Privacy and Cookies Policy
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Last updated: 14 October 2026
Your trust and security are a top priority at Belomax. We are committed to protecting your personal data and providing a safe shopping environment.
This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, on what legal basis, who receives it and how long we keep it, in accordance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Who is Responsible for Your Data?
The "Data Controller" (the company responsible for your data) is:
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Company Name: Homeshop BV
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Operating as: Belomax (belomax.be)
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Address: Hoogkamerstraat 308 F, 9140 Temse, Belgium
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VAT Number: BE0821 400 552
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Email for privacy-related questions: [email protected]
What Data We Collect and Why
We only collect information that is necessary to provide our services. For each type of data, the table shows why we collect it and the legal basis under the GDPR.
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Data |
Why we collect it (purpose) |
Legal basis |
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First & last name |
To know who to send the order to and to address you personally. |
Contract |
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Address & city |
To deliver your order to the right address. |
Contract |
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Email address |
To send order confirmations and shipping updates, and to log in to your account. |
Contract |
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Phone number |
To contact you about your delivery (for example, to schedule a time) or about a problem with your order. |
Contract |
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Payment data |
Processed by our payment partner Mollie to complete your purchase. We do not store your card details. |
Contract |
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VAT number |
(Business customers) To issue invoices that meet legal requirements. |
Legal obligation |
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IP address |
To prevent fraud and misuse and to keep the website secure and working. |
Legitimate interest |
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Name, email and your message (customer service) |
To answer your question and handle any return or warranty claim. |
Contract (questions about an order) / Legitimate interest (other questions) |
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Form protection (Google reCAPTCHA) |
When you use a form (for example the newsletter, contact or review form), Google reCAPTCHA checks that you are not a bot, to protect our forms against spam and misuse. |
Legitimate interest |
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Name and email from Facebook or Google |
Only if you choose "Log in with Facebook" or "Log in with Google", to create or open your account. |
Contract |
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Email address (newsletter) |
To send you offers and news, only if you sign up. |
Consent |
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Cookies and similar technologies |
Essential cookies keep the shop working. Preference, analytics and marketing cookies are only used if you allow them. |
Legitimate interest (essential) / Consent (all others) |
Your name, address, email address and payment data are needed to conclude and deliver your purchase; without them we cannot process your order. All other data is optional.
We do not make automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects for you. If you allow marketing cookies, Klaviyo and Google Ads use your activity in the shop to show you more relevant offers (profiling). You can withdraw this consent at any time.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data. We only share it with partners who need it to provide our services, and only the data they need.
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Mollie: Processes your payment securely.
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DPD and our own transport: Receive your name, address and phone number to deliver your order.
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Our accountant and accounting software: Process invoices, in particular for business customers.
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Magebit: Builds and maintains our web shop. The shop is hosted on servers of Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany (EU).
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Cloudflare: Protects the website against attacks and delivers it securely.
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Microsoft: Hosts our email (Microsoft 365), including the messages you send us.
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Google: Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (visitor statistics, only if you allow analytics cookies), Google Ads (advertising and measuring its results, only if you allow marketing cookies), Google reCAPTCHA (protects our forms against spam) and "Log in with Google" (only if you choose it).
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Klaviyo: Sends our newsletter. If you allow marketing cookies, it also uses your activity in the shop to tailor offers.
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Beslist.nl: Measures orders that come from the Beslist.nl price comparison site, only if you allow marketing cookies.
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Meta (Facebook): Only if you choose "Log in with Facebook". We do not use Facebook advertising tracking on this website.
These partners process your data under data processing agreements or their own privacy terms, and only for the purposes above.
Transfers Outside the EU
Google, Klaviyo, Cloudflare, Meta and Microsoft are based in the United States or may process data there. Such transfers take place on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework for certified companies, or the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.
Your Rights Under the GDPR
You have the following rights over your personal data:
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Right of access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
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Right to rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
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Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"): Ask us to delete your data, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it, for example for tax or warranty purposes.
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Right to restriction of processing: Ask us to temporarily stop processing your data.
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Right to data portability: Receive the data you gave us in a common, machine-readable format, or have it sent to another company.
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Right to object: Object to the processing of your data, for example for direct marketing.
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Right to withdraw consent: Unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link in each email or in your account. Change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time via the "Cookie Settings" link at the bottom of every page. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before.
To exercise any of these rights, email us at [email protected].
Data Security
We take your security seriously. All traffic on our website and at checkout is encrypted using TLS. When you pay, you are redirected to our payment partner Mollie, which handles the transaction securely. We do not store your card details.
How Long We Keep Your Data
We do not keep your data longer than necessary:
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Orders and invoices: as long as required by Belgian accounting and tax law.
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Customer account: until you delete your account or ask us to delete it.
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Newsletter: until you unsubscribe.
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Questions to customer service: as long as needed to handle your question and any related warranty claim.
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IP addresses in server and security logs: only as long as needed for security and troubleshooting, then deleted.
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Cookies: as listed for each cookie under "Cookie Settings".
Cookie Policy
When you visit our site, we ask for your permission before we use cookies that are not essential. Cookies are small text files that help our website work. We use these categories:
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Essential cookies: needed for the site to work, for example to keep items in your shopping cart. These cannot be switched off.
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Preference cookies: remember your choices, such as recently viewed products.
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Analytics cookies: help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it.
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Marketing cookies: used to show you relevant offers and to measure our advertising.
The full list of cookies, with their provider, purpose and storage period, and your choices are available at any time via the "Cookie Settings" link at the bottom of every page.
Right to Complain
If you believe we are not handling your data correctly, please contact us first. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority, in particular in the country where you live:
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Belgium: Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorité de protection des données), www.dataprotectionauthority.be
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Netherlands: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl
Updates to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The latest version is always published on this page, and the date at the top shows when it was last changed.