01 Data Controller
The data controller for personal data collected via forge-studio.be is:
- Company
- GBD Entrepreneur 2.0 LTD (trading as Forge Studio)
- Company number
- 15930234
- Registered office
- Dept 5394, 196 High Road, Wood Green, Londres, N22 8HH, Royaume-Uni
- Contact
- support@forge-studio.be
02 Data We Collect
We collect only the data necessary for the commercial relationship and the operation of the website:
- Contact data: first name, last name, email address, phone number.
- Professional data: company, industry, job title.
- Project data: brief, objectives, requirements stated during an audit or quote request.
- Technical data: IP address, browser and device type, server access logs.
- Browsing data: pages visited and time spent, where applicable via audience measurement tools.
03 How We Collect It
- Via the appointment booking / audit request form (Calendly).
- Via your exchanges by email or phone.
- Via cookies and audience measurement technologies.
- Via information you voluntarily provide to us.
04 Legal Bases
- Consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR): voluntary contact, marketing communications.
- Performance of a contract (Art. 6.1.b): delivery of a web design service.
- Legal obligation (Art. 6.1.c): accounting and tax obligations.
- Legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.f): service improvement and website security.
05 Purposes
- Responding to your audit, information and quote requests.
- Performing and managing your web project.
- Sending you, with your agreement, relevant communications.
- Improving our services and ensuring website security.
- Complying with our legal obligations.
06 Retention Periods
- Contact and project data: for the duration of the commercial relationship, then archived in accordance with applicable accounting obligations.
- Audience measurement cookies: maximum 13 months.
- Server logs: retained for a limited period for security purposes.
07 Recipients & Processors
Your data is never sold. It may be processed by technical service providers acting on our behalf, including:
- Hostinger — website hosting.
- Calendly — appointment booking.
- Audience measurement and communication tools, where applicable.
These providers are bound by confidentiality and security guarantees compliant with the GDPR.
08 Your Rights
In accordance with the GDPR, you have the following rights: right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, data portability, and the right to withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, write to us at support@forge-studio.be. You may also lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (DPA) in Belgium: autoriteprotectiondonnees.be.
09 Cookies
The website may place functional and audience measurement cookies. You can accept, refuse or delete them via your browser settings. Refusing non-essential cookies does not prevent you from browsing the site.
10 Security
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss or disclosure (HTTPS/TLS encrypted connection, restricted access controls).