Terms of Use

1. General Information

This website (hereafter “Website”) was created and is managed by Brussels Airport Company NV/SA with registered office in the Diamant Building, A. Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels, with company number 0890.082.292 (and business address at Brussels Airport, 1930 Zaventem), RPR/RPM Brussels (hereafter “Brussels Airport Company”) and by skeyes,  autonomous public company with head office at Square de Meeûs 35 B-1000 Brussels (and main operating office at Tervuursesteenweg 303 B-1820 Steenokkerzeel) (hereafter “skeyes”).

“We” and “us” refers to Brussels Airport Company and skeyes.

This Website and the information it contains may be used on the condition that these Terms of Use (hereafter “Terms of Use”) hereafter are fully complied with. By using this Website you, hereafter also referred to as "the user", are deemed to have read and accepted these Terms of Use.

We provide the information set out on the www. batc .be Website solely for information purposes : providing information to local communities concerning runway use, flight paths and noise measurements on the air traffic at Brussels Airport (hereinafter “the Purpose”). The information that the user finds on this Website or that is provided to the user via this Website is of a general nature and can consequently not be considered as meeting the user's personal requirements or particular conditions.

By accesing and using the Website, you  acknowledge and agree that the the Terms of Use,  including the privacy policy, constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us concerning your use of the Website and supersede and govern all prior proposals, agreements, or other communications.

If any provision of the Terms of Use is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, then these Terms of Use shall continue to be valid as to the other provisions and the remainder of the affected provision. Any waiver of any of the provisions of these Terms of Use by us shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and shall in no way affect the other provisions of these Terms of Use.

Nothing contained in these Terms of Use shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between you and us.

We reserve the right to change these Terms of Use at any time and we encourage you to revisit these Terms of Use periodically to ensure that you are at all times fully aware of our Terms of Use. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to the Website. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such Terms of Use.

We may, with or without prior notice, terminate any of the rights granted by these Terms of Use. You shall comply immediately with any termination or other notice, including, as applicable, by ceasing all use of the Website.
We reserve the right to change the information on this website at any time and at our own discretion without prior notice.
We make every reasonable effort to ensure that the information contained on this Website is complete, correct, accurate and up to date. However we cannot be held liable for any faults or inadequacies or any loss or damage that you suffer as a result of using the information provided.

Should the information provided contain errors, we commit ourselves to adjust this within a reasonable delay as soon as we are informed of such inadequacies.

2. Disruptions - Compatibility

We will make all reasonable efforts to make sure that there are no disruptions in the availability of this Website, and we disclaim any liability for any loss or damage you may suffer as a consequence of these disruptions.

We do not guarantee that the files contained on the Website are compatible with your infrastructure. You should see to it that you have the appropriate IT hardware and software, including security software (e.g. firewall, anti-virus software etc.).

3. Intellectual Property Rights

By accessing and using the Website, you expressly accept that the information and data provided remain our property  (and if applicable, of our  partners, as mentioned on the website). All texts, drawings, photographs, images, data, trade and domain names, brands, logos and other elements are protected by intellectual property rights. You may not reproduce and/or distribute them to the public without our prior and express written consent, unless this is not required under the provisions of the copyright laws and neighbouring legislation. E.g., you have the right to download information from this Website and to reproduce it for private use. You also haves the right to distribute it within the family circle, free of charge.

4. Links to third-party websites

This Website contains links to websites operated by third parties. These links were solely put on the Website for the information of the user. We cannot guarantee the reliability, accuracy or quality of the contents of such websites and consequently disclaims all liability. A link to a third-party website does not imply that  we have concluded a cooperation agreement with such third party or that we approve of the information supplied on such websites.

5. Unauthorized use of the Website

The users of this Website agree that they will not:

• wrongfully or unlawfully use the information on this Website;
• use the information for other reasons than the in clause 1 defined Purpose ;
• use the Website in any way that may damage or alter it, disrupt its availability or affect its efficiency in any way;
• use the Website for transmitting or posting computer viruses, unlawful or wrongfully obtained material, or material that is in any way inappropriate, including but not limited to libellous, obscene or intimidating material;
• use the Website in any way that violates the rights of a natural person, a legal person or association, including but not limited to privacy rights and intellectual property rights;
• use the Website for posting or transmitting material for promotional or publicity ends.

We reserve the right to declare the user in default and/or start legal proceedings against the user if its interests or the interests of a third party are harmed as a result of the violation of the above provisions or any other action by the user.

6. Limited license

We grant you a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive licence to access and make use of the Website.

You may not frame or utilise framing techniques to enclose the Website or any portion thereof without our prior written consent.

The limited licence does not include the right to:

• modify or download the Website or its contents (except caching or as necessary to view Content); or
• create any derivative work based upon either the Website or its Content; or
• use any meta tag or any other “hidden text” utilising our name or the Trade Marks without our express written consent: or
• use software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or take any other action that may impose an unreasonable burden or load on our infrastructure.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Website for personal, non-commercial use only. A website that links to our Website:

• may link to, but not replicate, our Content; but
• may not imply that we are endorsing such website or its services or products; and
• may not misrepresent its relationship with us; and
• may not contain Content that could be construed as distasteful, obscene, offensive or controversial, and may contain only Content appropriate for all ages; and
• may not portray us or our products or services, in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive or objectionable manner, or associate us with undesirable products, services or opinions; and
• may not use any Trade Mark without express written permission; and
• may not link to any page of the Website other than the home page. We may, in our sole discretion, request that you remove any link to the Website, and upon receipt of such request, you shall immediately remove such link.

Any unauthorised use by you of the Website terminates the limited licence immediately without prejudice to any other remedy provided by applicable law.

7. Cookies

We may use session cookies in order to enhance the service we provide on our Website. A session cookie is a small data file sent from our Website to your internet browser, which is stored in the temporary memory of your computer (this file is erased when your browser is closed). A session cookie will allow us to track the pages that you have visited and thereby facilitate your use of the Website.

You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.

8. Personal Data

The user is free to use this Website to consult information about our organisation and services without having to provide any personal details. Only to participate in contests or for the use of specific services on this Website does the user have to provide personal details. Whenever the user provides personal details, we will treat these in conformity with the policy below and the legal obligation with regard to the processing of personal data.

Personal data is stored in a secure environment that is not accessible to the public. The information will only be processed for internal purposes. We use the collected data to enter into contact with the user and to be able to provide him(her) with an optimal service. The data is kept no longer than necessary for providing or using the requested service. As a rule we do not pass on any of this data to third parties except to meet legal obligations or in case it is expressly requested to do so by the legal authorities or the police. In the exceptional case that we share personal information with organisations or companies we work with, this will be explicitly mentioned or the user's express consent will be asked. By providing their personal details the users give us their express permission to process these details for the afore-mentioned purposes.

The user has the right to verify the information we have collected and to correct it if necessary. Moreover the user can request that their personal data be removed from our files by sending an email to privacy@brusselsairport.be

9. Liability

With the exception of proven intentional fault or gross negligence and proven causal connection to any damage ensuing from it, we cannot be held liable for any damage that may result from the use of this Website or any information provided on it or accessed via this Website (e.g. by the links the Website provides).

Neither can we be held liable for any damage resulting from technical shortcomings, disruptions of access to this Website or any harmful interferences with the user's system or software.

We cannot be held liable for any damage caused by viruses, bugs, Trojan horses etc. should these occur on the Website in spite of all the precautions that were taken.

10. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless for any loss, damages or costs, including reasonable legal fees, resulting from any third party claim, action, or demand resulting from your use of the Website or the creation of a hyperlink to the Website. You also agree to indemnify us for any loss, damages, or costs, including reasonable legal fees, resulting from your use of software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or any other action you take that imposes an unreasonable burden or load on our infrastructure.

11. Applicable legislation

This Website is governed by Belgian law. Disputes arising in connection with this Website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Belgian courts.