NEWIDE SA (trade name: WeSmart) is an energy software company located at Rue Dieudonné Lefèvre 17, 1020 Brussels. This privacy policy explains how we handle the "personal data" of individuals in the European Union (EU), as required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).By "personal information" we mean information or opinions about an identified person or a reasonably identifiable person. WeSmart's privacy policy applies to personal information collected and/or held by WeSmart.
WeSmart collects personal information about its users in order to provide its services and customer support. WeSmart's services and customer support are provided through a platform that includes, but is not limited to, personal data and energy consumption data.The product, service or support you interact with may affect the personal data we collect.
When you use WeSmart software, you may be asked to provide certain types of personal information. We may ask for, collect or process the following information:
- Account details
- username, password, profile picture.
- Contact details
- email address, phone number.
- Location details
- address.
- Identity data
- full name
- Energy-related information necessary for the operation of the WeSmart software: metering and power data, meter information.
Users may allow us to connect to their account on other platforms in order to collect personal information. Users can prevent us from collecting data from other platforms by unsubscribing from our platform.
We keep a record of the interactions we have with our users, including the products, services and customer support we have provided. This includes our users' interactions with our platform, for example when a user has viewed a page or clicked a button.
When we are contacted, we may collect personal information intrinsic to the communication. For example, if we are contacted by e-mail, we will collect the e-mail address used.
We may collect or process the following information:
- Metadata
- IP address, computer and connection information, referring web page, language settings, time zone, etc.Device information
- device ID, device type, device plugins, hardware capabilities, etc.
Location
- time zone.
Actions
- pages viewed, buttons clicked, viewing time, search keywords, etc.
The information we request, collect and process is primarily used to provide users with the product or service they have requested. Specifically, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- to provide the service or product you have requested;to provide you with technical or other assistance;to respond to inquiries about our services or to respond to a complaint;to promote our other programs, products or services that may be of interest to you (unless you have chosen not to receive such communications);to enable debugging, testing and operation of our
-platforms;to perform data analysis, research and to build and improve our platforms;to comply with legal and regulatory obligations;if permitted or required by law; or for other purposes with your consent, unless you withdraw your consent to such purposes.
Users' personal information may be stored or processed on our behalf outside Belgium and France, including "in the cloud", by our hosting provider. Our service providers are bound by contract to use your personal information only on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. Our third-party service providers include:
- Providers of hosting, storage, networking and related services in the cloud;
- Providers of security services.
You have the right to request access to the personal information NEWIDE SA holds about you. Most personal information can be accessed by logging into your account. If you wish to access information that is not accessible via the platform, or if you wish to download all the personal information we hold about you in a portable data format, please contact us at [email protected].
You also have the right to request correction of the personal information we hold about you. All your personal information can be updated via the user configuration pages.If you require assistance, please contact our customer service.Users can exercise the above rights by contacting our privacy officer.
If you have a question or complaint about the way we process your personal information, or if you wish to exercise your privacy rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you, you can contact our Privacy Officer as follows: By email: [email protected]
For the purposes of the GDPR, our Privacy Officer is also our Data Protection Officer (DPO). Although we endeavour to resolve complaints quickly and informally, if you wish to make a formal complaint, we ask that you address your complaint in writing to our Privacy Officer, by post or email, as set out above. We will acknowledge receipt of your formal complaint within 10 working days of receipt.
If you are in the European Union, you may choose to lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority (DPA). A list of data protection authorities is available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.