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# Privacy

Is Tournevie GDPR compliant? What happens to your data? This is where you'll find out.

## What type of information does Tournevie collect?  

1. Tournevie collects your **e-mail address** and **phone number** to be able to contact you with regard to tools you have borrowed. These can be loan reminders, membership expiration warnings etc. <br>
2. In addition, we use the e-mail addresses to send out **newsletters** to our members from time to time. These are only used to notify you about important news or changes to our services. <br>
3. Tournevie stores an **offline photocopy of your identity card**. This is only used in the event we are required to retrieve any unreturned tools. <br>
4. Tournevie registers your **preferred language** in order to contact you via e-mails or phone in the language you prefer.

## What about the use of anonymized data by Tournevie?

To improve our service, we may make use of **aggregated** and **anonymized** data. While this is not an exhaustive list, we might want to find out, for instance:

* In which municipalities our members live;
* Which tools are most popular;
* If certain tools are more (or less) prone to damage and require high maintenance costs;
* How many weekly loans are made;
* ...

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## Is Tournevie GDPR compliant?

On May 25th 2018, the EU [General Data Protection Regulation](https://www.eugdpr.org/) (GDPR) entered into force. Its aim is to  protect EU citizens from privacy and data breaches.&#x20;

In preparation for this regulation, we carried out a complete analysis and made sure we are fully in line with its rules, including article 12 regarding privacy.&#x20;

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