Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28.04.2026

This Privacy Policy explains how CODRESS collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal data when you visit our website, contact us, join our early access programme, use our platform, participate in a pilot, or interact with our services.

CODRESS respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation, where applicable.

1. Who We Are

CODRESS is an AI-powered fashion technology platform based in Belgium.

CODRESS is operated by Kardelen De Groof, acting as a sole proprietor under the commercial name CODRESS.

Trading name: CODRESS

Legal form: Sole proprietorship

Registered address: Avenue Van Volxem 244, 1190 Forest, Brussels, Belgium.

Enterprise / VAT number: BE1025194186

Email: hello@codress.ai

Website: www.codress.ai

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, CODRESS may act as a data controller for personal data collected through the website, communications, commercial relationships, pilots, and account management.

In certain cases, where CODRESS processes personal data on behalf of a business customer, CODRESS may act as a data processor. In such cases, a separate data processing agreement may apply.

2. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through:

  • The CODRESS website
  • Contact forms
  • Demo requests
  • Early access forms
  • Pilot programme applications
  • Newsletter subscriptions
  • Email communications
  • Meetings, calls, and business development activities
  • Platform accounts, if applicable
  • Uploaded content, where it contains personal data
  • Analytics and cookies
  • Social media or professional networking interactions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, platforms, or services that may be linked from our website. Those third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices.

3. Personal Data We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with CODRESS, we may collect the following categories of personal data.

3.1 Contact and Identity Data

  • First name and last name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Company name
  • Job title
  • Country or city
  • LinkedIn profile or professional website, if provided
  • Business contact details

3.2 Business and Professional Data

  • Brand, supplier, manufacturer, or organisation details
  • Industry segment
  • Role in the fashion product development process
  • Product category interests
  • Pilot or collaboration preferences
  • Business needs, pain points, or feedback
  • Meeting notes or validation interview insights

3.3 Account and Platform Data

If accounts are created, we may collect:

  • Login details
  • Account settings
  • Usage activity
  • Feature preferences
  • Uploaded files
  • Prompts and instructions
  • Generated outputs
  • Project or workspace information
  • Technical logs

3.4 Uploaded Creative and Product Content

You may upload or share:

  • Fashion sketches
  • Design files
  • Product images
  • Technical drawings
  • Material references
  • Print or embroidery references
  • Brand guidelines
  • Supplier or cost information
  • Other creative or product-related materials

Some uploaded content may contain personal data, for example if it includes names, model images, email addresses, metadata, or identifiable individuals.

3.5 Communication Data

We may collect:

  • Emails and messages you send to us
  • Call or meeting notes
  • Feedback and survey responses
  • Support requests
  • Event or networking interactions
  • Commercial negotiation information

3.6 Technical and Usage Data

When you visit our website or use our services, we may collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Time and date of visit
  • Referring website
  • Approximate location
  • Interaction data
  • Cookies and similar technologies

3.7 Marketing Data

We may collect:

  • Newsletter preferences
  • Event interest
  • Email engagement data
  • Consent preferences
  • Communication preferences

4. How We Collect Personal Data

We collect personal data when:

  • You visit our website.
  • You fill in a contact, demo, pilot, or early access form.
  • You subscribe to our newsletter.
  • You email or message CODRESS.
  • You attend a meeting, call, workshop, event, or validation interview.
  • You upload or submit content to the platform.
  • You use CODRESS tools or services.
  • You interact with CODRESS on LinkedIn or other professional channels.
  • You provide feedback, survey answers, or product validation insights.
  • Third-party service providers collect technical data on our behalf, such as analytics or hosting providers.

5. Why We Use Personal Data

CODRESS may process personal data for the following purposes:

5.1 To Provide Our Services

  • To operate the CODRESS website and platform
  • To provide demos, pilots, early access, and product services
  • To generate outputs based on user inputs
  • To manage accounts and user access
  • To respond to support requests
  • To deliver requested information or materials

5.2 To Develop and Improve CODRESS

  • To understand user needs
  • To improve product functionality
  • To test and refine AI workflows
  • To evaluate feature performance
  • To improve user experience
  • To analyse market validation feedback
  • To develop better design, cost, sustainability, and supplier intelligence tools

5.3 To Communicate With You

  • To respond to inquiries
  • To schedule meetings or demos
  • To manage pilot or partnership discussions
  • To send relevant updates
  • To provide customer or technical support
  • To communicate about changes to our services or policies

5.4 For Marketing and Business Development

  • To send newsletters, if you have subscribed or where legally permitted
  • To share product updates
  • To invite you to events, pilots, or early access opportunities
  • To understand interest in CODRESS services
  • To manage professional relationships

You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time.

5.5 For Security and Legal Compliance

  • To protect the website, platform, users, and CODRESS systems
  • To prevent misuse, fraud, or unauthorised access
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To maintain records required by law
  • To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

6. Legal Bases for Processing

Where GDPR applies, CODRESS relies on one or more of the following legal bases:

6.1 Contract

We process personal data when necessary to provide services, manage accounts, deliver pilots, respond to service requests, or perform obligations under a contract.

6.2 Legitimate Interests

We may process personal data where we have a legitimate business interest, such as improving our services, managing business relationships, securing our systems, conducting B2B communications, analysing product usage, and developing CODRESS.

We only rely on legitimate interests where those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

6.3 Consent

We may rely on your consent for certain activities, such as optional newsletters, non-essential cookies, specific marketing communications, or certain uses of uploaded content where required.

