Last updated: October 2026

Information We Collect

Astra may collect personal information that you choose to provide directly.

This may include:

• Your email address when you subscribe to the Astra newsletter.

• Your email address and any other information you choose to include when you contact Astra.

• Limited technical information relating to your visit to the website, such as device, browser, IP address, or website usage information, where this is processed by the services used to host, secure, or operate the website.

Astra does not intentionally collect sensitive personal information through this website.

How We Use Your Information

Personal information may be used to:

• Send the Astra newsletter to people who have chosen to subscribe.

• Respond to messages, professional enquiries, collaboration requests, or other correspondence.

• Operate, maintain, protect, and improve the website.

• Understand and resolve technical issues affecting the website.

• Comply with applicable legal obligations where necessary.

Astra does not sell your personal information.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to the Astra newsletter, your email address will be used to send you newsletter communications and updates from Astra.

Newsletter emails are sent on the basis of your consent.

You can withdraw your consent and unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe option provided in newsletter emails or by contacting Astra at theclubastra@gmail.com.

Unsubscribing will not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before you withdrew your consent.

Contacting Astra

If you contact Astra by email, the information you provide will be used to respond to your message and manage any related correspondence.

Depending on the nature of your message, this information may be processed because it is necessary to respond to your request, because Astra has a legitimate interest in managing correspondence, or because it relates to steps requested before entering into a professional agreement.

Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.

Website Hosting and Service Providers

Astra uses third-party services to host, operate, and maintain the website.

The website is currently built and hosted using Framer. Framer and other service providers used by Astra may process limited technical information where necessary to provide their services, maintain website security, or ensure that the website functions correctly.

Where external services process personal information on Astra's behalf, they are expected to process that information only as necessary to provide their services and in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use technologies that are necessary for its basic operation, security, and functionality.

If Astra introduces non-essential cookies, analytics, advertising technologies, or similar tracking tools that require consent, visitors will be provided with appropriate information and choices where required by law.

This Privacy Policy may be updated if the technologies used by the website change.

How Long We Keep Your Information

Personal information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

In particular:

• Newsletter subscription information may be kept for as long as you remain subscribed.

• Correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your message, maintain relevant records, or deal with a professional enquiry.

• Technical information processed by website service providers may be retained according to their applicable retention periods and settings.

Information may be retained for longer where this is required by law or reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Sharing Your Information

Astra does not sell or rent your personal information.

Personal information may be shared with service providers where this is necessary to operate the website, manage newsletter subscriptions, deliver emails, or provide other services used by Astra.

Information may also be disclosed where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect legal rights.

International Data Transfers

Some service providers used to operate Astra may process information outside Belgium or the European Economic Area.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, applicable safeguards should be used in accordance with data-protection law, such as an adequacy decision or approved contractual protections where required.

Your Rights

If the GDPR applies to the processing of your personal information, you may have the right to:

• Request access to the personal information held about you.

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.

• Request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.

• Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.

• Receive certain personal information in a portable format where applicable.

• Object to certain types of processing.

• Withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

You may exercise these rights by contacting theclubastra@gmail.com.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data-protection authority. In Belgium, this is the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorité de protection des données).

Third-Party Links

Articles and other content on Astra may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.

Astra is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of external websites. When you leave Astra and visit another website, that website's own privacy policy will apply.

Children's Privacy

Astra is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children through the website.

If Astra becomes aware that personal information has been collected from a child in circumstances where appropriate consent was required but not obtained, reasonable steps will be taken to remove that information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to Astra, the services used by the website, or applicable legal requirements.

The date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are made.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how your information is handled, or would like to exercise your data-protection rights, you can contact Astra at:

theclubastra@gmail.com