Privacy Policy | 99 Public Affairs

Our Privacy Policy

99 Public Affairs is a consulting firm offering a wide range of services in public and European affairs to clients of all sizes. We are an independent company incorporated under Belgian law, registered as a limited liability company (SRL) under company number BE 1010.573.219, and headquartered at 5 Place du Champ de Mars, 1050 Brussels (Bastion Tower, floor 12).

99 Public Affairs is committed to protecting your privacy

Our privacy policy sets out the basis for the processing of personal data that we collect from you or that you provide to us. It is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We invite you to read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our clients, potential clients, suppliers, job seekers and visitors to 99publicaffairs.com.

What type of information may we collect?

When you browse our website, no personal data is collected. Only your first name, last name and e-mail address can be filled in via our contact form. We receive, collect and store only the information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. We may ask you to voluntarily provide us with personal information. In general, this information is requested when you wish us to provide you with information. If you contact us, we may keep a record of this correspondence and the information obtained (in particular your contact details such as first name, surname, e-mail address, job title, company and telephone number). In the event of an unsolicited application or recruitment process, we may also collect any other information about you that you provide to us (such as a CV).

How do we collect information?

We only collect the personal information you give us, such as your first name, last name and e-mail address, either via our website (contact form) or by any other means. Your personal information will only be used for the specific purposes mentioned below and you may withdraw your consent at any time.

Why do we collect such personal information?

We collect this non-personal and personal information for the following purposes:

To provide you with the information you have requested and to answer specific questions you may have about 99 Public Affairs;
To send you information and materials that may be of interest to you, such as newsletters, bulletins and other information;
To provide and carry out tasks and actions related to our services;
To improve the quality of our services;
To manage clients relations and relations with any parties interested in our services and activities;
Communicate with our clients, potential clients, partners, suppliers, website visitors, job seekers and anyone else who contacts us;
Conduct prospective management of potential clients, with the possibility of providing them with information or inviting them to events;
Manage invitations to events;
Process and review your application for employment and conduct recruitment processes;
Comply with applicable laws and regulations.

How do we store information?

Our 99publicaffairs.com website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that has enabled us to edit and build this website. Your data may be stored through Wix.com's data warehousing, databases and general applications. Your data is stored on secure servers behind a firewall.

We take appropriate measures to ensure that personal information provided to us is secure, accurate and up-to-date, and that it is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

With whom do we share your data?

We will not transfer any of your data to third parties without your permission, except as part of an event registration process or to third-party service providers (e.g. accountants, lawyers, etc). We will never sell your data to third parties for commercial purposes.

Third-party websites

Our website may link to third-party websites that we do not operate or endorse. These websites may use cookies and collect your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. This privacy policy does not apply to third-party websites and we are not responsible for third-party websites.

How do we communicate with visitors to this site?

We may contact you to inform you about our activities and services, or to respond to any solicitations or requests for information sent to us. For these purposes, we may contact you by e-mail, telephone, text message or post.

Your rights and our contact details

You have the right to request :

to obtain a copy of the personal information we hold about you and details of how we process your personal information;
to have any inaccuracies in your personal information corrected;
to have your personal information deleted or to restrict its use (for example, if your preferences change or if you do not want us to send you the information you have requested).

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, or if you have any questions about our services or 99 Public Affairs, please notify us directly in the following ways:

By e-mail to hello@99publicaffairs.com

By post to 5 Place du Champ de Mars, 1050 Brussels (Bastion Tower, floor 12)

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) if you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your data. The DPA can be contacted by post at 35 Rue de la Presse, 1000 Brussels, via their website autoriteprotectiondonnees.be, by telephone on +32 (0)2 274 48 00, or by e-mail at contact@apd-gba.be.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please check back frequently. Modifications and clarifications will take effect as soon as they are published on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here of the updated policy so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

Last update: 31/10/2024