LEGAL NOTICE

AND PRIVACY POLICY

Pursuant to article 6 of French Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on trust in the digital economy, the persons responsible for the website www.becoming-group.com are:

Site publisher: Bartle Management

Simplified joint stock company (French SAS) with capital of €52,100

Registered office: 13 rue de Liège, 75009 Paris, France

Listed in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under no. 481 141 125

Editorial manager: Max-Hervé Dujardin, founding partner

Email: DPO@bartle.fr

Website: www.bartle.fr

Hosting:

Host: OVH

Simplified joint stock company (French SAS) with capital of €10,059,500

Registered office: 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France

Listed in the Lille Métropole Trade and Companies Register under no. 424 761 419

Development:

Bartle

13 rue de Liège – 75009 Paris 

Terms of use:

This website (www.bartle.fr) is presented in different programming languages (HTML, HTML5, Javascript, CSS, etc.) for greater ease of use and better quality graphics. We recommend that you view it with modern web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome.

Purpose of website: 

Bartle created this website to provide information for personal use by its visitors/users. No commercial use – even partial – of the content and encrypted and unencrypted data presented on the site shall be made without prior written consent from the Bartle company. 

Services provided:

Our website contains information about the company and its business activities. 

Bartle endeavours to provide information that is as accurate as possible on the website. The information that appears on the website www.becoming-group.com is not exhaustive and the photos are non-binding. It is provided with the stipulation that changes may have occurred since it was posted online. Furthermore, all the information on the www.bartle.fr website is given as an indication and may change without notice.

Website intellectual property: 

All the content of the website www.bartle.fr including, but not limited to, the graphics, images, copy, videos, animations, sounds, logos, .gif files and icons and their formatting are the exclusive property of the company, except for brands, logos or content that is owned by other partner companies or authors.

Any reproduction, distribution, modification, adaptation, retransmission or publication – even partial – of these components is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of www.bartle.fr. Such representation or reproduction, by any process whatsoever, constitutes an infringement punishable by articles L.335-2 and subsequent of the French Intellectual Property Code. Failure to comply with this prohibition constitutes infringement for which the copyright infringer may be held liable under civil and penal code. In addition, the owners of the copied content may take legal actions against you.

Liability:

Bartle cannot guarantee that the website will function without interruption or without error. 

Bartle is only bound by an obligation of means with regard to the operation and continuity of the service and cannot be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage resulting from use of the website, regardless of the cause. Bartle cannot be held liable for any alteration of or fraudulent access to data and/or accidental transmission via viruses. Similarly, Bartle cannot be held liable for events attributable to force majeure, breakdowns or technical problems concerning hardware, programs and software or the Internet network, which may lead to the suspension or termination of the service.

Contractual limitations on data:

The information presented on this website is as accurate as possible and the website is updated at different times of the year, but it may nevertheless contain inaccuracies or omissions. If you identify an omission, error or perceived malfunction, please bring it to our attention by sending an email to DPO@bartle.fr and describing the problem as specifically as possible (page where the problem is found, computer model, web browser name and version, etc.).

Any content downloads are done at the user’s own risk and under his/her sole responsibility. Consequently, Bartle cannot be held liable for any damage to the user’s computer or for any loss of data resulting from the download. In addition, website users undertake to access the website using current equipment that is free of viruses and running an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.

www.becoming-group.com shall not be held liable for the hypertext links presented as part of this website that lead to other resources found on the internet network. 

Personal data and processing: 

Bartle undertakes to offer its clients the highest level of personal data security in the context of the services it provides. 

We earn your trust by protecting the personal data you submit to Bartle and by acting with simplicity and transparency. 

Data collection 

In the course of its business activities, Bartle collects and processes some of your personal data. Submitting personal data is voluntary and is not a condition for using the site. These personal data are collected from you directly or indirectly.

For example, Bartle collects information about you in the following situations:

• When you browse our website, including the mobile version;
• When you submit a contact form or register for one of our events; 
• When you sign up for a newsletter; 
• When you download documents from our website; and
• When you submit a job application to our recruitment portal. 

