Bookmarked Places

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Bookmarked Places

Version: October 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Bookmarked Places processes your personal data when you use our website or services. It also describes your rights in relation to your personal data and how you can exercise them.

1. General Principles

Bookmarked Places processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – Regulation (EU) 2016/679). This means that we ensure personal data is:

  • Processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently;
  • Collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes;
  • Adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes;
  • Accurate and kept up to date;
  • Kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary;
  • Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.

2. Who We Are

Bookmarked Places is a division of Finnian & Columba BV.
Address: K. De Deckerstraat 20A, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium
Telephone: +32 15 29 42 57
Company number: 0708.952.907

Bookmarked Places acts as a data controller, determining the purposes and means of processing personal data in connection with our website (BookmarkedPlaces.com) and services.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We generally collect personal data directly from you—for example, when you contact us or use our services.

4. Categories of Personal Data

We process the following categories of non-sensitive personal data:

  • Identification and contact details (name, email address, telephone number, etc.);
  • Data from cookies and similar technologies (e.g. IP address, browsing activity);
  • Any other data you voluntarily provide (e.g. in emails, contact forms, or reviews).

5. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes, based on the following legal grounds:

Purpose Personal Data Legal Basis
Subscription to our newsletter Name, email Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
Providing feedback/comments/reviews Any data you provide Consent (Art. 6(1)(a))
Website visits (cookies) IP address, browsing data Consent (for analytics or tracking cookies), legitimate interest or necessity (for essential cookies)
Contacting us Name, contact details, content of message Consent or legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(a)/(f)); possibly performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b))
Contractual relationship Identification, financial data, etc. Performance of contract (Art. 6(1)(b)); legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)); legitimate interest or consent

6. Cookies

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary technical cookies – required for basic website functionality;
  • Strictly necessary functional cookies – essential for services requested by you;
  • Analytics cookies and tracking cookies – only activated if you provide consent.

More information is available in our Cookie Policy.

7. Sharing of Personal Data

Your personal data may be shared with:

  • Our IT service providers and hosting partners;
  • Commercial partners, such as Amazon, for affiliate linking or similar services.

Note: Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy or data processing practices or content of such external sites. Please consult the relevant third party’s privacy policy for more information.

8. Your Rights

Depending on the processing activity and legal basis, you may exercise the following rights:

  • Right of access
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to erasure
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object
  • Right to withdraw consent

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority if you believe your rights have been violated.

9. Retention Period

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Retention periods vary by data type and context. Cookie data is handled in accordance with our Cookie Policy.

10. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorised disclosure or access. These include:

  • Encryption and pseudonymisation;
  • Secure storage;
  • Access controls and authentication procedures.

11. Exercising Your Rights / Contact

If you have questions about this policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO):
By email: info@bookmarkedplaces.com
By post: K. De Deckerstraat 20A, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

To verify your identity, we may ask you to provide identification or justification when exercising your rights. We may refuse requests that are manifestly unfounded or excessive.

12. Complaints

If you are dissatisfied with our handling of your request or believe your rights have been infringed, you may contact:

Belgian Data Protection Authority (GBA/APD)
Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels
Email: contact@apd-gba.be
Tel: +32 2 274 48 00
Website: www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be

13. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version will always be available on our website. Substantial changes will be clearly communicated.