women.code(be) Privacy Policy

womendotcodebe is committed to protect your privacy. This page informs you how we collect data, where we collect data and why we collect data.

Along this document you will see that we use womendotcodebe,"us", "we", "our" and women.code(be) to describe this community.


Who we are

womendotcodebe aims at making a positive impact on diversity in the Belgian tech scene (this includes companies as well as other communities). We are a community that connects womxn who code who live in Belgium 🇧🇪.

We do this via the following initiatives:

  • an online community
  • an email newsletter
  • various events, online and offline
  • our website
  • our blog & other online publications

What information do we collect and why?

We collect various information pending on which of our services you use. See the following sections for more info:

Website & blog

On our website & blog we use google analytics, which may collect the following:

  • The visitor’s browser type
  • Operating system and type of device used to visit (computer, tablet, mobile)
  • Referring site
  • Visited pages & interactions with our website/blog
  • The date and time of each visitor request
  • Network location (country/region)

All information gathered through google analytics is used to improve our website in terms of information, readability, accessibility and content (such as blog post topics).

Newsletter

By subscribing to our newsletter, you share the following personal information with us: name, email, country. This information is used to send out the newsletters and to improve the content in our newsletters. You can unsubscribe to our newsletter at any time.

Our online community & memberships

When you submit an application to join our online community we collect information in order to be able to process your application and check if you are eligible for a membership. The personal information collected is information you provide to us through your application such as a social media profile or personal website, name, email,...

What happens to collected information?

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade personal information with third parties for commercial purposes.
We may use User Personal Information with your permission, so we can perform services you have authorized. For example, if you indicate you are looking for work, we may contact you with opportunities.

However, we sometimes use third party platforms and service providers to provide our services, such as Mailchimp, SurveyMonkey, various Google products, video conferencing platforms and event registration platforms. Each of the aforementioned platforms have their own privacy policies that you can consult.

Questions or concerns

If you have specific concerns or questions about your privacy & personal information, reach out to admins@womendotcode.be

Deleting your personal information

You can request to remove any personal information you shared with us in the past, as well as deleting your account by emailing admins@womendotcode.be

Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time, so we encourage you to review it frequently. If we make any material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will post a notice on our website and public channels prior to such change taking effect. We will also update the “Effective Date,” above, to reflect the date of the changes.

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