Data collected 

We collect the following data: 

• Identifying information: first and last names, title;
• Contact information: address, telephone, email;
• Professional information: company, position;
• Information submitted with job applications; and
• Information that you do not input directly: IP addresses, http protocol details, website browsing footprint, cookies.

When the data collected in forms are compulsory, the fields are flagged with an asterisk. Where there is no asterisk, the requested information is optional. 

Bartle does not collect certain types of personal data (so-called sensitive data) on its website. If we are compelled to collect or use sensitive data, we will request your explicit consent. 

We are vigilant in protecting the privacy of minors. We do not deliberately collect personal data from minors.

Processing of personal data in the course of consulting projects:

In the context of our assignments, we are also likely to process personal data. In this case, the data are processed exclusively within the contractual framework defined by the assignment. Please refer to our data protection policy to learn about the measures put in place to limit access to data and maintain the confidentiality of the information processed in the specific context of our services.

Legal basis for processing

Your personal data are only processed in situations where such processing is founded on a legal basis as described below: 

• Compliance with a legal obligation incumbent on Bartle;
• Protection of Bartle’s legitimate interests;
• The performance of a signed contract or pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject; or
• Consent is given by the data subject. 

We process your data to: 

• Compile internal statistics and conduct analyses with a view to improving the quality of services offered to you; 
• Respond to your information requests;
• Manage your requests to register for talks or events;
• Evaluate job applicants and recruit; and
• Disseminate newsletters, articles and information. 

Recipients

Your personal data are transmitted to internal departments at Bartle. Bartle hereby informs you that it calls on accredited service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of data you have shared with us. These service providers are located within the European Union and receive the data gathered through the forms located on the website.

Bartle has already confirmed that its service providers provide adequate guarantees and comply with strict conditions regarding data confidentiality, use and protection.

Bartle may be asked by the authorities to disclose personal data.

Bartle ensures that it has sufficient personal data protection guarantees (including from its partners and service providers) each time data are transferred.

Data storage 

Bartle has opted for data processing and hosting in France. 

Data retention period

Bartle only processes adequate and relevant data, limited to the data which are necessary for the purpose at hand. This entails, among other things, ensuring that the period of data retention is kept to a strict minimum. This data retention period varies according to the nature of the data, their purpose and the legal and regulatory requirements governing them.

Data protection 

Bartle ensures that “appropriate technical and organisational measures” are taken, depending on the nature of the data, the purposes of processing and the related risks. If an incident occurs that results in a personal data breach, Bartle will notify the competent supervisory authority of the incident and, if necessary, notify the persons concerned as soon as possible.

Individual rights

Pursuant to applicable data protection regulations, you have the following rights:

• The right to access and receive information about your personal data and how they are processed;
• The right to rectification, including the ability to supplement and update your information; 
• The right to portability making it possible to convey personal information by submitting a request to a third party when technically possible, with the stipulation that this right applies only to data provided directly by the data subject; 
• The right to decide what happens to your data when you die;
• The right to erasure;
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal data; 
• The right to object to processing; and
• The right to withdraw your consent to the use of your data.

We hereby inform you that, when required by law, in order to fulfil its contractual obligations, to protect the public interest (anti-fraud and anti-terrorist financing), or when acting in its legitimate interest, Bartle reserves the right, exceptionally, not to honour the content of certain requests (for erasure, restriction, objection or withdrawal of consent).

Furthermore, in the case of requests that are clearly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive nature, Bartle may:

• Require the payment of reasonable fees that reflect the administrative costs incurred to provide the information, engage in communication or take the actions requested; or
• Refuse to honour the requests.

Nevertheless, it falls to Bartle to demonstrate the clearly unfounded or excessive nature of these requests.

Exercise of rights 

You may exercise your rights by sending your request and a copy of your identity document (required):

• By post to Bartle, 13 rue de Lièges, 75009 Paris; or
• By email to the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at DPO@bartle.fr

Bartle may take up to one month to respond. If the request is complex or if there is a high number of requests, the response time may be as long as two months. 

