Privacy policy

resolut. as data controller

The legal entity behind resolut. (www.resolut.law) is resolut. BV, which has its registered office at Langenberg 16, 3294 Diest, Belgium (VAT number BE 0756.986.119). resolut. can be reached on info@resolut.law or on +32 (0)2 400.00.02  For ease of reference, we will just refer to ourselves as resolut. in this privacy policy.

resolut. is responsible for the treatment of any personal data you provide us with as data controller, under the applicable privacy laws.

 

Personal data collected, purpose and duration of the processing

1. When you visit our website

When you just visit www.resolut.law, we do not collect your name or any further personal data.  However, we do make use of cookies on our website, as explained in our cookie policy.  You do not have to accept these cookies, except for cookies which are essential to the functioning of the website.  Further information on the purpose and duration of the processing can be found in our cookie policy. 

2. When you contact us regarding a (legal) matter or when you enter into an agreement with us for the provision of (legal) services

Since we are lawyers, we are of course bound by a general confidentiality obligation and we will treat all information you provide us with, with utmost confidentiality.  The personal data we may collect when you contact us or when you enter into an agreement with us, depends on the information you provide us with, but typically includes your name and first name, phone number, (professional) address and e-mail address, and may include a variety other information relevant to your case. 

We will use your personal data to answer your questions and to provide you with information and advice in legal and business matters, as well as for assisting you in contentious matters. This processing will be based on your consent and/or the necessity for the performance of the agreement we have entered into with you.  Exceptionally, we may also use this data to defend our own legal rights.

We will keep the personal data you provide us with in the context of the legal services we render for a period of a maximum of 10 years after you have last contacted us regarding our legal services and/or after our agreement for the provision of legal services has ended. 

3. When you apply for a position with us

If you apply for a position with us –whether you contact us through the portal on our website or by e-mail-, your will probably provide us with personal data in your cover letter and your CV (such as: your name and address, contact details, your grades, which schools you went to, previous jobs, etc.). 

We will save the contact details, cover letter and CV of every job applicant in our candidate database for a period of 5 years after your last application, and may contact you during that period regarding any job openings that may be of interest to you.  If you want us to delete this information sooner than that, you can contact us and we will remove the information from our database. 

If you only want us to contact you in regards to a specific position and you do not want us to keep your personal data afterwards, you can also let us know when applying for the position.  In that case, we will only hold on to your personal data for as long as the selection procedure for that specific position is ongoing.   

4. For direct marketing purposes

resolut. may use your personal data for direct marketing purposes if you give your consent (for example if you subscribe to a newsletter) or based upon legitimate interest if we have entered into an agreement with you. 

We do not want to spam you and we understand if you would rather not receive any marketing communications.   If that is the case, you can always let us know or you can unsubscribe from our mailing list using the link you can find at the bottom of each newsletter. 

5. When you supply services to resolut.

If you supply services to resolut., you may also provide us with certain personal information such as your name, address, (professional) e-mail address, telephone number, etc.  resolut. will only use this information based on your consent and/or based on the agreement you have entered into with resolut.  We will hold on to this information for a period of maximum 10 years after our agreement with you has ended.

 

Protection measures

You can rest assured: we take measures to ensure that your personal data is kept personal and confidential. resolut. works hard to protect your personal data against unauthorized access or disclosure.  In order to do so, we take organizational measures ensuring that access to your data is restricted to those employees or agents who need to have access to it in order to help us process it.  We have also taken appropriate technical precautions to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure of any personal data.

 

Transfer to third parties

The resolut. website may contain links to and from the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies. Please consult these privacy policies before transferring any personal data to such third parties. 

resolut. will never sell your personal data to another party.

resolut. does make use of some external data processors, for example for billing and time tracking, for accounting purposes, and for IT-security and website maintenance purposes.  resolut. has entered into a data processing agreement with each of these external data processors which obliges them to only process your personal data based on our instructions and in compliance with this privacy policy.  These data processors will also have to take sufficient precautions to prevent the loss of your data.  Unless otherwise notified to you, any transfers of personal data to recipients located outside the EEA will be based on an adequacy decision or are governed by the standard contractual clauses.

You should know that in the following exceptional circumstances your data could also be shared with others:

• If we are under a legal obligation to share data with the authorities or if we have to share data to comply with an enforceable government request, we will share the data the authorities ask for, which may include your personal data.
• If another company decides to buy all or part of the shares of result. or if resolut. merges with another company, we may of course have to share your data to that company.  That company will then take over all obligations under this privacy policy.

 

Your rights

You may request us to send you a summary of the personal data processed about you.  If you feel that your personal data have been processed incorrectly or incompletely, or if you feel that such processing was unnecessary, then you also can also ask us to edit, supplement or erase your personal data from our databases.  Under the applicable privacy legislation you also have the right to restrict processing, the right to data portability and the right to object to processing.  Where resolut. processes your personal data on the basis of your consent you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you have any further privacy concerns or if you want to exercise your rights, you can contact us by letter (sent to resolut. BV, Langenberg 16, 3294 Diest), by e-mail (info@resolut.law).

We will do our best to answer all your queries as soon as possible and we’re always open to feedback.  We hope that won’t be the case, but if you do feel unhappy about how we handle your privacy requests, you may always file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority.  You can find the contact details of the Belgian Data Protection Authority on its website: www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be.