Privacy policy
Last updated: 31 October 2026.
This policy explains how the Belgian Constitutional Law Blog (belconlawblog.com, “BelConLawBlog”, “we”) processes personal data, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Belgian data protection law. We collect as little as possible: the site has no user accounts, no comments, no advertising and no tracking cookies.
Who is responsible
The controller of your personal data is the publisher of BelConLawBlog. You can reach us for any privacy question at info@belconlawblog.com.
What we process, why, and on what legal basis
When you write to us
If you email us (for example to submit an article, report an error or ask a question), we process your name, email address, the content of your message and any attachments. We use them only to deal with your message. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in answering correspondence (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or, for submissions, steps prior to an agreement to publish (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). We keep correspondence for up to two years after the last exchange, and longer only for published contributions, where the author’s name stays with the article.
Email updates
If you ask to receive new articles by email, we process your email address on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) until you unsubscribe. You can withdraw consent at any time by writing to us; this does not affect processing before the withdrawal.
Visiting the website
When you load a page, your browser necessarily sends technical data to our hosting provider: your IP address, the date and time, the page requested, the referring page and your browser type. This data is processed to deliver the site and to keep it secure and available. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in operating a secure website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). We do not use this data to identify or profile visitors.
We do not use analytics or audience-measurement tools at present. Should we introduce one, it will only run after you have accepted it in the cookie banner, and this policy will be updated first.
Cookies and similar technologies
The site sets no cookies. It stores one strictly necessary item in your browser’s local storage to remember your choice in the cookie banner. Details are in our cookie policy.
Recipients and processors
- Hosting: the site is hosted by Vercel Inc., which acts as our processor for the technical data described above. Vercel may process data in the United States; such transfers rely on appropriate safeguards under Chapter V GDPR, such as the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
- Email: messages you send us are handled by our email provider as processor.
Fonts and images are served from our own domain; the site loads no third-party trackers, social media plug-ins or embedded content. We never sell or rent personal data, and we only disclose it where the law requires us to.
External links
Articles link to external sources such as the Constitutional Court, the Belgian Official Journal and parliamentary websites. Those sites have their own privacy policies, for which we are not responsible.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to access your data, to have it rectified or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise these rights, write to info@belconlawblog.com. We answer without undue delay and in any event within one month. You may also lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorité de protection des données), Drukpersstraat 35 / rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels, www.dataprotectionauthority.be.
Changes
We may update this policy when our practices change. The current version, with its date, is always on this page.