Privacy statement
Your privacy and the processing of your personal data
Novel Law BV (“Novel”) values your privacy and the protection of your personal data. This privacy statement (the “Statement”) explains how Novel, acting as data controller, processes personal data of visitors of our website novel-law.com, of persons or clients contacting us and of candidates applying for a vacancy.
Although most information on this website is available without you having to provide personal data, you may be asked to provide personal information so that we can give you more specific information about our legal services or vacancies. This may include:
your name and position;
your company or organisation;
your contact details, such as your address, email address and telephone number;
other information relevant to informing you about our legal services or vacancies, including your CV and application details where you apply for a vacancy.
We process your personal data to respond to enquiries and assess applications, based on our legitimate interests or, where applicable, to take steps prior to entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(f) and (b) GDPR). We retain your personal data for as long as necessary for these purposes, taking into account applicable legal obligations. With your consent, we may also retain your application data to contact you about future opportunities. You may withdraw this consent at any time by contacting us at info@novel-law.com.
Under European and Belgian data protection legislation, you have the right, subject to the applicable legal conditions, to access and obtain a copy of your personal data, have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected, and request erasure, restriction of processing or data portability. You may also object to processing based on our legitimate interests on grounds relating to your situation. Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
You may exercise these rights by contacting:
Novel Law BV
Generaal Lemanstraat 55/1
2018 Antwerp
Belgium
If we have reasonable doubts about your identity, we may request the additional information necessary to confirm it. We will respond without undue delay and normally within one month of receiving your request. Where necessary because of the complexity or number of requests, this period may be extended by up to two further months. We will inform you of any extension and the reasons within the first month. Requests are generally handled free of charge, subject to the statutory exceptions for manifestly unfounded or excessive requests.
Processing of technical data and the use of cookies
Novel may also process technical information, such as your browser type or IP address, the date and time of your visit, the location from which you visit our website, the pages you visit, your operating system, and the domain name of the website from which you arrive at novel-law.com or through which you leave it. This enables us to maintain and improve our website for users.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Strictly necessary cookies are placed without consent. Other cookies and similar technologies are used only with your prior consent, which you can withdraw at any time. For details of the cookies used, their purposes, retention periods and recipients, please consult our cookie policy, including for information on how to manage your preferences.
Disclosure of your personal data to third parties
The personal data you share with us are not disclosed to third parties unless you have consented, we are legally required to do so, or disclosure to service providers is necessary for the purposes described in this Statement. Where personal data are transferred to service providers located outside the European Economic Area, Novel will ensure that an appropriate transfer mechanism is in place in accordance with the GDPR, in particular the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
Security of your data
Novel undertakes to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure your data and minimise the risk of unauthorised access or loss.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. If you use these links to leave our website, please note that we have no control over those other websites. This Statement does not apply to their processing of your personal data. Please take appropriate care and consult the privacy statement applicable to each of those websites. This does not affect our responsibilities for processing for which we are responsible.
Complaints
If you have concerns about our compliance with our legal obligations regarding the protection of your personal data and privacy, please contact info@novel-law.com. We undertake to deal with your message within a reasonable period, normally within one month, and to keep you informed.
You also have the right to file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority, or another competent supervisory authority, without first having to await our response. More information about the Belgian complaints procedure is available at their website https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/burger
Changes to this Statement
Novel reserves the right to amend this Statement at any time. The updated version will be published on our website with the date of the latest update. We will inform you appropriately of material changes.