Legal notice

​Identity and contact details of the responsible publisher

Selectos is published by the Belgian company Whale Media SPRL whose registered office is at Rue du Val Saint-Lambert 73, 4100 Seraing (Belgium), under the number, BE 0690 700 574.

​Publication Director : Robin Lespagnard .

You can contact us at any time via our contact page or at contact@whalemedia.eu.

Liability

Selectos cannot be held responsible for technical problems encountered on the site.

The site editor cannot be held responsible for problems encountered on any other sites to which links are established, or for any other information published on these sites, as well as for the consequences of their use.

Cookies and processing of personal data

Cookies

Selectos informs you that the site uses cookies as part of your browsing experience in order to collect audience statistics. This information is intended to ensure the optimal functioning of the site and to optimize the content and user experience. Cookies store anonymous parameters such as your language, your location or the pages you visit.

We undertake to use your data only for internal purposes. It will not be passed on or sold to third parties.

Your cookie settings are managed by your browser. To modify or deactivate cookies, go to the security (or confidentiality/privacy) tab of your browser's settings (or preferences).

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google in the Member States of the European Union or in the other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the website operator to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services relating to website and Internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser for Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software to do so. However, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to the full. In addition, you can prevent the collection of data about your use of the website generated by the cookie (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available here.

HotJar

This website uses Hotjar, an analytics software from Hotjar Ltd, 3 Lyons Range, 20 Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM 1640, Malta, Europe.) Hotjar is used to measure and evaluate the behaviour of users of our site. The information generated by the "tracking code" and the "cookie" when you visit our website will be transmitted to Hotjar's servers in Ireland and stored there.

The tracking code collects the following information: device-dependent data. In addition, the following information may be recorded via your device and browser: IP address of your device (collected and stored in an anonymous format), your e-mail address, screen size of your device, device type and browser information, geographical location (country only), preferred language for viewing our website, log file data. The following data is automatically generated by our servers when Hotjar is used: referring domain, pages visited, geographic location (country only), language preference for viewing our website, date and time of access to the website.

Hotjar will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services related to website activity and Internet usage. Hotjar uses a variety of services hosted by third parties, such as Google Analytics and Optimizely. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP address request.

For more information on how Google Analytics and Optimizely collect and use your information, please refer to their privacy policies. By using Selectos, you consent to the processing of the above data by Hotjar and by third parties used by Hotjar in accordance with their respective privacy policies. The cookies used by Hotjar have different durations; some are for 365 days, others for the session only.

To prevent Hotjar from collecting your data, simply follow the information on this page.

Comments

By posting a comment on Selectos, you give us permission to reproduce and edit it and you warrant to Selectos that you own all rights to it.

We do not control the comments posted on our site (however, hateful, racist or offensive messages will be removed). The comments published express the views of their respective authors and are their sole responsibility.

Any personal data you may provide (such as your e-mail address) will not be used for commercial purposes or sold to a third party. They will simply allow us to contact you if necessary and to inform you if a response has been given to your comment.

Newsletter

If you receive our newsletter, it is because you have subscribed to it. By subscribing, you give us permission to store your email address. We only use it to send you our weekly newsletter.

Under no circumstances will your data be used for commercial purposes and will not be passed on or sold to third parties.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "Unsubscribe" button at the end of each newsletter or by sending us a message via our contact form.

Affiliation

Selectos participates in various affiliate programs, including the Amazon EU Partner Program, which is designed to allow websites to earn money by linking to Amazon.com products.

The affiliate system does not involve the collection of your data (the user's path is followed by a tracking code).

Of course, users are free to search for products themselves if they prefer not to use the links offered on Selectos.

To learn more about affiliation, please visit our About page.

Your rights

​Everyone has the right to ask any data controller whether or not it holds data about them. The data controller must confirm whether or not it holds data about you and, if so, for what purpose it holds the data, what categories of data it holds and to whom it holds the data.

Selectos does not maintain a database of its users. However, if you have any questions about this, you can contact us via our ​contact form.

Copyright

The texts and content of Selectos are protected by copyright.

If you wish to copy a photo, take over articles or duplicate our content, you must also request our permission. They may be quoted and reproduced in part in the context of communication activities or by the press, mentioning the source by means of a hypertext link.

If you wish to reproduce part of our content for publishing purposes or to promote your products, please contact us via our contact form .​