Privacy Statement
PRIVACY STATEMENT
1. PRELIMINARY
BT Academy, with registered office at Verdunplein 17-Unit A1641, NL-5627 SZ Eindhoven and with company number NL001133491B47 (hereinafter: “BT Academy”), attaches great value and importance to your privacy and the secure processing of your personal data when using the website btacademy.eu. We want to optimally protect the data of the visitors to our website (hereinafter: “Visitors”) against loss, leaks, errors, unauthorized access, and any other unlawful processing.
We will therefore process your personal data exclusively in accordance with the European Regulation 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 (hereinafter: “AVG”) as well as the Act of 30 July 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.
With this Privacy Statement, BT Academy wishes to inform you as a data subject, within the meaning of the AVG, about the processing operations and to provide you with adequate information, including about the types of personal data we collect about you, where we obtain the data from, how we use the data we collect about you, how long we keep your data, to whom we may provide this information, and your rights regarding the processing of your personal data.
BT Academy would like to point out that the provision of certain mandatorily indicated personal data is a necessary condition for providing our services. In the absence of the aforementioned personal data, the services cannot be offered, or can only be offered defectively, by BT Academy.
Where necessary, we will ask you as a data subject for informed, free, unambiguous, and specific consent to perform certain processing activities.
It is possible that our privacy policy may be subject to adjustments and changes in the future. These will be made clear in our Privacy Statement. It is therefore your responsibility to consult this document on a regular basis. Every substantial change will always be clearly communicated and must be the subject of new consent, if required.
This statement was last updated on 04/10/2023.
2. WHO PROCESSES THE PERSONAL DATA?
Data controller(s):
Within the framework of this privacy statement, which concerns the conclusion of an agreement with BT Academy and the use of btacademy.eu, BT Academy must be considered the data controller. Indeed, in this context, BT Academy alone, or in collaboration with others, determines the purpose and means for processing your personal data.
You can always reach us using the contact details below:
BT Academy
Verdunplein 17-Unit A1641, NL-5627 SZ Eindhoven
Company number: NL001133491B47
E-mail: info@btacademy.eu
Website: btacademy.eu
Processor(s)
In the context of its service provision to you, it may be necessary for BT Academy to provide personal data to third parties.
To allow you to make optimal use of the functionalities of the website, it may happen that your personal data is provided to providers of these functionalities. This provision of personal data remains strictly limited to what is necessary for offering these functionalities. The recipients can always be communicated to you upon request.
3. WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?
Personal data is all information regarding identified or identifiable natural persons.
A natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person is considered identifiable.
4. WHICH PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED?
BT Academy is committed to complying with general legal principles regarding the processing of personal data when processing personal data.
Thus, in particular applying the principle of data minimization, BT Academy will only process data that is strictly necessary for the purposes as defined in this privacy statement.
A list of categories of personal data that may be processed through your use can be found here:
Personal identification data;
Company data
Electronic identification data.
5. FOR WHAT PURPOSES ARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED
BT Academy processes your personal data to correctly provide the services requested or received by you, as well as to offer the website's functionalities correctly and intuitively and, where necessary, respond appropriately to your requests. Additionally, BT Academy processes your personal data to provide you as a Visitor to the website with a safe, optimal, and personal user experience.
The processing of personal data of Customers and Visitors is primarily aimed at the following specific purposes:
To allow us to contact you following your specific request via the contact form or via e-mail;
To adapt the website to your specific use;
The improvement of our services;
To answer your questions if you ask them by telephone, via the contact form on the website, or by e-mail;
To contact you in the context of a selection and recruitment process;
To allow us to perform statistical analyses;
To prevent fraud and abuse.
When using our Website, data is also collected for statistical purposes. Such data is necessary to optimize the use of the website.
The Visitor often provides the personal data to BT Academy themselves and can thus exercise a certain amount of control over its accuracy and minimization. If certain data is incorrect or incomplete, BT Academy may decide to suspend certain functionalities pending completion or correction.
6. WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION?
Your information is only shared within BT Academy. In principle, your data will not be shared with third parties, unless:
You have given explicit consent for this;
This is necessary for the performance of our activities;
This is necessary to properly execute the agreement with BT Academy;
We are legally obliged to do so towards the government and/or the authorities
We do not share your personal data with third parties for purely marketing purposes.
7. TRANSFER OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA?
Your personal data are stored exclusively within the European Economic Area.
8. YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT
8.1. Guarantee of compliance with principles specific to the processing of personal data
BT Academy only processes your personal data:
In accordance with the purposes as determined here or in a manner that is not incompatible with this original purpose;
In a proper, lawful, and transparent manner whereby the processing is based, as the case may be, on the following legal grounds:
Consent: personal data are processed following your consent.
Legitimate interest: the personal data may be processed if it is in the legitimate interest of BT Academy as a company, provided that your personal interests do not outweigh this.
