Privacy

Auvibel CV/SC. respects your privacy. As part of its professional activities, Auvibel carries out the processing of personal data. Such personal data are processed in accordance with the Belgian and European legislation in force.

Please read this Privacy Policy in order to understand how Auvibel collects and processes your personal data and the rights you have in relation to your personal data.

Data controller

Your personal data are processed by Auvibel CV/SC. (hereinafter ‘Auvibel’ or ‘we’).

VAT number: BE 0 453 673 453
Havenlaan 86c/201a Avenue du Port
1000 Brussels
Tel: +32(0)2 650 09 50
E-mail: auvibel@auvibel-reprobel.be

Who is our Privacy Policy for?

Auvibel deals in particular with the personal data of the liable parties for private copying remuneration, former liable parties, prospects, its members, its suppliers, any person having a relationship with the persons mentioned above (for example as an ’employee’), any person initiating contact with Auvibel, and any other person who can legitimately expect to be contacted by Auvibel as part of its legal mission of collecting and distributing remuneration for private copying.

Furthermore, although most of the information on this website is available without providing any personal information, users may provide it on their own initiative or may be asked to provide it.

Which categories of personal data are we dealing with?

When you contact us via our website, for example, via our contact form, or if you contact us directly by email, telephone, fax or post, you may decide to provide us with certain personal data such as your name, address, phone number, email, etc.

When you visit our website, we may also process certain data such as your operating system and the web browser you use to access our website (see below for more details about cookies).

Some personal data concerning you may also be processed by Auvibel when acting within the framework of its legal mission. These data include, in particular, personal identification data (name, title, email address, languages, etc.), financial identification data (account number, VAT number, etc.), professional activities or any other data strictly necessary for the achievement of Auvibel’s corporate purpose.

We may also use information provided by external partners (for example, the purchase of a database, a recruitment office, etc.) to contact you for the purposes specified below and to correct or complete your personal data as well as to update them.

For what purpose do we use your personal data?

Your data will only be processed for the following purposes:

to answer your questions, requests or complaints
to satisfy the legal mission entrusted to Auvibel , including the collection and distribution of remuneration for private copying
to fulfil Auvibel’s corporate purpose as defined in its statute, including actions that promote the interests of its members
to manage our members
to process your application and to communicate with you in this context
to process your registration for events and conferences organised/sponsored by Auvibel, to transfer this data to the organisers and to invite you to upcoming events
to ensure, secure and/or to improve the technical and functional management of our website;
to comply with our legal obligations and to enforce our rights

For these activities, and depending on the case, the processing of your personal data is based on your consent (for example, when you ask us a question via our contact form), on a (pre)contractual necessity (for example, for an application), on the fulfillment of a legal obligation (for example, the management of the liable persons) or on the legitimate interests of Auvibel (for example, to provide you with an operational website).

Cookies

During a visit to our website, cookies may be placed on the hard drive of your computer. These cookies allow us to collect certain information such as the number of visits and visitors to our site, the way visitors have arrived on our site, the pages they have visited, the operating system used, etc.

This allows us to better tailor our website to the needs of regular visitors and to continuously optimise the website for users.

Your Internet browser enables you to block cookies, to receive a warning when a cookie is being installed, or to remove cookies from your hard drive afterwards. For more information please consult the help feature of your Internet browser.

Can your personal data be transferred to third parties?

As part of its activities, Auvibel may use third-party providers (for example, a hosting provider, a debt collection company, etc.) as well as other external service providers (for example Google Analytics.

Auvibel may also disclose data to governmental and regulatory bodies (e.g. tax authorities, the monitoring department of companies that manage copyrights and related rights, European copyright collectives, etc.) or to external partners (e.g. lawyers, accountants and auditors).

This means that some of your personal data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. In this case, Auvibel ensures the implementation of adequate safeguards, such as respect for the Privacy Shield, and compliance with strict conditions regarding confidentiality, use and protection of data.

How long do we keep your personal data?

Auvibel does not store your personal data for longer than necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was initially collected or for as long as the law or the legal proceedings so require.

How do we protect your personal data?

Your personal data are treated with confidentiality.

Auvibel and its collaborators are legally bound by professional secrecy under Article XI.281 of the Code of Economic Law. We also make every effort to take the necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure data security.

What are your rights? How can you exercise them?

Under the regulation on the protection of personal data of 27 April 2016, you have a right of access and a right of rectification and erasure of your personal data. You also have the right to restrict and to oppose the processing of data as well as the right to portability. Please note that the exercise of these rights is subject to certain specific conditions.

If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

The user may also object, freely and upon request, to the use of his personal data for direct marketing purposes.

To exercise these rights:

You can send us a written request at the following address: Auvibel CV/SC., Havenlaan 86C, 201a, Avenue du Port, 1000 Brussels, Belgium or at the following email address: auvibel@auvibel.be.

Auvibel reserves the right to ask you for proof of identity.

You may also contact the Data Protection Authority at any time:

By mail: Rue de la Presse, 35, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
By email: contact@apd-gba.be
By telephone: +32 (0)2 274 48 00

Other sites

Our Privacy Policy only applies to our website. Our website may contain links to other sites whose personal data protection practices may differ. Please note that Auvibel is not responsible for the processing of your personal data by these third parties.

Update

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 27 August 2020 and may be modified from time to time. You can always check the latest version of our privacy policy on our website.

Which cookies do we use on www.auvibel.be?

An overview of functional and non-functional cookies used on this site is provided below:

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The question to accept cookies is only shown when this cookie was not yet stored on the device of the visitor. When eventually stored, the question to store cookies will not be shown again. This cookie only contains the names of selected cookie categories. Expires after 10 years.

Contact us

If you have any questions or comments regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us at auvibel@auvibel-reprobel.be.