Legal notice

Website publisher

The website luceravision.be is published by Dr Alexandre Balon, ophthalmic surgeon.

• INAMI number: 1-00988-86-370
• Physician registered with the Belgian Order of Physicians
• Place of practice: Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies, Avenue Reine Fabiola 9, 1340 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
• Contact: +32 10 437 381 (appointments via the clinic)

The communication on this website is designed to comply with the Belgian Code of Medical Ethics (Order of Physicians): factual information, with no comparative advertising, no promise of results and no patient testimonials.

Hosting

The website is hosted by Netlify, Inc., 512 2nd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States — www.netlify.com.

Purpose of the website — medical disclaimer

This website is purely informational. It presents general information about refractive surgery, cataract surgery and corneal disease. It is not a substitute for a medical consultation: only an individual examination can establish an indication, weigh the benefits and risks, and lead to an appropriate treatment plan. No medical decision should be made solely on the basis of the content of this website.

Intellectual property

All content on this website (texts, diagrams, videos, graphic elements, the Lucera Vision brand and wordmark) is protected by copyright. Any reproduction or reuse, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited, with the exception of short quotations with attribution. The videos are produced with the Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies (CSPO), credited in each caption.

Liability and external links

The information published here is written with care and based on the scientific literature available at the time of publication. It may nevertheless evolve as medical knowledge progresses. The publisher cannot be held liable for any use of this information outside an individual medical consultation. Links to third-party websites (including YouTube) are provided for information; their content and privacy practices are the responsibility of their respective publishers.

Data protection (GDPR)

Respect for your privacy is one of the principles of this website, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, EU Regulation 2016/679) and the Belgian law of 30 July 2018.

What this website does not collect

The website has no user accounts, no contact forms, no newsletter, no advertising cookies and no third-party audience measurement tools. Videos are hosted directly by the website: playing them triggers no request to any third-party platform and requires no consent.

Technical data

As with any website, the hosting provider may temporarily process technical connection data (IP address, browser type) in server logs, for security and operational purposes. This processing is based on the legitimate interest of the publisher and the host; this data is neither cross-referenced nor used for commercial purposes.

Health data

No health data is collected through this website. Appointments are made by telephone with the Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies; data processed in the context of consultations belongs to the medical record, managed under the clinic’s own rules and medical confidentiality.

Your rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability regarding your personal data. For any question about data protection, you can contact the data controller (Dr Alexandre Balon, via the Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies, +32 10 437 381). You may also lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority: dataprotectionauthority.be, Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels.