The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about how A2M (A2M SRL, hereinafter together “we” or “us”) processes your personal data (“personal data”) and in particular what personal data we process, how and why we collect, use, share and store them and how you can exercise your rights in relation to these data.

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, etc. When you contact A2M, certain data about you may be collected and processed. Insofar as these data make it possible to identify you as a natural person, they are personal data.

All personal data that we collect in the course of our activities is processed in accordance with Belgian and European regulations applicable to the protection of personal data, and more specifically Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”).
We belong to A2M, within which the data controller responsible for processing your personal data is A2M SRL having its registered office at Chaussée de Boondael 6, 1050 Brussels and company number 0797.863.404.

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. We invite you to consult our website www.a2m.be (the “Site”) regularly to check the latest version of this document (the last date of modification of which is indicated before the preamble).

1. What categories of personal data do we process?
We only collect and use personal data that is necessary for our activities and that enables us to offer you high-quality personalised services.

The various categories of personal data that we are likely to collect in the course of our activities or when you contact us include the following:

• identification and contact data: surname, first name, address, national register number, email address, telephone number, etc;
• civil status data: gender, date of birth, place of birth, nationality, marital status, family situation, etc.
• financial data: bank account number, name of account holder, etc;
• data relating to professional experience: CV, function, qualifications, level of education, seniority, employment history, etc.
• connection data: when you use the Site, whether interactively or not, our computer systems may collect passive data (e.g. IP address, date and time of connection, type of browser);
• browsing data: we also use cookies on the Site. These cookies generally record information relating to your browsing on the site (e.g. pages viewed, search criteria used).

For more information on cookies, please read our Cookie Declaration.

How is your personal data collected?

The data we use may be collected directly from you:

• when you visit the Site;
• when you contact us by phone or email to request information, submit an unsolicited job application or in response to job ad published on the Site or for any other reason;
• when you subscribe to our Newsletter on the Site;
• or obtained from the following sources, in order to verify or enrich our databases:
• publications/databases made available by the official authorities (e.g. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, Moniteur Belge);
• social networks and/or other platforms containing information that you have made public when you interact with our social network pages such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn;

In certain circumstances, we may collect information about you when we do not have a direct relationship with you, for example when a customer (e.g. your employer), service provider or business partner sends us data about you. This may happen, for example, when you are:

• a (legal) representative
• an artist’s agent;
• an accountant;

2. Why and on what basis do we use your personal data?

a. To meet legal obligations We may need to use your personal data to meet legal obligations, such as accounting requirements.
b. To perform a contract concluded with you or to carry out pre-contractual measures at your request

In most cases, we use your personal data to enter into and perform our contracts, including:

• provide you with information about our services;
• assist you and respond to your requests;
• assess the conditions under which we can offer you a service;

c. For reasons relating to our legitimate interests

We also use your personal data for our legitimate interests, such as establishing and developing our services, optimising our risk management and defending our interests in legal proceedings, including for the purposes of:

• prospecting and offering services;
• information on our activities and events;
• proof of transactions;
• fraud prevention;
• IT management, including infrastructure management (e.g. exchange platforms), business continuity and IT security;

When we use your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests, we take care to maintain a balance between the need to process the data and respect for your rights and freedoms.

d. Where you have given your consent for one or more specific purposes
In certain limited cases, we may process your personal data on the basis of your consent, for example if you accept the use of certain cookies which are not strictly necessary via the cookie banner on our Site or if you subscribe to our newsletter.