At Arno Declercq, we take your privacy very seriously and will handle your data with great care.

In this privacy statement, we explain (i) which of your personal data we collect from you as a natural person, (ii) the way Arno Declercq uses and processes this personal data, as well as (iii) your privacy rights and how you can exercise them.

This privacy statement is applicable to (i) our website https://arnodeclercq.com and (ii) all (commercial) relations between Arno Declercq and its customers, prospects and business partners.

How can you contact us?

If you have questions about this privacy statement, or the way Arno Declercq collects, uses or processes your personal data, please contact us via e-mail: privacy@arnodeclercq.com.

Which of your personal data do we collect?

·       Personal identification data (first name, last name, phone number, (company) address, e-mail address,…)

·       Data collected through media usage (mobile, desktop, social media, chatbot,…)

·       Interests in our product offering through downloading content made available on our media (website, chatbot,…)

·       Information provided via forms (e.g. download form)

·       Electronical identification data (IP address, cookies, connections,…): Arno Declercq automatically collects information regarding your use of the website. As such, Arno Declercq shall, for example, automatically log web pages you have consulted on our site, which web browser you use, which website you visited through which you have reached our website, and what your IP address is. It allows Arno Declercq to draw up statistics regarding the use of the website and to send more targeted communication. Arno Declercq also collects information via cookies: the description can be found in a separate cookie policy.

How do we collect your personal data?

·       Subscribing to a newsletter

·       Visiting the website

·       Completing website forms

·       Incoming and outgoing correspondence with Arno Declercq through our online channels (social media, website, chatbot, …)

·       Requesting a quote

·       The exchange of business cards

How do we use and process your personal data?

We may process all categories of personal data in order to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

For all personal data related to our customers and subcontractors we act in accordance with our legitimate interest and our contractual relations. In such cases we process personal data for:

·       If you give consent to receive information, we will process your data for sending targeted marketing and advertising, updates and promotional offers. If you do not want to receive any publicity at all, you can at any time exercise your right to object to direct marketing. 

·       To conduct customer satisfaction studies, surveys and market research

·       To draw up a quote

·       To perform our contracts duly and properly (administration, issuing invoices, collecting payments)

·       For pursuing the correct follow-up of our applicants, we process your personal data to evaluate during the hiring process.

 

Arno Declercq will never sell your personal data. We do not rent or sell your data to third parties for their own use, unless you give your consent.

How long do we store your personal data?

Unless a longer storage period is required or justified (i) by the law or (ii) through compliance with another legal obligation, Arno Declercq shall only store your personal data for the period necessary to achieve and fulfill the purpose in question.  Once that purpose no longer exists, we delete the data.

 

Your personal data will be held during the duration of our contractual relationship and up to 10 years thereafter.

Personal data of prospects will be held for a period of 5 years unless there has been a more recent contact with the prospect in which case a new 5  year period will start.  Prospects can always request to have their personal data removed. 

Personal data of applicants will be stored for a period of  2 years following the closure of the hiring process. Unless there is a specific consent of the applicant to remain in our database after this period of 2 years all personal data will be removed.

 

How do we secure your personal data?

We do our utmost to comply with the applicable Belgian Data Protection law and its implementation measures, supervised by the Belgian Privacy Commission. In accordance with the law, we take appropriate organizational and technical measures (e.g. policies and procedures, IT security measures, etc.) to ensure that personal data are secured against accidental loss or unauthorized disclosure. We also make contractual arrangements with suppliers or partners who process your personal data or to whom we communicate your information.

Where do we transfer your personal data to? (third parties)

Your personal data is used internally and won’t be shared with third parties for commercial purposes, unless you give Arno Declercq explicit consent to do so. However, to guarantee an optimal experience, personal data might be shared with or disclosed to:

·       Companies related to Arno Declercq in order to support our internal administrative business processes.

·       Professional advisors, service providers and suppliers, who are authorized to use personal data only as necessary to provide services to Arno Declercq (IT providers,...).

·       Other third parties for purposes to which you have consented.

 

Whenever we share your personal data internally or with third parties in other countries, we ensure the necessary safeguards are in place to protect it. In case of transfer to a country outside the European Economic Area whose local regime is considered as inadequate by the European Commission, Arno Declercq relies amongst others on:

·       EU Model clauses, which are standardised contractual clauses used in agreements with service providers to ensure personal data transferred outside of the European Economic Area complies with EU data protection law. We may provide you with a copy of these clauses upon request;

·       Data transfer that are necessary for reasons of public interests;

·       Your explicit consent;

·       Privacy Shield framework that protects personal data transferred to the United States.

 

What are your rights to privacy and how can you exercise them?

We maintain a high level of transparency about the data we use. You are entitled (in the circumstances and under the conditions, and subject to the exceptions, set out in the applicable law) to: 

Request access to the personal data we process about you: this right entitles you to know whether we hold personal data about you and, if we do, to obtain information on and a copy of that personal data.

Request a rectification of your personal data: this right entitles you to have your personal data be corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.

Object to the processing of your personal data: this right entitles you to request that Arno Declercq no longer processes your personal data.

Request the erasure of your personal data: this right entitles you to request the erasure of your personal data, including where such personal data would no longer be necessary to achieve the purposes.

Request the restriction of the processing of your personal data: this right entitles you to request that Arno Declercq only processes your personal data in limited circumstances, including with your consent.

Request portability of your personal data: this right entitles you to receive a copy (in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format) of personal data that you have provided to Arno Declercq, or request us to transmit such personal data to another data controller.

To the extent that the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time by either clicking the unsubscribe link you will find in our e-mail communication, or by addressing your request to privacy@arnodeclercq.com. Please note that this will not affect our right to process personal data obtained prior to the withdrawal of your consent, or its right to continue parts of the processing based on other legal bases than your consent.

When you wish to exercise any of your rights, you can contact us at privacy@arnodeclercq.com, this is your primary point of contact in relation to privacy matters. We may charge a fee for administrative costs if a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of the repetitive character. Arno Declercq will properly answer to your request within one month we received your request.

Arno Declercq will need to verify your identity in as much detail as possible, in case someone else tries to exercise your rights. You may therefore be asked to provide additional information to confirm your identity when making such a request.

 

How can you submit a complaint?

If you feel that the privacy statement isn’t respected as it is described, do not hesitate to contact us via privacy@arnodeclercq.com.