To assist you with your request, in particular if you wish to exercise your right by posting a written request to Bartle, you can click the link below to find a sample letter prepared by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL).

https://www.cnil.fr/modeles/courrier

How to file a complaint

If, despite all the care Bartle has taken in the handling of your data, you believe that Bartle has not honoured your request, you may file a complaint with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL): www.cnil.fr, 3 place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 Paris Cedex 07. You may also file a complaint electronically by clicking on the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes/internet. 

Cookie management 

Generally speaking, a cookie is a small text file sent to your web browser that serves as a tracker and gathers information when the visitor/user connects to the website. The use of cookies enables Bartle to know which parts of its website are of interest to the visitor/user concerned.

When you browse the website, cookies may be stored on your computer. When you first connect to the website, you have the option to accept or decline cookies and to configure your cookie settings. You can also directly configure your internet browser settings so that no cookies are stored on your computer. Website visitors/users can click on the “Help” menu in their browser to see how to modify their cookie settings. If they deactivate all cookies, they may not be able to access all the features of this website.

Hyperlinks

Bartle’s website may contain links to other websites or other resources available on the internet. Bartle has no way of controlling the sites that its own website links to and does not guarantee the availability of these external sites and sources. Under no circumstances may Bartle be held liable for the processing of your personal data by a third-party site or for any damage of any kind resulting from the content of these external sites or sources, including damage resulting from the information, products or services they offer or from any use that may be made of these components. The risks associated with such use are entirely incumbent on the internet user, who is required to abide by their terms of use.

Website users, subscribers and visitors cannot post a hyperlink to this website without prior express consent.

Amendment of legal notice:

Bartle reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, add or delete all or part of this legal notice at any time. 

It is the responsibility of the website visitor/user to regularly review the legal notice. Website visitors/users acknowledge and agree that accessing or using the website on or after the date on which the legal notice is amended implies express acceptance without reservations of the new legal notice as published on the website. 

Disputes and applicable law: 

These terms of use for the website www.bartle.fr are governed by French law and any challenge or dispute that may arise from their interpretation or execution shall come under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts that have jurisdiction over the company’s registered office. French is the language of reference for settling any disputes.

In the event that one of the provisions of this legal notice is held to be invalid or rendered invalid by the effect of a law, regulation or final ruling issued by a competent court, the other provisions shall remain valid.

Pursuant to article 3 of the Swiss federal law against unfair competition of 19 December 1986, the persons responsible for the website www.bartle.ch are:

Site publisher: Bartle Management

Simplified joint stock company (French SAS) with capital of €52,100

Registered office: 13, rue de Liège, 75009 Paris, France

Whose corporate identification number (IDE) is (…)

Editorial manager: Max-Hervé Dujardin, founding partner

VAT number: (…)

Email: DPO@bartle.fr

Website: www.bartle.ch

Hosting:

Host: OVH

Simplified joint stock company (French SAS) with capital of €10,059,500  Registered office: 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France

Listed in the Lille Métropole Trade and Companies Register under no. 424 761 419

Development:

Bartle

13 rue de Liège – 75009 Paris 

Terms of use:

This website (www.bartle.ch) is presented in different programming languages (HTML, HTML5, Javascript, CSS, etc.) for greater ease of use and better quality graphics. We recommend that you view it with modern web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome.

Purpose of website: 

Bartle created this website to provide information for personal use by its visitors/users. No commercial use – even partial – of the content and encrypted and unencrypted data presented on the site shall be made without prior written consent from the Bartle company. 

Services provided:

Our website contains information about the company and its business activities. 

Bartle endeavours to provide information that is as accurate as possible on the website. The information that appears on the website www.bartle.ch is not exhaustive and the photos are non-binding. It is provided with the stipulation that changes may have occurred since it was posted online. Furthermore, all the information on the www.bartle.ch website is given as an indication and may change without notice.

