Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may change from time to time as new developments arise.

We advise you to consult this privacy policy regularly so that you are aware of these changes.

The latest date of amendment is always available here:

This privacy policy was last amended on 19.05.2024.

This website is owned by HR in Motion BV

“HR in Motion” is a company name, and the-w-collection a website of HR in Motion BV, based in Belgium and governed by Belgian law including applicable Belgian and EU consumer protection rules.  References to “the W collection” below also include the-w-collection.art, the-w-collection.be and HR in Motion BV. 

By accessing and using the website, you expressly agree to our terms and conditions and our privacy policy.

Have you ordered something from us?  To process your order, we need your details to ensure that you can receive your order.  For example, your name and address are needed to deliver your order.

At the W collection, we make every effort to keep your private data truly private. We take care of it and keep it safe.

What data we ask for and what we use them for is explained in our privacy policy below.

If you have any questions after reading our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.

GDPR is an abbreviation that stands for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It refers to data protection. GDPR is the European legislation for processing personal data. The GDPR law defines what is allowed to happen to such data, what procedures are applied and how it is protected.  Your interactions with the W collection are covered by the GDPR Art. 2 Material Scope of GDPR.

the W collection processes personal data in accordance with GDPR and this privacy policy. For further information, questions or comments regarding our privacy policy, please contact us.

the W collection collects and processes customers’ personal data for customer and order management purposes (including customer administration, order/delivery tracking, invoicing, solvency tracking, profiling and sending marketing and personalised advertising).

the W collection only processes personal data.  The processing is done on the basis of art. 6, par. 1 sub b GDPR and is necessary for the conclusion of the agreement between the customer and the W collection.

Personal data are processed on the basis of Art. 6.1. (a) consent, (b) a necessity for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.

Insofar as the processing of personal data takes place on the basis of Article 6.1. a) (consent) under the General Data Protection Regulation, the customer always has the right to withdraw the consent on the basis of Art. 4 of our privacy policy and Chapter 3 of GDPR.

If necessary to fulfill the purposes set out, your personal data will be shared with other companies within the European Economic Area directly or indirectly connected to the W collection or with any other partner of the W collection;

the W collection guarantees that these recipients will take the necessary technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data.

Personal data processed for customer management will be retained for the period necessary to comply with legal requirements (including accounting requirements).

**In Belgium, legal retention periods are set to 7 years for data relating to accounting/tax processing.

Customers have the right to consult their personal data at any time and may correct them (or have them corrected) if they are inaccurate or incomplete, have them deleted, have their data processing restricted and object to the processing of relevant personal data.

Moreover, the customer has the right to obtain a copy (in a structured, common and machine-readable form) of his/her personal data and to have the personal data transferred to another company.

In order to exercise the above rights, the customer is asked to:

– adjust the settings of his/her customer account himself/herself; and/or

– send an e-mail to the following e-mail address: werner @ the-w-collection.art

Customers have the right to oppose, free of charge, any processing of their personal data for direct marketing purposes. This can be done by sending an e-mail to webmaster @ the-w-collection.be

The contents of this site, including brands, logos, drawings, data, product or company names, texts, images, etc. are protected by intellectual rights and belong to the W collection or entitled third parties.

The contents of this site, including brands, logos, drawings, data, product or company names, texts, images, etc. are protected by intellectual rights and belong to the W collection or entitled third parties.

© No part of www.the-w-collection.art may be reproduced or made public in whole or in part by printing, photocopying, microfilm or by any other means without the prior written permission of the W collection.

The author of any unlawful use of photos or content of this site – meaning without the W collection’s permission will be asked to remove the content immediately. In case of non-respect and non-removal of unlawful use of photos or content of this site, the infringer risks being written to by a lawyer or attorney, or by the creator/copyright holder him/herself. The infringer may be forced to compensate the W collection for copyright infringement.

You still want to use pictures or content from our website? Make sure you contact us before you make any unlawful use.

The information on the website is generic in scope. The information is not adapted to personal or specific circumstances and therefore cannot be considered as personal, professional or legal advice to the user.

the W collection makes great efforts so that the information made available is complete, correct, accurate and updated.  Despite these efforts, inaccuracies may occur in the information made available. If the information provided contains errors or if certain information is not available on or via the site, the W collection will make every effort to rectify this as soon as possible.

However, the W collection cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of the information on this site.

If you should find inaccuracies in the information made available via the site, you can contact the site administrator via webmaster @ the-w-collection.be

The content of the site (including links) may be adapted, modified or supplemented at any time without notice or notification. the W collection does not guarantee the proper functioning of the website and cannot be held liable in any way for the malfunctioning or temporary (un)availability of the website or for any form of damage, direct or indirect, which would result from the access to or use of the website.

Under no circumstances can the W collection be held liable to anyone, directly or indirectly, specifically or otherwise, for any damage due to the use of this site or any other, in particular as a result of links or hyperlinks, including, without limitation, any losses, work interruptions, damage to programs or other data on the computer system, equipment, software or other of the user.

The website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites or pages, or refer to them indirectly. The inclusion of links to these websites or pages in no way implies an implicit approval of their content.

the W collection expressly declares that it has no control over the content or other characteristics of these websites and cannot under any circumstances be held liable for their content or characteristics or for any other form of damage resulting from their use.

Belgian law applies to this site. In the event of a dispute, only the courts of the Antwerpen district have jurisdiction.

During a visit to www.the-w-collection.art, “cookies” may be placed on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie is a text file placed by a website’s server in your computer’s browser or on your mobile device when you consult a website. Cookies cannot be used to identify individuals; a cookie can only identify a machine.

‘First-party cookies’ are technical cookies used by the site visited itself and whose purpose is to make the site function optimally. Example: settings made by the user during previous visits to the site, or even: a pre-filled form with data the user has done during previous visits.

‘Third Party cookies’ are cookies that do not come from the website itself, but rather from third parties, for example a marketing or advertising plug-in. For example, cookies from Facebook or Google Analytics. For such cookies, the site visitor must first give permission – this can be done via a bar at the bottom or top of the website, referring to this policy, which however does not prevent further browsing on the website.

You can set your internet browser to not accept cookies, to warn you when a cookie is installed or to delete cookies from your hard disk afterwards.  You can do this through your browser settings (via the help function). Please note that certain graphical elements may not appear correctly, or that you may not be able to use certain applications.

By using our website, you agree to our cookies’ use.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies” (text files placed on your computer) to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to track how you use the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or insofar as these third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of information by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above.

In accordance with Article 77 of GDPR, customers have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if they consider that the processing of personal data is not lawful. 

This can be done by mail to the Data Protection Authority, Printing Press Street 35, 1000 Brussels, or directly via the website of the Data Protection Authority.