  • Analytics cookies – these cookies are used to monitor the use and performance of our website and our services
  • Advertising cookies – these cookies are used to display advertisements that are relevant to you and for your interests. In addition, they are used to limit the number of times you see an ad. They are usually placed on the website by advertising networks with permission from the website operator. These cookies remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers. Often targeting or advertising cookies are linked to site functionality offered by the other organization.

You can delete cookies that are stored on your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can manage some third-party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. Go to allaboutcookies.org for more information about cookies.

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has its own privacy policy that you can view here. If you wish to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, please visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with anyone, except the mentioned analytics part (see above)

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Our contact information

Feel free to contact us using the contact button in the main navigation. More information about Lagali can be found in the “about us”-section.

Lauwers Games BV, Warande 14, 9971 Kaprijke   (BE477.427.862)

Additional information

How we protect your data

We do our best to keep your personal information safe. We use secure protocols for communication and data transfer (such as HTTPS). We use anonymisation and pseudonymise where necessary. We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.

Although we do our best, we can not guarantee the security of information. We promise, however, to inform the appropriate authorities of data leaks. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything reasonably possible to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities in any breaches.

If you have an account with us, please note that you must keep your username and password confidential.

What data breach procedures we have in place

See “how we protect your data”

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

More info can be found on https://eugdpr.org