Website intellectual property: 

All the content of this website www.bartle.ch, including, but not limited to, the graphics, images, copy, videos, animations, sounds, logos, .gif files and icons and their formatting are the exclusive property of the company, except for brands, logos or content that is owned by other partner companies or authors.

Any reproduction, distribution, modification, adaptation, retransmission or publication – even partial – of these components is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of Bartle. Such representation or reproduction, by any process whatsoever, constitutes an infringement punishable by articles 62 and subsequent of the Swiss Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights. Failure to comply with this prohibition constitutes infringement for which the copyright infringer may be held liable under civil and penal code. In addition, the owners of the copied content may take legal actions against you.

Liability:

Bartle cannot guarantee that the website will function without interruption or without error. 

Bartle is only bound by an obligation of means with regard to the operation and continuity of the service and cannot be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage resulting from use of the website, regardless of the cause. Bartle cannot be held liable for any alteration of or fraudulent access to data and/or accidental transmission via viruses. Similarly, Bartle cannot be held liable for events attributable to force majeure, breakdowns or technical problems concerning hardware, programs and software or the Internet network, which may lead to the suspension or termination of the service.

Contractual limitations on data:

The information presented on this website is as accurate as possible and the website is updated at different times of the year, but it may nevertheless contain inaccuracies or omissions. If you identify an omission, error or perceived malfunction, please bring it to our attention by sending an email to DPO@bartle.fr and describing the problem as specifically as possible (page where the problem is found, computer model, web browser name and version, etc.).

Any content downloads are done at the user’s own risk and under his/her sole responsibility. Consequently, Bartle cannot be held liable for any damage to the user’s computer or for any loss of data resulting from the download. In addition, website users undertake to access the website using current equipment that is free of viruses and running an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.

Bartle shall not be held liable for the hypertext links presented as part of this website that lead to other resources found on the internet network. 

Personal data and processing: 

Bartle undertakes to offer its clients the highest level of personal data security in the context of the services it provides. 

We earn your trust by protecting the personal data you submit to Bartle and by acting with simplicity and transparency. 

Data collection 

Pursuant to the Swiss federal law on personal data protection of 19 June 1992 and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), and in the course of its business activities, Bartle collects and processes some of your personal data. Submitting personal data is voluntary and is not a condition for using the site. These personal data are collected from you directly or indirectly.

For example, Bartle collects information about you in the following situations:

• When you browse our website, including the mobile version;
• When you submit a contact form or register for one of our events; 
• When you sign up for a newsletter; 
• When you download documents from our website; and 
• When you submit a job application to our recruitment portal. 

Data collected 

We collect the following data: 

• Identifying information: first and last names, title;
• Contact information: address, telephone, email address;
• Professional information: company, position;
• Information submitted with job applications; (surname, given name address, telephone, email address); and
• Information that you do not input directly: IP addresses, http protocol details, website browsing footprint, cookies.

When the data collected in forms are compulsory, the fields are flagged with an asterisk. Where there is no asterisk, the requested information is optional. 

Bartle does not collect certain types of personal data (so-called sensitive data) on its website. If we are compelled to collect or use sensitive data, we will request your explicit consent. 

We are vigilant in protecting the privacy of minors. We do not deliberately collect personal data from minors.

Processing of personal data in the course of consulting projects:

In the context of our assignments, we are also likely to process personal data. In this case, the data are processed exclusively within the contractual framework defined by the assignment. Please refer to our data protection policy to learn about the measures put in place to limit access to data and maintain the confidentiality of the information processed in the specific context of our services.

Legal basis for processing

Your personal data are only processed in situations where such processing is founded on a legal basis as described below: 

• Compliance with a legal obligation incumbent on Bartle;
• Protection of Bartle’s legitimate interests;
• The performance of a signed contract or pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject; or
• Consent is given by the data subject. 

