PRIVACY POLICY

1. Data Protection

We are delighted by your visit to our website and your interest in our offers. The protection of your personal data is paramount to us. In these data protection guidelines, we explain how we collect your personal data, what we do with it, for what purposes, on what legal basis this processing is based, and what your rights and obligations are. We also invite you to consult the Geely Data Protection Policy : Geely Data Protection Policy (https://www.geelyauto.be/nl/policy).

Our data protection guidelines for the use of our websites and the Geely Data Protection Policy do not apply to your activities on the websites of social networks or other providers accessible via the links on our sites. Please consult the data protection policies of the websites of these providers.

2. Collection and processing of your personal data

a. When you visit our website, we store certain data regarding your browser and operating system, the date and time of your visit, your access status (for example, whether you were able to access a web page or received an error message), your use of website features, search terms entered, the frequency of your visits, the names of accessed files, the volume of data transferred, the website from which you accessed ours, and the website you visit from ours, whether you click on links on our site or directly enter an address into the input field of your browser tab (or window). In addition, for security reasons, particularly to prevent and detect attacks or attempted fraud, we store your IP address and the name of your Internet service provider for seven days.

b. We only retain other personal data when you provide it to us, for example during registration, via a contact form, a survey, a competition, or the conclusion of a contract. In these cases, we only store data to the extent permitted, either on the basis of your consent or in accordance with applicable regulations (you will find more information on this below, in the section « Legal bases for processing »).

c. You are neither legally nor contractually obliged to transfer your personal data. However, certain features of our website may depend on the transfer of personal data. If you choose not to provide your personal data in these cases, certain features may be unavailable or only available to a limited extent.

3. Purposes of processing

a. We use the personal data collected during your visit to our website to improve the user experience and to protect our IT systems against attacks and other unlawful acts.

b. If, for example, you provide us with additional personal data in the context of a registration, contact form, survey, competition, or the conclusion of a contract, we will use this data for the purposes mentioned above, for customer management, and, if applicable, for the settlement and accounting of any business transactions, always to the extent necessary for this purpose.

4. Transfer of personal data to third parties ; social plug-ins

a. Our website may also contain content offered by third parties. When you click on such an offer, we transmit the necessary data to the respective provider (for example, the indication that you found this offer on our site and possibly other information you provided for this purpose on our website).

b. When we use social plug-ins from social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn on our website, we integrate them as follows :

When you visit our website, social plug-ins are deactivated, meaning that no data is transmitted to the operators of these networks. If you wish to use a social network, click on the corresponding plug-in to establish a direct connection with the network's server.

If you have a user account on this network and are logged in at the moment the plug-in is activated, the network can associate your visit to our website with your account. If you do not wish this to happen, you must log out of the network before activating the plug-in. A social network cannot attribute visits to other Geely websites to your account unless you have also activated a plug-in there.

When you activate a social plug-in, the social network transmits the content made available directly to your browser, which is then integrated into our website. In this context, data transfers may also be initiated and controlled by the relevant social network. Your connection to the social network, the transfer of data between it and your system, and your interactions on that platform are governed exclusively by the privacy policy of the respective social network.

The social plug-in remains active until you deactivate it or delete your cookies.

c. When you click on the link to offered content or activate a social plug-in, personal data may be transferred to providers located in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), which do not offer, according to European Union (EU) standards, an adequate level of protection for the processing of personal data. Please take this into consideration before clicking on a link or activating a social plug-in and thereby transferring your data.

5. Processing of usage data ; use of analysis tools

a. We wish to adapt the content of our website as best as possible to your interests in order to continuously improve our offering. To identify user preferences and the most visited sections of our site, we use the following analysis tools : Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics.

b. The use of these analysis tools may result in the transfer and processing of data on servers located in the United States. Please note that in the view of the European Union, the United States does not guarantee an adequate level of protection for personal data equivalent to that provided by European legislation. However, for certain companies, this level of protection can be ensured through certification under the « EU-US Privacy Shield ».

c. If you do not wish us to collect and process information regarding your visit to our website using the analysis tools mentioned above, you can object at any time with effect for the future (« opt-out »).

We will record your objection by placing an opt-out cookie (« opt-out cookie ») in your browser. This cookie only serves to remember your choice. Please note that, for technical reasons, an opt-out cookie only works in the browser in which it was installed. If you delete your cookies or use another browser or device, you will need to renew your objection.

d. Below you will find information regarding the providers of the analysis tools we use and the corresponding objection options :

i. Google Inc. ('Google'):

Google is certified in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield.

You can prevent Google from collecting, recording, and processing your data by following the instructions available via the following link : https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

ii. Adobe Systems Inc. ('Adobe')

Adobe is certified in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield.

To object to data processing by Adobe Analytics, please visit : https://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html