You may withdraw consent at any time.

6.4 Legal Obligation

We may process personal data where necessary to comply with applicable laws, tax obligations, accounting rules, regulatory requirements, or lawful requests from authorities.

7. AI Processing and Uploaded Content

CODRESS uses AI and related technologies to support fashion design visualization, product validation, cost intelligence, sustainability insights, and supplier intelligence.

When you upload content or provide prompts, CODRESS may process that content to:

  • Generate AI-powered visuals
  • Analyse design or product information
  • Provide decision-support insights
  • Improve functionality and user experience
  • Test, secure, and develop the platform
  • Provide customer support

We aim to use uploaded content responsibly and in line with applicable laws, contractual commitments, and confidentiality obligations.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, CODRESS will not intentionally publish your uploaded confidential business materials without your permission.

Where third-party AI tools or APIs are used, your content may be processed by those providers as necessary to deliver the service. CODRESS aims to work with reputable service providers and apply appropriate safeguards.

If you upload personal data relating to other individuals, you are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to do so.

8. Use of Data for Product Improvement

CODRESS may use usage data, feedback, prompts, outputs, and uploaded content to improve, test, and develop its services, provided this is done in accordance with applicable law and any separate confidentiality or data processing agreements.

Where possible and appropriate, CODRESS may anonymise, aggregate, or minimise data used for analysis and improvement.

If a business customer requires restrictions on the use of its uploaded content for product improvement, this should be agreed separately in writing.

9. Sharing Personal Data

CODRESS may share personal data with:

  • Hosting providers
  • Cloud infrastructure providers
  • AI model or API providers
  • Analytics providers
  • Email and communication tools
  • CRM or customer management tools
  • Payment or invoicing providers
  • Legal, accounting, or professional advisors
  • Security and technical service providers
  • Public authorities where legally required

CODRESS does not sell personal data.

Service providers are expected to process personal data only as necessary to provide services to CODRESS and to apply appropriate confidentiality, security, and data protection measures.

10. International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers may be located outside the European Economic Area or may process data in countries outside the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, CODRESS aims to use appropriate safeguards, such as:

  • Adequacy decisions
  • Standard Contractual Clauses
  • Contractual safeguards
  • Technical and organisational security measures

11. Data Retention

CODRESS keeps personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Retention periods may depend on:

  • The nature of the relationship
  • The type of data
  • Legal, tax, or accounting obligations
  • Contractual requirements
  • Security needs
  • Whether a dispute or legal claim exists
  • Whether the data is needed for ongoing service delivery

As a general guideline:

  • Contact inquiries may be kept for up to 24 months after the last interaction.
  • Business relationship records may be kept for the duration of the relationship and a reasonable period afterwards.
  • Accounting and invoicing data may be kept for the period required by Belgian law.
  • Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
  • Uploaded project content may be kept for the duration of the service relationship, unless deleted earlier or otherwise agreed.
  • Technical logs may be kept for a limited period for security and performance purposes.

12. Data Security

CODRESS uses reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

These measures may include:

  • Access controls
  • Secure cloud infrastructure
  • Password protection
  • Encryption where appropriate
  • Confidentiality obligations
  • Limited access to user content
  • Security monitoring
  • Backups where appropriate
  • Use of reputable third-party providers

No digital system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You are responsible for using secure passwords, protecting your own devices, and avoiding the upload of unnecessary sensitive personal data.

13. Your Rights

Where GDPR applies, you may have the following rights:

  • The right to access your personal data
  • The right to request correction of inaccurate data
  • The right to request deletion of your data
  • The right to restrict processing
  • The right to object to processing
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
  • The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise your rights, contact us at:

hello@codress.ai

We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.

14. Belgian Data Protection Authority

If you believe CODRESS has not handled your personal data properly, you may contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority:

Data Protection Authority / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorité de protection des données

Website: www.dataprotectionauthority.be

15. Cookies and Analytics

CODRESS may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, understand website usage, improve performance, and support marketing or analytics.

Cookies may include:

  • Essential cookies required for the website to function
  • Analytics cookies to understand website traffic and usage
  • Preference cookies to remember user choices
  • Marketing cookies, where applicable

Where required by law, CODRESS will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work properly without certain cookies.

A separate Cookie Policy may be added to the website if needed.

16. Newsletter and Marketing Communications

If you subscribe to CODRESS updates, we may send you emails about:

  • Product updates
  • Early access opportunities
  • Fashion-tech insights
  • Events or workshops
  • Founder updates
  • Relevant CODRESS news

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us at hello@codress.ai.

17. Children’s Privacy

CODRESS is not intended for children or individuals under the age of 16.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child without appropriate consent, we will delete it.

18. Sensitive Personal Data

CODRESS does not intentionally request sensitive personal data, such as health information, political opinions, religious beliefs, biometric data, or special category data.

Please do not upload sensitive personal data unless it is strictly necessary and you have a lawful basis to do so.

19. Business Transfers

If CODRESS is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, investment, restructuring, asset sale, or similar business transaction, personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to appropriate safeguards and applicable law.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

CODRESS may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

The latest version will always be published on our website with the updated date. If changes are significant, CODRESS may notify active users by email or through the platform where appropriate.

21. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or how CODRESS handles personal data, please contact:

CODRESS

Email: hello@codress.ai

Website: www.codress.ai