We process your data to: 

• Compile internal statistics and conduct analyses with a view to improving the quality of services offered to you; 
• Respond to your information requests;
• Manage your requests to register for talks or events;
• Evaluate job applicants and recruit; and
• Disseminate newsletters, articles and information. 

Recipients

Your personal data are transmitted to internal departments at Bartle. Bartle hereby informs you that it calls on accredited service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of data you have shared with us. These service providers are located within the European Union and Switzerland and receive the data gathered through the forms located on the website.

Bartle has already confirmed that its service providers provide adequate guarantees and comply with strict conditions regarding data confidentiality, use and protection.

Bartle may be asked by the authorities to disclose personal data.

Bartle ensures that it has sufficient personal data protection guarantees (including from its partners and service providers) each time data are transferred.

Data storage 

Bartle has opted for data processing and hosting in France. 

Data retention period

Bartle only processes adequate and relevant data, limited to the data which are necessary for the purpose at hand. This entails, among other things, ensuring that the period of data retention is kept to a strict minimum. This data retention period varies according to the nature of the data, their purpose and the legal and regulatory requirements governing them.

Data protection 

Bartle ensures that “appropriate technical and organisational measures” are taken, depending on the nature of the data, the purposes of processing and the related risks. If an incident occurs that results in a personal data breach, Bartle will notify the competent supervisory authority of the incident and, if necessary, notify the persons concerned as soon as possible.

Individual rights

Pursuant to applicable data protection regulations, you have the following rights:

• The right to access and receive information about your personal data and how they are processed;
• The right to rectification, including the ability to supplement and update your information; 
• The right to portability making it possible to convey personal information by submitting a request to a third party when technically possible, with the stipulation that this right applies only to data provided directly by the data subject; 
• The right to decide what happens to your data when you die;
• The right to erasure;
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal data; 
• The right to object to processing; and
• The right to withdraw your consent to the use of your data.

We hereby inform you that, when required by law, in order to fulfil its contractual obligations, to protect the public interest (anti-fraud and anti-terrorist financing), or when acting in its legitimate interest, Bartle reserves the right, exceptionally, not to honour the content of certain requests (for erasure, restriction, objection or withdrawal of consent).

Furthermore, in the case of requests that are clearly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive nature, Bartle may:

• Require the payment of reasonable fees that reflect the administrative costs incurred to provide the information, engage in communication or take the actions requested; or
• Refuse to honour the requests.

Nevertheless, it falls to Bartle to demonstrate the clearly unfounded or excessive nature of these requests.

Exercise of rights 

You may exercise your rights by sending your request and a copy of your identity document (required):

• By post to Bartle, 13, rue de Liège, 75009 Paris; or 
• By email to the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at DPO@bartle.fr

Bartle may take up to one month to respond. If the request is complex or if there is a high number of requests, the response time may be as long as two months. 

To assist you with your request, in particular if you wish to exercise your right by posting a written request to Bartle, you can click: 

• The following link to find a sample letter prepared by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC): 

https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/fr/home/protection-des-donnees/dokumentation/lettres-type/demandes-generales-de-renseignements–de-destruction-et-de-recti.html

• The following link to find a sample letter prepared by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL): https://www.cnil.fr/modeles/courrier 

How to file a complaint

If, despite all the care Bartle has taken in the handling of your data, you believe that Bartle has not honoured your request, you may file a complaint with: 

• The PFPDT: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/fr/home.html ; Feldeggweg 1
  CH-3003 Bern 
• Or the CNIL: www.cnil.fr, 3 place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 Paris Cedex 07. You may also file a complaint electronically by clicking on the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes/internet. 

Cookie management 

Generally speaking, a cookie is a small text file sent to your web browser that serves as a tracker and gathers information when the visitor/user connects to the website. The use of cookies enables Bartle to know which parts of its website are of interest to the visitor/user concerned.

When you browse the website, cookies may be stored on your computer. When you first connect to the website, you have the option to accept or decline cookies and to configure your cookie settings. You can also directly configure your internet browser settings so that no cookies are stored on your computer. Website visitors/users can click on the “Help” menu in their browser to see how to modify their cookie settings. If they deactivate all cookies, they may not be able to access all the features of this website.