Agreement: the processing of the personal data is necessary for the performance of the agreement with BT Academy.
Legal obligation: the processing of the personal data must be done so that BT Academy can comply with its legal obligations.
In a manner that is proportionate to the intended purpose;
In a correct manner;
In principle, for a period equal to five (5) years after the last activities on the website or five (5) years after the performance of the agreement;
In cases determined by law, for a period equal to the statutory retention period;
In a manner that includes sufficient safeguards against unauthorized access, unlawful processing, and/or accidental loss or damage.
8.2. Right of access
Any Customer or Visitor who provides sufficient proof of their identity has the right to obtain confirmation from BT Academy as to whether or not personal data concerning them are being processed and, where that is the case, to obtain access to the personal data.
You have the right to receive information about the processing purposes, the categories of personal data being processed, the recipients of the personal data, the (criteria for determining) the period for which your personal data will be stored, and the rights you can exercise in accordance with the AVG.
If you wish to exercise your right of access / rectification / erasure, BT Academy will act upon this within one (1) month of receiving the request and only if this right exists in your case. The request is made via registered mail or via an email to: info@btacademy.eu
Personal data that are incomplete or inaccurate can always be corrected or erased. You can exercise your right to rectification by providing a supplementary statement to BT Academy. BT Academy will act upon this within one (1) month of receiving the supplementary statement.
Furthermore, you have the right to have your personal data erased by BT Academy without undue delay. You can only invoke this right in the following cases, which BT Academy will assess:
When your personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed;
When you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal basis for the processing;
When an objection is made to the processing and there are no overriding compelling legitimate grounds for the processing;
When the personal data have been processed unlawfully;
When your data must be erased in accordance with a legal obligation.
8.3. Right to restriction of processing / right to object
You have the right to obtain a restriction of processing from BT Academy if one of the following elements applies:
You contest the accuracy of the personal data;
The processing by BT Academy appears to be unlawful and you do not wish for the erasure of the personal data, but you do want a restriction of the processing;
BT Academy no longer needs your personal data for processing purposes, but you still need them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
BT Academy must assess the presence of grounds for the erasure of the personal data during this period.
Furthermore, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your specific situation, to the processing of your personal data. BT Academy will then cease the processing of your personal data, unless BT Academy can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing of your personal data that outweigh your right to object.
In addition, you have the right not to be subject to individualized and fully automated decision-making when legal consequences are attached to this or such a decision can affect you to a significant extent. However, you can always intervene in such decision-making or demand human intervention.
Finally, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for direct marketing.
If you wish to exercise your right to object / restriction of processing, BT Academy will act upon this within one (1) month of receiving the request. The request is made via registered mail or via an email to: info@btacademy.eu
8.4. Right to data portability
You have the right to obtain the personal data provided to BT Academy in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit those personal data to another data controller when the processing of your personal data is based solely on your consent.
If you wish to exercise your right to data portability, BT Academy will act upon this within one (1) month of receiving the request. The request is made via registered mail or via an email to: info@btacademy.eu
8.5. Right to be forgotten
Whenever you have rightfully requested BT Academy to rectify, erase, or restrict the processing of data, BT Academy will notify each recipient of these personal data, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You can also always receive information about these recipients.
8.6. Right to withdraw your consent / right to lodge a complaint
You always have the right to withdraw your consent. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data by BT Academy with the competent supervisory authorities.
If you wish to withdraw your consent or exercise your right to lodge a complaint, BT Academy will act upon this within one (1) month of receiving the request. The request is made via registered mail or via an email to: info@btacademy.eu
8.7. Right to information and transparency
When exercising your rights, BT Academy will always act in accordance with the AVG and thus provide all information required by the AVG in a concise, transparent, intelligible, and easily accessible form, which you will receive in plain language.
The time limits for responding to your requests may be extended in exceptional circumstances, including the complexity / plurality of your requests. BT Academy will notify you of such an extension and the reason for it within one (1) month of receipt of your request.
8.8. Right to lodge a complaint
BT Academy strives to process your data securely and lawfully. If you feel that something is going wrong or that your personal data is being processed unlawfully or incorrectly, do not hesitate to contact us at info@btacademy.eu
Furthermore, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, namely the Belgian Data Protection Authority:
Data Protection Authority
Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels
+32 (0)2 274 48 00
+32 (0)2 274 48 35
Citizen homepage | Data Protection Authority
9. SECURE PROCESSING
BT Academy recognizes that the security of personal data is an essential part of data protection.
Therefore, BT Academy takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized processing, or unauthorized access in order to prevent misuse.
10. COOKIES
During the use of the website, so-called “cookies” may be placed on your storage in order to remember certain choices of the returning Visitor or to offer you certain functionalities.
For more information, we refer you to our cookie statement, available on the website.