1. What is Hevig.be?
Welcome to hevig.be, a place where we are the writers, and you are the reader. Some say we only exist as figments in your imagination. Keep doing that.
For privacy questions, suggestions, or very long debates, you can reach us at schrijf@hevig.be.
2. What data we get from you (and what we do with it)
If you leave a comment, we collect:
- Your name (unless you go for a mysterious avatar).
- Your email address (don’t worry, we won’t spam you).
- Your IP address (WordPress handles this automatically, not our fault).
- A website URL (optional — feel free to spam one if you want).
Why and on what legal basis?
To display your comment and keep bots and trolls out. In legal terms, we do this based on our ‘legitimate interest’.
If you subscribe to our updates via email (Subscribe2):
- We collect your email address based on your explicit consent. We use this purely to give you a heads-up when a new piece of writing is online. You can, of course, unsubscribe at any time via the link in the email or by sending us a message.
3. How long we keep your data
As long as this blog is online and the comments remain relevant. Or until the internet collapses. You can always request your comment to be deleted.
4. Who we share your data with
- Spam filter (Akismet): To check your comment doesn’t make anyone gag.
- Hosting provider (GreenGeeks): They make backups, so your comment might be in there too.
- Social media buttons (Sassy Social Share): We have those handy buttons that let you share our texts on platforms like Facebook or X. If you click them, those platforms might place cookies or see your IP address. We see nothing and have no control over it. Check their own privacy policies if that keeps you up at night.
- If this keeps you up at night, the best advice is: don’t post a comment.
5. Your rights (The serious small print)
According to European privacy law, you have a lot of rights.
- You may request access to the data we hold about you. Honestly, we’d find that a bit odd — we’ve already explained it all here. Read it carefully.
- You may request deletion of your comment(s). We will do this unless we have a compelling legal reason to refuse.
- Send your requests to admin@hevig.be or schrijf@hevig.be.
- Do you feel we are messing with your data and we can’t figure it out together? You have the right to file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (GBA) Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.
6. Cookies
- If you leave a comment and select “Remember my name and email,” your browser will store that for a year. Convenient, isn’t it?
- We also use Polylang to offer the site in multiple languages. This plugin may place a small functional cookie simply to remember which language you prefer reading our site in.
7. How we protect your data
- We update this site regularly. Not us personally, but our web host GreenGeeks does.
- We use security plugins. Standard stuff.
- No random strangers are allowed to mess with our database. Honestly, we don’t even touch it ourselves. WTF is a database anyway?
8. Changes
We update this policy if it’s truly, really necessary. Last update: May 2, 2026.