Hyperlinks

Bartle’s website may contain links to other websites or other resources available on the internet. Bartle has no way of controlling the sites that its own website links to and does not guarantee the availability of these external sites and sources. Under no circumstances may Bartle be held liable for the processing of your personal data by a third-party site or for any damage of any kind resulting from the content of these external sites or sources, including damage resulting from the information, products or services they offer or from any use that may be made of these components. The risks associated with such use are entirely incumbent on the internet user, who is required to abide by their terms of use.

Website users, subscribers and visitors cannot post a hyperlink to this website without prior express consent.

Amendment of legal notice:

Bartle reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, add or delete all or part of this legal notice at any time. 

It is the responsibility of the website visitor/user to regularly review the legal notice. Website visitors/users acknowledge and agree that accessing or using the website on or after the date on which the legal notice is amended implies express acceptance without reservations of the new legal notice as published on the website. 

Disputes and applicable law: 

These terms of use for the website www.bartle.ch are governed by Swiss law and any challenge or dispute that may arise from their interpretation or execution shall come under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts that have jurisdiction over the company’s registered office. French is the language of reference for settling any disputes.

In the event that one of the provisions of this legal notice is held to be invalid or rendered invalid by the effect of a law, regulation or final ruling issued by a competent court, the other provisions shall remain valid.

Pursuant to article 2:20 of the Belgian Code of companies and associations and article XII.6 of the Belgian code of economic law, the persons responsible for the website www.bartle.be are:

Site publisher: Bartle BE

Private limited liability company (Belgian SARL) 

Registered office: 7 rue Joseph Stevens, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and the Brussels Register of Legal Entities under number 0744.395.420

VAT number: BE 0744395420

Editorial manager: Max-Hervé Dujardin, founding board member

Email: DPO@bartle.fr

Website: www.bartle.be

Hosting:

Host: OVH

Simplified joint stock company (French SAS) with capital of €10,059,500  Registered office: 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France

Listed in the Lille Métropole Trade and Companies Register under no. 424 761 419

Development:

Bartle

13 rue de Liège – 75009 Paris 

Terms of use:

This website (www.bartle.be) is presented in different programming languages (HTML, HTML5, Javascript, CSS, etc.) for greater ease of use and better quality graphics. We recommend that you view it with modern web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome.

Purpose of website: 

Bartle created this website to provide information for personal use by its visitors/users. No commercial use – even partial – of the content and encrypted and unencrypted data presented on the site shall be made without prior written consent from the Bartle company. 

Services provided:

Our website contains information about the company and its business activities. 

Bartle endeavours to provide information that is as accurate as possible on the website. The information that appears on the website www.bartle.be is not exhaustive and the photos are non-binding. It is provided with the stipulation that changes may have occurred since it was posted online. Furthermore, all the information on the www.bartle.be website is given as an indication and may change without notice.

Website intellectual property: 

All the content of this website www.bartle.be, including, but not limited to, the graphics, images, copy, videos, animations, sounds, logos, .gif files and icons and their formatting are the exclusive property of the company, except for brands, logos or content that is owned by other partner companies or authors.

Any reproduction, distribution, modification, adaptation, retransmission or publication – even partial – of these components is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the company BARTLE BE. Such representation or reproduction, by any process whatsoever, and more broadly any violation of the copyright of the company BARTLE.BE constitutes an infringement punishable by article XI.293 of the Belgian Code of economic law. 

Liability:

Bartle cannot guarantee that the website will function without interruption or without error. 

Bartle is only bound by an obligation of means with regard to the operation and continuity of the service and cannot be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage resulting from use of the website, regardless of the cause. Bartle cannot be held liable for any alteration of or fraudulent access to data and/or accidental transmission via viruses. Similarly, Bartle cannot be held liable for events attributable to force majeure, breakdowns or technical problems concerning hardware, programs and software or the Internet network, which may lead to the suspension or termination of the service.

