Privacy Policy
This “Privacy Policy” governs the processing of your personal data by the data controller: Group BRS, with its registered office at Weiveldlaan 41/A1, 1930 Zaventem, and registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (K.B.O.) under number BE 0646 849 349 (hereinafter: “Group BRS”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, as it contains essential information about how your personal data is processed and which cookies are used. By providing your personal data on the website and by sending personal data to the email addresses listed on this website, you declare that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and that you expressly agree to it, as well as to the processing itself.
Article 1 – General Provisions
Group BRS complies with the “Law of December 8, 1992, on the Protection of Privacy with regard to the Processing of Personal Data,” as amended by the Law of December 11, 1998, as well as the anti-spam provisions of Book XII of the Code of Economic Law concerning the “law of the electronic economy.”
Through this Privacy Policy, Group BRS also complies with European Regulation 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, on the protection of personal data.
Group BRS is the controller responsible for the processing of your personal data. A declaration has been filed with the Commission for the Protection of Privacy regarding the processing of your personal data.
Article 2 – Personal Data
2.1. Personal data you provide to us:
Category 1: without registration: your IP address;
Category 2: filling out forms or placing an order without registration: all fields in the form, as well as your IP address;
Category 3: upon registration: all fields in the form, as well as your IP address and password;
Category 4: via cookies.
2.2. Group BRS may collect data from you (Personal Data) in various ways:
a. through the use of cookies (see below);
b. during your registration and use of the Website;
2.3. The Website also uses cookies that collect certain personal data. For the provisions regarding the use of cookies, see Article 9.
Article 3 – Purposes of Processing
3.1. General Purposes:
Group BRS will use the Personal Data collected from you exclusively for the following purposes:
Category 1: maintaining and improving this Website and including Personal Data in anonymous statistics from which the identity of specific individuals or companies cannot be determined, based on Group BRS’s legitimate interests in continuously improving its Website and services;
Category 2: managing your account on this Website for the purpose of using our Group BRS services and the Website, based on the legal basis of the performance of a contract you have requested, and, if indicated by you, also sending you direct marketing, based on your explicit, prior consent;
Category 3: sending you direct marketing, newsletters, special offers, and promotions, based on your explicit, prior consent;
Category 4: improving the user experience and for statistical purposes (see below), based on your explicit, prior consent. You are not required to disclose your Personal Data, but please understand that providing certain services will be impossible if you refuse such processing.
3.2. Direct Marketing:
Your Personal Data will also be used for direct marketing, provided that you have given additional explicit consent (“opt-in”) for this purpose.
If you are already included in our mailing list for receiving marketing materials in paper and/or electronic form, Group BRS may use your data to send marketing and other materials related to Group BRS, its products, and/or services. Group BRS may use the data you provide to update documents maintained by Group BRS.
This consent may be withdrawn at any time, without justification and free of charge, for example by clicking the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of every promotional email.
3.3. Disclosure to Third Parties:
In the event of a full or partial reorganization or transfer of Group BRS’s business activities—including if Group BRS reorganizes, transfers, or ceases its business operations, or if Group BRS goes bankrupt—this may result in your data being transferred to new entities or third parties through which Group BRS’s business activities are carried out, in whole or in part.
Group BRS will make reasonable efforts to notify you in advance that Group BRS is disclosing your data to the aforementioned third party, but you also acknowledge that this may not be technically or commercially feasible under all circumstances.
Group BRS will not sell, rent, distribute, or otherwise make your Personal Data commercially available to third parties, except as described above or with your prior consent.
3.4. Legal Requirements:
In rare cases, Group BRS may be required to disclose your Personal Data pursuant to a court order or to comply with other mandatory laws or regulations. Group BRS will make reasonable efforts to inform you in advance of such disclosure, unless subject to legal restrictions.
Article 4 – Duration of Processing
We retain and process personal data for a period necessary to fulfill the purposes of the processing and in accordance with the contractual relationship between Group BRS and you.
Article 5 – Your Rights
5.1. Right of access and inspection:
You have the right to access your personal data at any time, free of charge, as well as to learn how we use your personal data.
5.2. Right to rectification, erasure, and restriction:
You are free to choose whether or not to provide your personal data to Group BRS. In addition, you always have the right to request that we rectify, supplement, or erase your personal data. You acknowledge that if you refuse to provide your personal data or request its erasure, certain services and products may not be available.
You may also request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
5.3. Right to Object:
You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for serious and legitimate reasons.
In addition, you always have the right to object to the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes; in such cases, you are not required to provide a reason.
5.4. Right to data portability:
You have the right to receive your personal data processed by us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and/or to transmit it to other data controllers.
5.5. Right to Withdraw Consent:
To the extent that processing is based on your prior consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent.
5.6. Exercising Your Rights:
You may exercise your rights by contacting us, either by email at Info@groupbrs.be or by mail to Group BRS.
5.7. Automated decision-making and profiling:
The processing of your Personal Data does not involve profiling, nor will you be subject to automated decision-making by us.
5.8. Right to file a complaint:
You have the right to file a complaint with the Belgian Privacy Commission:
Commission for the Protection of Privacy, Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels, Tel +32 (0)2 274 48 00, Fax +32 (0)2 274 48 35, email: contact@apd-gba.be.
This does not preclude the right to bring a claim before a civil court.
If you suffer damage as a result of the processing of your personal data, you may file a claim for damages.
Article 6 – Security and Confidentiality
6.1. We have developed security measures—both technical and organizational—to prevent the destruction, loss, falsification, alteration, unauthorized access, or inadvertent disclosure to third parties of personal data collected, as well as any other unauthorized processing of such data.
6.2. Under no circumstances may Group BRS be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the incorrect or unlawful use of personal data by a third party.
6.3. You must comply with the security regulations at all times, including by preventing any unauthorized access to your login and password. You are therefore solely responsible for the use made of your computer, IP address, and identification data via the Website, as well as for maintaining their confidentiality.
Article 7 – Third-Party Access
In order to process your personal data, we grant our employees access to your personal data.
We guarantee a comparable level of protection by imposing contractual obligations on these employees and agents that are consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Article 8 – Cookies
8.1. What are cookies?
A “cookie” is a small file sent by the Group BRS server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored in these cookies can only be read by us and only for the duration of your visit to the Website.
8.2. Why do we use cookies?
Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish your usage preferences from those of other users of our Website. This helps us provide you with a better user experience when you visit our Website and also allows us to optimize our Website.
As a result of recent legislative changes, all websites targeting certain parts of the European Union are required to ask for your consent to use or store cookies and similar technologies on your computers or mobile devices. This cookie policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and their purpose.
8.3. Types of cookies:
Although there are various types of cookies—differing in functionality, origin, or retention period—the law primarily distinguishes between functional or technically necessary cookies on the one hand and all other cookies on the other.
8.4. Your consent:
You can always refuse or block cookies by changing the configuration settings of your browser. Disabling cookies may mean that you cannot use certain features of the Website.
If you have any further questions or comments regarding the processing of your personal data, please feel free to contact us.
You can also find more information about cookies at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
You can find more information about online behavioral advertising and online privacy here: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/