Legal Notice and Cookies

1. Legal Terms and Conditions

These general terms and conditions (the ‘Terms & Conditions’ or the ‘Legal Notice’) govern the use of the website www.krisvanlancker.com (the ‘Website’), operated by the OPTIMUS Group, understood as the group of companies described in section 2 of this Legal Notice.

Use of this website implies full acceptance of these Terms & Conditions. Users who do not agree with them must refrain from using the Website.

OPTIMUS reserves the right to amend these Terms & Conditions at any time. Users are advised to review them periodically.

2. Identification details and general information

This website is operated by the companies within the OPTIMUS Group, understood as the group of companies directly or indirectly controlled by Optimus Investments, S.L., together with associated entities under its control or coordination that participate in the group’s activities.

For the purposes of this policy, the OPTIMUS Group is defined in accordance with the Website’s Privacy Policy.

The OPTIMUS Group currently includes, among others, the following companies (this list is provided for information only and may be updated without amending this Legal Notice): Optimus Capital, S.L., Optimus Investments, S.L., Aldea del Fresno 10, S.L., Serenia Alfa, S.L. and Serenia Fidelis, S.L.

The OPTIMUS Group also operates through various trade names, including Optimus Global Investors, Optimus Investments and Optimus Homes, which are not separate legal entities.

Registered office: C/ General Oraá 29, 6º derecha, 28006 Madrid (Spain)

Contact: legal@optimusinvestors.com

For the purposes of Article 10 of Spanish Law 34/2002 (LSSI-CE), the owner of this website is Optimus Investments, S.L., with Spanish tax identification number B87121687, registered with the Madrid Companies Registry in volume 32,764, page 28, sheet M-589735, first entry.

3. Scope, purpose and use of the Website

These general terms and conditions regulate access to, browsing and use of the content offered by OPTIMUS through www.krisvanlancker.com, as well as any other domains that may be used in the future.

Access to and use of the website implies full acceptance of this Legal Notice.

The user undertakes to use the website lawfully, in accordance with applicable legislation, good faith and public order.

The website may not be used for unlawful purposes or in any way that may damage, disable or overload it or prevent its normal operation.

OPTIMUS may suspend or restrict access in the event of a breach of these conditions.

Users may not introduce viruses, malware or any system capable of affecting the security or operation of the website.

The reproduction, distribution, public communication or transformation of content without the express written authorisation of OPTIMUS or the rights holder is also prohibited.

4. Intellectual and industrial property

This website is governed by Spanish law and the applicable rules on intellectual and industrial property.

Access to the website does not under any circumstances entail the assignment, licensing or waiver of intellectual or industrial property rights belonging to OPTIMUS or third parties.

Users have a strictly private right of use, limited to the proper use of the services offered.

The trade marks, trade names and logos belong to OPTIMUS or authorised third parties.

Any unauthorised exploitation of the content is prohibited.

5. Privacy and data protection

All information provided to OPTIMUS will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 (LOPDGDD).

OPTIMUS will process personal data for the following purposes:

• Managing enquiries and requests for information.
• Providing requested services.
• Sending commercial communications where a valid legal basis exists under applicable law, particularly with the user’s consent or in the context of a prior contractual relationship.
• Recruitment processes, where applicable.
• Internal statistical analysis and service improvement.

The legal bases for processing may be:

• Performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
• Compliance with legal obligations.
• The data subject’s consent, where appropriate.
• OPTIMUS’s legitimate interests, following a balancing assessment.

Data may be disclosed to companies within the OPTIMUS Group and suppliers acting as data processors under Article 28 GDPR.

Data will not be disclosed to third parties unless required by law or necessary to provide the service.

The data controller is OPTIMUS INVESTMENTS, S.L., as the coordinating entity of the OPTIMUS Group.

Users may exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction and portability by emailing legal@optimusinvestors.com. Where processing is based on consent, users may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal.

Users may also lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es) if they believe their rights have been infringed.

For further information about the processing of personal data, please consult the Privacy Policy.

6. Cookies Policy

The following information explains cookies and browser storage on this website.

