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Please note that this Cookie Notice is part of our Privacy Notice. This Cookie Policy governs the use of cookies. Via cookies we process your Personal Data. For detailed information about the processing of your Personal Data, not covered in this Cookie Policy, please consult our Privacy Notice.

Deloitte Legal - Lawyers BV/SRL
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1930 Zaventem
Belgium

We qualify as a Controller, as defined in Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (“GDPR”), with regard to the processing of your Personal Data for the purposes stated in this Cookie Policy.

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by the websites that you visit. Cookies are then sent back to the website on each subsequent visit, or to another webpage that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are used in order to make the website work, or to work more efficiently, and as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Such information may be used to provide a more personalized and responsive service. Cookies may be either first party cookies set directly by us to your device, or third-party cookies set by a third-party provider on our behalf. Whenever you use this system, information may be collected using cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, tags, scripts, local storage).

This Cookie Notice is a part of the Privacy Notice as we can process your personal data using cookies. For more information about us, and how we process personal data as well as about your data subject rights and how to exercise them, please see our Privacy Notice.

When we use cookies, we classify them into any one of the following categories:

  • “Strictly necessary” cookies are necessary for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
  • “Performance” cookies allow us to track analytics by counting visits and traffic sources in order for Deloitte Legal - Lawyers to measure and improve the performance of our Website. They may be set by us or by third party providers (e.g., Adobe, Akamai, Brightcove, Qualtrics) to help us to know which pages or videos are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website.
  • “Functional” cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization based on your interaction with the Website. They may be set by us or by third party providers, such as Adobe, whose services we have added to our pages.
  • “Targeting” cookies may be set through our Website by our advertising partners, such as Adobe. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites. Another example of targeting cookies are “Social media” cookies set by social media services (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook) that we have added to the Website to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. These cookies are capable of tracking your browser across other websites and building up a profile of your interests. This may have an impact on the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.

To view a list of the cookies that are used by the Website, click on “Manage cookie preferences” at the top of this Cookie Notice.

The length of time cookies will stay on your device will depend on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by you before the expiration date. The next time you visit our Website, the cookie will recognize you as a returning visitor and the cookie will be present to our Website in order for Deloitte Legal – Lawyers to offer the Website in line with your preferences. A session cookie, on the other hand, will contain information that is used within your current web session, but will expire at the end of your web session, when the web browser is closed.

An overview of all cookies and their characteristics can be found in the cookie preference center. Click on “Update your cookie preferences” at the top of this Cookie Notice.

Please contact the Privacy & Confidentiality Office by sending an e-mail to BelgiumPrivacyLegal@deloitte.com, if you would like more detailed information on the cookies Deloitte Legal - Lawyers uses.

The length of time cookies will stay on your device will depend on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie:

  • A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by you before the expiration date. The next time you visit our Site, the cookie will recognize you as a returning visitor and allows us to offer the Site in line with your preferences.
  • A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of your web session, when the web browser is closed.

You can manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind, removing or disabling certain cookies may impact your user experience and parts of this system may no longer be fully functional.

You can change your cookie preferences and settings for non-essential cookies at any time by clicking on the Manage cookie preferences option at the top of this Cookie Notice.

Where cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our Site, we will ask you to consent to our use of optional cookies when you first visit our Site. When you withdraw your consent, the cookies already installed will be deleted. The activation of pixel tags (and other similar technologies) is linked to your prior consent to the use of cookies they are connected to. You can block, at any time, the use of this technology, by disabling the corresponding type of cookies (see "Manage cookie preferences")'.

You may also be able to change your browser settings to manage cookies. Most browsers allow the user to check which cookies have been installed, to delete them individually or to block cookies from all or certain websites. Once all cookies have been deleted, any settings on the previously set options will be lost.It is therefore possible to configure the browser to accept or reject cookies, or to warn the user when a particular cookie has been installed. Each browser is different; therefore, it is necessary to check the configuration settings of the specific browser used, to manage the options for enabling cookies.

For details on how to change the storage mechanism settings, click on the link related to the browser you are using:

With regard to the recipients of your Personal Data collected through the cookies, we refer to our Privacy Notice. In addition, we may also share the data collected to the advertising companies who own the marketing cookies. 

Deloitte also uses "social buttons" to allow users to share or report web pages. These are buttons that refer to third-party social media sites that could record information on online activities carried out by users. Please review the respective terms of use and privacy policies of those sites to understand exactly how your information is used and how you can withdraw your consent to its use.

With regard to the transfer of your Personal Data collected through the cookies, We refer to our Privacy Notice.

With regard to your rights in relation to your Personal Data collected through the cookies other than deletion (above, under “How can I control cookies?”), we refer to our Privacy Notice.

The security and confidentiality of your Personal Data is of utmost importance to Deloitte Legal - Lawyers. Therefore, We take technical and organizational measures to ensure that your Personal Data remains safe.

Deloitte Legal - Lawyers may modify or amend this Cookie Notice from time to time at its own discretion. When we make changes to this Cookie Notice, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page, and such modified or amended Cookie Notice shall be effective as to you and your information as of that revision date.We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Notice to be informed about how we are using cookies.

Should you have any questions regarding the processing of your Personal Data, you can contact the Privacy & Confidentiality Office by sending an e-mail to BelgiumPrivacyLegal@deloitte.com.