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Last updated: 14 October 2026

This page explains which personal data we collect on applied-aikido.org, why, and what rights you have, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Who is responsible for your data

The Applied Aikido Association is a branch of Dimensions Humaines ASBL, which is responsible for the processing of your data.

Dimensions Humaines ASBL, a Belgian non-profit association
Registered office: Avenue de Mérode 64, 1330 Rixensart, Belgium
Enterprise number: BE 0884.602.782
Contact: info@applied-aikido.org

What data we collect, and why

  • Your account: name, email address and password (stored encrypted). To give you access to the community and to your membership.
  • Your membership and payments: name, email address, amounts, dates and status of your subscription. To manage your membership and keep our accounts. Your card details are handled by Stripe or PayPal, never by us.
  • Your profile and posts in the community: what you choose to publish there.
  • Your directory card: the information you choose to publish, and the description of your professional practice, which is read only by the reviewer and never published.
  • Our mailing list: name and email address, and whether our emails are opened and their links clicked. To send you news about the Association, if you have subscribed. Every email has an unsubscribe link.
  • Forms: what you type in a form, such as the seminar offer form. To answer your request.
  • Technical data: the cookies needed to keep you logged in and to run the payment process, and server logs used for the security of the website.

Legal basis

  • The contract between you and us: your account and your membership.
  • Your consent: the mailing list. You can withdraw it at any time.
  • Our legal obligations: accounting records.
  • Our legitimate interest: the security of the website and the review of directory cards.

Who processes your data for us

  • o2switch, in France, hosts the website and its database.
  • Stripe and PayPal process payments.
  • Our email service sends the messages of the website.

We do not sell your data and we do not share it for advertising.

How long we keep it

  • Your account, profile and contact details: for as long as your membership or our contact lasts, then three years.
  • Accounting records linked to payments: for the period required by Belgian accounting law.
  • The mailing list: until you unsubscribe.

Your rights

You can ask us at any time to access, correct or delete your data, to limit or object to its use, or to receive it in a portable format. Write to info@applied-aikido.org; we answer within one month. To have your data deleted, see Data deletion.

If you think your data is not handled properly, you can also file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (www.dataprotectionauthority.be).