Contractual limitation on data:

The information presented on this website is as accurate as possible and the website is updated at different times of the year, but it may nevertheless contain inaccuracies or omissions. If you identify an omission, error or perceived malfunction, please bring it to our attention by sending an email to DPO@bartle.fr and describing the problem as specifically as possible (page where the problem is found, computer model, web browser name and version, etc.).

Any content downloads are done at the user’s own risk and under his/her sole responsibility. Consequently, Bartle cannot be held liable for any damage to the user’s computer or for any loss of data resulting from the download. In addition, website users undertake to access the website using current equipment that is free of viruses and running an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.

Bartle BE shall not be held liable for the hypertext links presented as part of this website that lead to other resources found on the internet network. 

Personal data and processing: 

Bartle undertakes to offer its clients the highest level of personal data security in the context of the services it provides. 

We earn your trust by protecting the personal data you submit to Bartle and by acting with simplicity and transparency. 

Data collection 

Pursuant to the Belgian Data Protection Act of 30 July 2018 and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), and in the course of its business activities, Bartle collects and processes some of your personal data. Submitting personal data is voluntary and is not a condition for using the site. These personal data are collected from you directly or indirectly.

For example, Bartle collects information about you in the following situations:

• When you browse our website, including the mobile version;
• When you submit a contact form or register for one of our events; 
• When you sign up for a newsletter; 
• When you download documents from our website; and 
• When you submit a job application to our recruitment portal. 

Data collected 

We collect the following data: 

• Identifying information: first and last names, title;
• Contact information: address, telephone, email address;
• Professional information: company, position;
• Information submitted with job applications; (surname, given name address, telephone, email address); and
• Information that you do not input directly: IP addresses, http protocol details, website browsing footprint, cookies.

When the data collected in forms are compulsory, the fields are flagged with an asterisk. Where there is no asterisk, the requested information is optional. 

Bartle does not collect certain types of personal data (so-called sensitive data) on its website. If we are compelled to collect or use sensitive data, we will request your explicit consent. 

We are vigilant in protecting the privacy of minors. We do not deliberately collect personal data from minors.

Processing of personal data in the course of consulting projects:

In the context of our assignments, we are also likely to process personal data. In this case, the data are processed exclusively within the contractual framework defined by the assignment. Please refer to our data protection policy to learn about the measures put in place to limit access to data and maintain the confidentiality of the information processed in the specific context of our services.

Legal basis for processing

Your personal data are only processed in situations where such processing is founded on a legal basis as described below: 

• Compliance with a legal obligation incumbent on Bartle;
• Protection of Bartle’s legitimate interests;
• The performance of a signed contract or pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject; or
• Consent is given by the data subject. 

We process your data to: 

• Compile internal statistics and conduct analyses with a view to improving the quality of services offered to you; 
• Respond to your information requests;
• Manage your requests to register for talks or events;
• Evaluate job applicants and recruit; and
• Disseminate newsletters, articles and information. 

Recipients

Your personal data are transmitted to internal departments at Bartle. Bartle hereby informs you that it calls on accredited service providers to facilitate the collection and processing of data you have shared with us. These service providers are located within the European Union and receive the data gathered through the forms located on the website.

Bartle has already confirmed that its service providers provide adequate guarantees and comply with strict conditions regarding data confidentiality, use and protection.

Bartle may be asked by the authorities to disclose personal data.

Bartle ensures that it has sufficient personal data protection guarantees (including from its partners and service providers) each time data are transferred.

Data storage 

Bartle has opted for data processing and hosting in France. 

Data retention period

Bartle only processes adequate and relevant data, limited to the data which are necessary for the purpose at hand. This entails, among other things, ensuring that the period of data retention is kept to a strict minimum. This data retention period varies according to the nature of the data, their purpose and the legal and regulatory requirements governing them.

