Privacy Statement

Protection of personal data

The following information relates to the protection of your personal data. These are data that allow you to identify directly or indirectly, for example, your first name, surname, email address, and IP address…

The collection of data shall take place:

  • as soon as you visit our website or the website of the FPS Justice. When a link takes you to another portal, site, application, online application, or social network, you must refer to the conditions for processing the personal data of those services;
  • when you contact us.

Your personal data is protected in accordance with:

  • Regulation (EC) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (entered into force on 25 May 2018) on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR)

1.Legal bases and treatment purposes

The FPS ensures that only the data that is strictly necessary for the processing in question is collected. Personal data are collected and processed in order to

  • inform you;
  • answer your questions;
  • process the files that concern you.

 

Data is also collected and processed anonymously

  • for statistical and qualitative purposes, to improve our services;
  • to answer you in your language.

 

If your request for information or service falls within the jurisdiction of another administration, we will give you the contact details of that authority and you will have the choice whether you want to contact the competent administration or not.

2.Processed data

Personal data are collected and processed automatically in the two situations listed in the following table.

Situations

Personal data collected and processed

You are viewing one or more pages.

IP address, cookies

You can contact us by e-mail.

Last name, first name and e-mail address that you encode. Exchanges via
email. Metadata related or not
to your e-mail.

 

 

Other personal data which may be processed will be included in the data processing register.

Other data that are not personal data are also collected automatically without linking to your IP address, thus respecting your anonymity. They are used to compile statistics and improve the content of:

  • choice of language;
  • the search engine used;
  • keywords used;
  • the site where you arrived;
  • pages consulted;
  • duration of consultation per page;
  • list of downloaded files;
  • date and time of access;
  • navigator used;
  • platform and/or operating system installed on your computer;
  • ...

 

3. The controller

The FPS Justice, located on Boulevard de Waterloo 115, 1000 Brussels and represented by the Chairperson of the Management Committee, is responsible for the processing of personal data which it carries out in the course of carrying out its legal tasks. This implies that it determines, alone or jointly with others, the purposes and means of processing such personal data.

4.Use of cookies

The website of the Equal Opportunities Unit uses cookies. A cookie is a small file placed by the site visited on your device to allow it to retain certain information about your use of the site during your visit. This information is only used to improve your browsing on the website of the Equal Opportunities Unit.

What is a cookie?

A text file stores information, such as your language preference for a website. When you visit the website again, this cookie is sent to the website again. That way the website recognizes your browser and can remember your language preference, for example.

Cookies also usually have an expiry date. For example, some cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (called session cookies), while others remain on your computer for a longer period of time, sometimes even until you delete them manually (called permanent cookies).

This website uses the following cookies:

- essential cookies;

- functional cookies;

- analytical cookies.

 

►  The essential cookies

These cookies are necessary for purely technical reasons to be able to visit the website. Because of the technical necessity, only an information obligation applies and these cookies are placed as soon as you visit the website.

List of essential cookies

Name

Expiry date

Content

Objective

BIGipServerF2W-…

Until the end of the session

Sequence of characters

Allows a server to process requests from the same user.

TS01448b0 (tekens na TS… variëren)

Until the end of the session

Sequence of characters

Allows a server to process requests from the same user.

 

The functional cookies

These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website. You may not refuse these cookies if you wish to browse our website but they will only be placed after a choice has been made regarding the placement of cookies.

List of functional cookies

Name

Expiry date

Content

Objective

language

365 days (1 year)

Language of the last visited page

The next time you visit the website, you will automatically be directed to the home page in the language selected

has_js

Until the end of the session

1

Quick check if javascript is available.

fedconsent

90 days

Cookie preferences

Saves the choices made in the cookie pop-up

 

► Analytical cookies to save statistics for the website (in Matomo)

The cookies below will only be set if you accept the analytical cookies. The purpose of these cookies is to store statistics for the website (in Matomo)

List of analytical cookies

Name

Expiry date

Content

Objective

_pk_id

28 days

Token id

Analysis of website visitors

_pk_ref

6 months

 

Analysis of website visitors

_pk_ses

50 minutes

Session ID

Analysis of website visitors

 

5. How can I see which cookies have been installed on my device and how can I delete them?

If you want to know what cookies have been installed on your device or if you want to delete them, you can use a setting in your browser. The links below will explain how to do this.

Do you use another browser? Check whether the procedure for your browser is included on the website www.allaboutcookies.org. This website exists only in English.

 

6. Retention period

The retention period of:

  • your IP address is 12 months;
  • cookies are 13 months;
  • exchanges via the e-mail address  Equal@just.fgov.be is 24 months .

Your personal data is not transferred outside the territory of the European Union.

 

7.Security

The FPS Justice guarantees the security (integrity and confidentiality) of your personal data. They are protected against unauthorised access, illegitimate use, loss and unauthorised modifications.

To do this, we use security techniques and procedures that we do not detail on this page for security reasons.

Be aware, however, that, physically, technically and organizationally, appropriate measures are taken to ensure a level of safety adapted to the risks.

 

8.Right of access, rectification, portability, opposition, erasure...

You have rights regarding the personal data we use: the right of access, the right of rectification, the right to transfer your data, the right to object, the right to have your data deleted etc.

Your request will be processed within 30 calendar days. If it is a complex matter or our services respond to a large number of requests, this time limit will be extended by 60 days.

To exercise your rights, send an e-mail or a letter to our Data Protection Officer, accompanied by a copy of your identity document with your signature:

Contact

SPF Justice – Data Protection Officer115
boulevard de Waterloo

1000 Brussels
dpo-fodspfjust@just.fgov.be

 

9.Claims

If you consider that the FPS Justice has not processed your personal data in accordance with the regulations in force, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority:

Data Protection Authority

Drukpersstraat 35
1000 Brussel

contact@apd-gba.be
https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/citizen