This website saves consent preferences in the browser’s local storage. The current version does not include analytics tools, advertising tools or embedded social media content.

Cookies are small text files stored on the user’s device that help improve the browsing experience.

Non-essential cookies are installed only where the user has given express consent in accordance with Article 22 of Spanish Law 34/2002 (LSSI-CE) and the GDPR.

Users may accept, reject or configure the use of cookies at any time through the settings panel provided on the website and may withdraw their consent at any time.

The following categories are described for information: strictly necessary, analytical, functional, advertising and social media cookies. Optional categories are not active on the current version of this website.

• Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential for our website to operate. They allow users to browse the website and use its features. Without them, the services required to use the website, such as access to secure areas, could not be provided.
• Analytical cookies: These collect information about how users use our website, including the most frequently visited pages, how users move from one link to another, and whether they receive error messages on certain pages. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated anonymously with information about how other users use our website. Together, these cookies provide analytical information about the website’s performance to help us improve it.
• Functional cookies: These allow us to remember users’ choices and personalise the website so that they can benefit from enhanced features and content. For example, these cookies may be used to remember a username, language choice or country selection.
• Advertising cookies: These are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to users and their interests. They are also used to limit the number of times an advertisement is displayed and to measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. They remember that a user has visited a website, and this information may be shared with other organisations, such as advertising partners. This means that after visiting our website, users may see advertisements for our services on other websites.
• Social media cookies: To improve the online experience and make it easier to share content, some pages on our website may contain tools or applications linking to third-party social media providers such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Through these tools or applications, a social media provider may set its own cookies on the user’s device. We do not control these cookies, and users should consult the social media provider’s website to understand how those cookies are used.

How long a cookie remains on a user’s device depends on whether it is a ‘persistent’ or ‘session’ cookie. Session cookies remain on the device only until the user stops browsing. Persistent cookies remain on the device after browsing has ended and until they expire or are deleted.

Users may configure their browser to block or delete cookies at any time, although this may affect the proper operation of the website.

Further information about changing browser settings is available at www.allaboutcookies.org/es/. Information about cookies is also available from the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

7. Licence over communications

Users declare and warrant that any information sent through the website belongs to them or that they have the necessary rights to use it, and that it does not infringe third-party rights.

Users will be responsible for any communication they send and will hold OPTIMUS harmless against any claim arising from it.

8. Third-party links

The Website may include links to third-party websites, content or services.

Optimus Investments, S.L. does not control and is not responsible for the content, operation, availability, policies, terms or privacy practices of those third parties, except where required by law.

The inclusion of external links does not imply a recommendation, approval, sponsorship or association between Optimus Investments, S.L. and the owners of those websites.

Users access those websites at their own risk.

9. Limitation of liability

Optimus Investments, S.L. uses its best efforts to keep the Website available, secure and up to date, but does not guarantee continuous availability or the absence of errors, interruptions, technical failures, viruses or other harmful elements.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Optimus Investments, S.L. will not be liable for damage arising from interference, interruptions, disconnections, technical errors, misuse of the Website by users, third-party content accessible through external links, or decisions taken by a user based on information published on the Website. Use of the Website is entirely at the user’s own risk.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, OPTIMUS will not be liable for indirect damage, loss of profit or loss of earnings arising from use of the website.

10. Jurisdiction

These conditions are governed by Spanish law.

Any dispute will be submitted to the Courts of Madrid, unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise.

In all cases, the information provided through this website is for information purposes only and does not constitute an investment recommendation or investment advice, nor a binding offer to contract, acquire, buy, sell, lease or enter into any other legal transaction.

To protect their legitimate interests, users are advised to obtain professional legal, tax, accounting, financial and any other appropriate advice before making any decision relating to an investment, acquisition, purchase, sale, lease and/or any other legal transaction.

11. Duration and amendments

Optimus Investments, S.L. may amend this Legal Notice at any time to reflect regulatory, technical, organisational or business changes by publishing the updated version on the Website.

Users are advised to review this Legal Notice periodically.