Incontinence.pro — World Incontinence News professional portalPrivacy policy
This page says, plainly, what data we process when you use Incontinence.pro — World Incontinence News professional portal, why, for how long, with whom, and what your rights are. We collect the minimum necessary and we sell no personal data.
1. Controller
Artemis Medical SA, Chemin du Cyclotron 6, 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Data protection contact: contact@incontinence.pro.
2. What we process, why, for how long
| Situation | Data | Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR) | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting the site | truncated IP address, pages viewed, device and browser (aggregated), country | operation, security, audience statistics without third-party cookies | legitimate interest | technical logs 12 months; aggregated statistics indefinitely (anonymous) |
| Contact form | name, e-mail, message | replying to you | legitimate interest / pre-contractual steps | 24 months after the last exchange |
| User account | username, e-mail, password (hashed), language, login log | access to your area, security | contract | life of the account + 3 years (legal obligations, disputes) |
| Contribution (author, advertiser, tested brand) | identity, organisation, e-mail, submitted content, declarations of interest, moderation history, invoicing | publish, moderate, invoice, keep the sanctions register | contract; legitimate interest (moderation); legal obligation | life of the account + 5 years (moderation register and invoicing) |
| Notice / rights request | your contact details and request | handle the request, prove we handled it | legal obligation | 5 years |
We make no automated decision with legal effects on you and we do no advertising profiling. Moderation of contributions is assisted by automated tools; any sanction is confirmed by a person and can be appealed.
3. Who we share with
- Hosting: Hetzner Online GmbH (Germany, European Union).
- Authorities: only where the law requires.
- Nobody else. We neither sell nor rent any data.
4. Transfers outside the European Union
Data is hosted in the EU. Where our entity or a provider is established outside the EU, transfers rely on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or an adequacy decision. Details on request at contact@incontinence.pro.
5. Your rights
Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability, withdrawal of consent at any time, and complaint to your supervisory authority. Write to contact@incontinence.pro; we reply within one month. We may ask you to prove your identity if in doubt.
California residents (CCPA/CPRA): you have the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your data — we do neither; we do not discriminate against you for exercising your rights. UAE residents (PDPL) and other countries: the same rights apply to the extent provided by your law.
6. Cookies
See the Cookie Policy. In short: no non-essential cookie without your consent; audience measurement without third-party cookies.
7. Security
Encryption in transit (HTTPS), hashed passwords, restricted and logged access, encrypted backups, European hosting. If a breach is likely to harm you, we notify you and the competent authority within the legal deadlines.
8. Minors
The site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 16; if we did, write to us and we will erase it.
9. Changes
This policy carries its version date. Substantial changes are announced on the site . Previous versions are archived.
Version dated 2026-09-20.