Lawyers are bound by professional secrecy and by Belgian and European regulations concerning privacy and the protection of personal data.

Personal data is processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter the “GDPR”), as well as with the Belgian Law of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy with regard to the processing of personal data.

Each lawyer, or, where applicable, the SRL through which they practise, shall be considered a data controller within the meaning of the GDPR with regard to their own clients. The lawyers’ contact details are as follows:

1. SRL Muriel GILLET
   BCE No. 0890.505.629
   Avenue du Roi, 206, 1190 Brussels
   m.gillet@lebuttepartners.be
2. SRL “Philippe DESCHEEMAECKER”
   BCE No. 0897.095.293
   Avenue du Roi, 206, 1190 Brussels
   phd@lebuttepartners.be
3. SRL Soumia BSILAT
   BCE No. 0636.955.547
   Avenue du Roi, 206, 1190 Brussels
4. SRL Céline MIECRET
   BCE No. 1020.482.758
   Avenue du Roi, 206, 1190 Brussels
5. SRL Caroline PERRIER
   BCE No. 0818.339.906
   Avenue du Roi, 206, 1190 Brussels

Your personal data will only be processed for the purpose of protecting your interests and ensuring the proper management of your case, to the extent necessary for the performance of the service agreement between the lawyer and the client. For this purpose, your data may be shared with internal and/or external associate lawyers. Following the closure of your case, the file will be retained for a period of 5 years, as provided for by Article 2276bis of the Civil Code. Your data may also be processed for accounting and tax purposes, in order to comply with the legal obligations to which each lawyer is subject.

Each lawyer has a legitimate interest in retaining your contact details (name, address, telephone number, email address, etc.) following the closure of your case in the event that further communication may be required. You nevertheless have the right to object to the retention of your contact details for 5 years following the closure of your case and to request their deletion.

In any event, you have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data and to request any information concerning the processing of your data and the rights available to you. You also have the right, free of charge, to request the rectification of any data that you find to be inaccurate. Finally, you have the right to request that your personal data be transferred to another data controller. Such requests may be submitted by post (Avenue du Roi, 206, 1190 Brussels), by fax (02/543.08.78), or by email (depending on the lawyer concerned, see the email addresses listed above).

Any natural person has the right to lodge a complaint concerning their personal data with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the Belgian authority responsible for the protection of personal data – http://www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be) or with any other supervisory authority competent under the GDPR.