Data protection 

Bartle ensures that “appropriate technical and organisational measures” are taken, depending on the nature of the data, the purposes of processing and the related risks. If an incident occurs that results in a personal data breach, Bartle will notify the competent supervisory authority of the incident and, if necessary, notify the persons concerned as soon as possible.

Individual rights

Pursuant to applicable data protection regulations, you have the following rights:

• The right to access and receive information about your personal data and how they are processed;
• The right to rectification, including the ability to supplement and update your information; 
• The right to portability making it possible to convey personal information by submitting a request to a third party when technically possible, with the stipulation that this right applies only to data provided directly by the data subject; 
• The right to decide what happens to your data when you die;
• The right to erasure;
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal data; 
• The right to object to processing; and
• The right to withdraw your consent to the use of your data.

We hereby inform you that, when required by law, in order to fulfil its contractual obligations, to protect the public interest (anti-fraud and anti-terrorist financing), or when acting in its legitimate interest, Bartle reserves the right, exceptionally, not to honour the content of certain requests (for erasure, restriction, objection or withdrawal of consent).

Furthermore, in the case of requests that are clearly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive nature, Bartle may:

• Require the payment of reasonable fees that reflect the administrative costs incurred to provide the information, engage in communication or take the actions requested; or
• Refuse to honour the requests.

Nevertheless, it falls to Bartle to demonstrate the clearly unfounded or excessive nature of these requests.

Exercise of rights 

You may exercise your rights by sending your request and a copy of your identity document (required):

• By post to Bartle, 13, rue de Liège, 75009 Paris; or 
• By email to the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at DPO@bartle.fr

Bartle may take up to one month to respond. If the request is complex or if there is a high number of requests, the response time may be as long as two months. 

To assist you with your request, in particular if you wish to exercise your right by posting a written request to Bartle, you can click the link below to find a sample letters prepared by the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD): 

What are my rights? Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) (autoriteprotectiondonnees.be) 

How to file a complaint

If, despite all the care Bartle has taken in the handling of your data, you believe that Bartle has not honoured your request, you may file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD): www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be; 35 rue de la Presse, 1000 Brussels, or electronically by clicking on the following link: https://www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be/citoyen/agir/contact. 

Cookie management 

Generally speaking, a cookie is a small text file sent to your web browser that serves as a tracker and gathers information when the visitor/user connects to the website. The use of cookies enables Bartle to know which parts of its website are of interest to the visitor/user concerned.

When you browse the website, cookies may be stored on your computer. When you first connect to the website, you have the option to accept or decline cookies and to configure your cookie settings. You can also directly configure your internet browser settings so that no cookies are stored on your computer. Website visitors/users can click on the “Help” menu in their browser to see how to modify their cookie settings. If they deactivate all cookies, they may not be able to access all the features of this website.

Hyperlinks

Bartle’s website may contain links to other websites or other resources available on the internet. Bartle has no way of controlling the sites that its own website links to and does not guarantee the availability of these external sites and sources. Under no circumstances may Bartle be held liable for the processing of your personal data by a third-party site or for any damage of any kind resulting from the content of these external sites or sources, including damage resulting from the information, products or services they offer or from any use that may be made of these components. The risks associated with such use are entirely incumbent on the internet user, who is required to abide by their terms of use.

Website users, subscribers and visitors cannot post a hyperlink to this website without prior express consent.

Amendment of legal notice:

Bartle reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, add or delete all or part of this legal notice at any time. 

It is the responsibility of the website visitor/user to regularly review the legal notice. Website visitors/users acknowledge and agree that accessing or using the website on or after the date on which the legal notice is amended implies express acceptance without reservations of the new legal notice as published on the website. 

Disputes and applicable law: 

These terms of use for the website www.bartle.be are governed by Belgian law and any challenge or dispute that may arise from their interpretation or execution shall come under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts that have jurisdiction over the company’s registered office. French is the language of reference for settling any disputes.

In the event that one of the provisions of this legal notice is held to be invalid or rendered invalid by the effect of a law, regulation or final ruling issued by a competent court, the other provisions shall remain valid.