fat.voyage respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and what your rights are under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Belgian law.
1. Data Controller
The data controller for fat.voyage is:
Brightful BVKBO/BCE: BE 0738.830.093
legal@fat.voyage
Belgium
If you have any questions about how we handle your personal data, please contact us at the address above.
2. What Data We Collect
2.1 Newsletter Subscriptions
If you sign up to receive the fat.voyage newsletter, we collect your email address. We use this solely to send you editorial content and updates from fat.voyage. We do not sell, rent, or share your email address with third parties.
Legal basis: your consent (GDPR Article 6(1)(a)). You may withdraw consent and unsubscribe at any time using the link in any newsletter email.
2.2 Analytics
We use analytics tools (Vercel Analytics, Google Analytics, and PostHog, hosted in the EU) to understand how visitors interact with fat.voyage — for example, which pages are visited and how long visitors spend on them. We use this data only to improve the platform. PostHog is deliberately configured cookieless: it stores nothing on your device, keeps every event anonymous, and does not build visitor profiles. Its data travels through our own address and Cloudflare, PostHog's network provider, on its way to PostHog's servers in the EU (see section 6).
PostHog also makes session recordings: a replay of a visit as it appeared on screen, with the pages viewed, scrolling, mouse movements and clicks, along with technical details such as error messages and how long the page took to load. Anything typed into a form field, such as your email address in the newsletter form, is hidden in your browser before the recording leaves it. Recordings are anonymous: they are not linked to your name, your email address or any earlier visit, and a new one starts each time a page fully reloads. We keep only visits longer than three seconds, and use them to find what is confusing or broken on the site.
Where analytics tools set cookies or process IP addresses, we treat this as data processing under GDPR. We implement analytics in a privacy-preserving manner where possible, including IP anonymisation.
Legal basis: our legitimate interest in understanding and improving the platform (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)), balanced against your privacy interests.
2.3 Data We Do Not Collect
We do not:
- Require account registration or collect login credentials
- Process payment data (any booking transactions occur on third-party hotel or booking platforms)
- Collect any special category data (health, ethnicity, political views, etc.)
- Knowingly collect data from children under 16
3. How Long We Keep Your Data
Newsletter subscribers: we retain your email address until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
Analytics data: retained in accordance with the retention policies of the analytics provider, typically 14–26 months.
Session recordings: deleted after 30 days.
4. Your Rights Under GDPR
As a data subject, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data (‘right to be forgotten’)
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is consent-based)
- Lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorité de protection des données) at www.dataprotectionauthority.be
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at legal@fat.voyage. We will respond within 30 days.
6. International Data Transfers
Some of our analytics providers may process data outside the European Economic Area. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses) in accordance with GDPR Chapter V.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. We will notify newsletter subscribers of any material changes.
8. Contact & Complaints
For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights: legal@fat.voyage
If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to complain directly to the Belgian Data Protection Authority at www.dataprotectionauthority.be.