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Privacy Policy

Your personal data shall only be used for the purpose of addressing your legal issue, to communicate with you and to suggest solutions and to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest.

The lawyers’ association MCW undertakes to ensure that any personal information pertaining to the users of the website that may come into its possession will be kept confidential and shall not be commodified in any way whatsoever.

Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation, which has been in force since 25 May 2018, you enjoy the following rights:

  • Right of information;
  • Right of access;
  • Right of rectification;
  • Right to erasure of your data;
  • Right to the restriction of your data;
  • Right to data portability; and
  • Right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making.

You may exercise your rights via your client page, by consulting our website or by contacting us at the following address: gdpr@mcw.be.

If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you may at all times unsubscribe by clicking on the link at the bottom of the email or by return of email.

In the event of a dispute, you may contact the supervisory authority.

I/ Purposes:

The clients or prospective clients of MCW provide us with comprehensive information via the web form: Name, email address, information relating to a case, as well as cookies…

We use these cookies to respond to your requests and to ensure optimal management of our website.

These data are retained for 10 years after the end of the service provision in order to be able to better assist you, optimise our processes and ensure compliance with our legal obligations.

When you become a client, or if you are already a client, you will be subject to the general terms of sale of the lawyer with whom you enter into contact.

II/ Processing:

The data are subject to automated processing, but this shall not entail any automated individual decision-making.

These data are processed in Belgium or in the European Union by the legal entities and natural persons authorised to do so by the data controller (MCW) and which shall be bound by these terms and conditions.

III/ Cookies management:

To provide optimal browsing possibilities to users of this website and to enhance the functioning of the different interfaces and applications, the editor may insert a cookie into the computer workstation of the user. This cookie serves to store information relating to web browsing on the site (date, page, time spent browsing) and any data entered by the users during their visit (searches, login, email, password). These cookies are designed to be stored on the computer workstation of the user for a variable period of up to 14 months and may be consulted and used by the web editor during a subsequent visit to this website by the User.

In addition, the editor reserves the right to collect the public IP (Internet Protocol) address of all users. This IP address shall be collected anonymously and retained for the same period as the cookies. It shall only be used to allow for smooth management of the services offered on this website.

The user shall be entitled to block, amend the retention period of, or delete this cookie via his browser interface (usually: tools or options / privacy or confidentiality). In such a case, browsing on this website will not be optimised. If the systematic disabling of the cookies on the user’s browser prevents the latter from using certain services or features provided by the editor, this dysfunction may not under any circumstances constitute a prejudice for the member, who may not claim any compensation for this.

The users shall also be entitled to delete the cookies already present on their computer via the relevant section on their browser menu (usually tools or options / privacy or confidentiality). Such an action will have no impact on their browsing on this website, but does mean that users will no longer benefit from the advantages of the cookie. In which case, they will once again have to enter all their personal data again.

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