Your access to and use of all content on this website is provided subject to the following privacy policy. We reserve the right to amend this policy and your use of the website following any amendments will represent your agreement to be bound by the policy as amended. We therefore recommend that you regularly access our website and read this policy.

1. We take our obligations under privacy and data protection law very seriously. This privacy policy is designed to help you understand what personal data we collect, why and how we use it and who we share it with. It also explains the rights you have in connection with your personal data, including how to contact us or to make a complaint.
2. Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data? The following persons (“we”, “us”, “our”) are responsible for controlling the processing of your personal data: Tom Van Dyck, lawyer at the Bar of Brussels, with respect to the website and dashboard, and Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick CVBA (“Liedekerke”), with respect to the contents of the dashboard. For any questions relating to this policy or to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, you may contact us via mail on the above address or via the following email address: [email protected].
3. Why do we process your personal data? We process the personal data of the clients and users of this website, for the following purposes: (a) to provide you with our information services as requested by you, (b) to exchange information with you and/or to answer your questions (via mail, e-mail, telephone, etc.) in relation to the website and dashboard, (c) to comply with our legal obligations, (d) to keep you informed about the latest legal developments and insights relevant to your business, (e) to keep our database up to date, (f) to use the information provided by you to better understand you and to improve our service offering, (g) to monitor the access and functioning of this website and dashboard, and (h) for invoicing, administrative and other purposes.
4. What is our legal basis for processing your personal data? If you are a client, the processing by us of your personal data is necessary for the performance of the contract regarding the provision of information services to you. If you are an employee or self-employed co-worker of our client and our client has indicated you as its contact person, we process your personal data on the basis of our and our client’s legitimate interest to interact in relation to our legal services. We believe that our or our client’s legitimate interest to process the personal data concerned is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. If you disagree with our point of view and do not want your personal data to be processed for the above purposes, please contact us at [email protected] as you have the right to oppose to such processing (see below: What are your rights?).
5. What type of personal data do we collect? We process the following personal data: (a) name, surname, job title, company name, company address, legal entity, email address, (mobile) phone and fax, (b) IP address, (c) user verification data (user name and encrypted password), (d) nationality, ID-card, national number, VAT number, bank account details, business register number, (e) preferred language, specific areas of interests, memberships, industry sectors, (f) matter or company related information: matter related information may include personal data of other natural persons.
6. Who do we share your personal data with? As a general rule, we do not share your personal data with third parties. In certain cases, we may do so: (a) when required by law or by court order, (b) when in relation to the services we provide, we may have to share your personal data with official authorities, experts, bailiffs, notaries, etc. in Belgium or abroad, if instructed as such by the client, (c) when useful or necessary for the purpose, to processors that process on our behalf, i.e. to perform certain (processing) activities, e.g. improving the IT services and the dashboard, organizing mailing campaigns or events or to IT, hosting and communications service providers, and in such case we conclude a processing agreement with these parties that have access to your personal data for the performance of their services, (d) for the purposes of administration of the services you ask us to provide.
7. How long do we keep your personal data? We process your personal data for as long as necessary for the provision of information services requested by you. After our contractual relationship is terminated, we will process these personal data for as long as is necessary for tax, accounting or other legal requirements.
8. What are your rights? You have a number of rights in relation to the personal data we process on you, including: (a) Right of access: you have the right to ascertain what type of personal data we hold about you, how we process your personal data, and to a copy of your personal data, (b) Right to rectification: you have the right to have any inaccurate personal data which we hold about you updated or corrected, (c) Right to erasure: in certain circumstances you may request that we delete the personal data that we hold on you, (d) Right to restriction: you have the right to request that we stop using your personal data in certain circumstances including if you believe that the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or that our use of your personal data is unlawful. If you validly exercise this right, we will store your personal data and will not carry out any other processing until the issue is resolved, (e) Right to object: where we rely on our legitimate interests to process your personal data, you have a right to object to this use, (f) Right to portability: you may request us to provide you with certain personal data which you have given us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and you may request us to transmit your personal data directly to another data controller where this is technically feasible. To exercise your rights regarding your personal data, you may contact us via the following email address: [email protected]. We may request that you provide proof of your identity for security reasons and in order to prevent the unauthorised disclosure or misuse of personal data. Within maximum one month after receipt of the request, we will process the respective requests. If we have legitimate reasons not to grant the request, we will contact the person in question and motivate our decision.
9. Questions and complaints? If you have any questions, remarks or complaints in relation to this policy or how we process your personal data, do not hesitate to send an email to [email protected]. If you have any complaints about the way we process your personal data, you can file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (www.dataprotectionauthority.be).
10. This policy is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Belgium and any claim made by either party against the other which in any way arises out of these terms and conditions will be heard in the Courts or Tribunals of Brussels and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of those Courts and Tribunals.