This website, www.industriouslaw.com (hereinafter the « Website »), is operated by Industrious-Law CV/SC (hereinafter « Industrious »), registered at the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0693.709.554, with office at Boulevard Louis Schmidtlaan, 29, 1040 Brussels.

These terms of use apply to any visit to the Website and to all information or use thereof.

By using the Website, each physical person (hereinafter the « User / Users ») accepts unconditionally the present Website’s terms of use. Industrious may change its terms of use at any time. Hence, the User shall regularly check the Website to remain informed of any changes or updates made to the Website’s terms of use.

The terms of use were last updated in June 2025. For any question about the content of this Website, the User can contact: info@industriouslaw.com.

The content of this Website is provided solely for Users wishing to have general information about Industrious and its activities. The Website is strictly limited to personal use by the User.

The Website and any documents, information and data provided therein may not be used as a basis for any assessment of Industrious and should not be interpreted as providing legal advice and/or as a canvassing, a solicitation and/or an offer of services. In particular, the use of this Website does not give rise to any arrangement or contract between Industrious and the User.

Whilst Industrious does its utmost to ensure the contents of the Website are comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date, Industrious does not offer any guarantees about the contents and information on the Website. Industrious reserves the right to update, modify, delete, or supplement the website’s content at any time, without prior notice.

Users undertake to use this Website in compliance with all laws and legal and/or contractual provisions. They may not use the Website in a manner which could harm the interests of Industrious and/or its clients.

Users are solely liable for any use of the information contained in the Website.

Accordingly, Industrious shall not be held responsible for any damages, direct, indirect or otherwise, arising from the use of the information provided on the Website by the Users.

Furthermore, Industrious does not warrant the access to the Website without interruption, nor that it is virus-free.

Industrious shall not be held liable for damages resulting from fraudulent access by a third party leading to changes in information broadcast on the Website. Third party Internet websites and their content are subject to the liability of their author(s)/owner(s) only.

Industrious ensures that the Website contains no hyperlink giving direct or indirect access to websites or website pages whose content is contrary to the essential principles of the legal practice. Industrious takes all measures necessary to delete them if such website should be deemed as contrary to the essential precepts of the legal practice. However, Industrious cannot commit its legal liability beyond this ethical obligation.

If the User intends to include a link to the Industrious website on its own site, he must first obtain express written authorisation from Industrious. This authorisation may be revoked at any time, with immediate effect and without the need for prior notice. Requests for permission should be sent via email to : info@industriouslaw.com.

The Website and any work and material composing the Website, in particular any text, article, newsletter, press release, presentation, brochure, illustration, photograph, software, digital animation, drawing, logo etc., are and remain the exclusive property of Industrious.

Apart from viewing, downloading and printing pages from the Website for their own personal use, Users may not use, reproduce, represent, display, modify, adapt or otherwise exploit, whether in part or in whole, the Website content and/or any work and material composing the Website without the prior and written consent of Industrious. 

Any unauthorised use may constitute an infringement of intellectual property rights and may result in legal action. Requests for authorisation must be submitted to: info@industriouslaw.com.

These terms of use are governed by Belgian law (except for the rules concerning conflicting laws). Any dispute arising from, or related to the use of this Website, shall first be submitted to conciliation between the parties. Should such conciliation fail, the dispute will be referred to the courts of Brussels (Belgium).

Industrious-Law CV/SC (hereinafter « Industrious ») registered at the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number BE0693709554, with office at Boulevard Louis Schmidtlaan, 29, 1040 Brussels, acts as the data controller of your personal data under the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (« General Data Protection Regulation » or « GDPR »), including any current or future national or international act or regulation in execution or replacement of the GDPR such as the Belgian act of 30 July 2018 on the protection of natural persons concerning the processing of personal data (hereinafter together referred to as « Applicable Data Protection Law »).

Industrious undertakes to respect your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal data. The only information Industrious may access are data you voluntarily provide.

In particular, Industrious may process, but is not limited to, the following personal data:

We may also collect information on third-party websites (such as LinkedIn, when you apply for a job with us). Additionally, we may receive data from other external sources. We sometimes collaborate closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners and technical service providers) who may share information with us.

Personal data collected by Industrious may have the following purposes:

We process your personal data in order to provide legal services, for customer relationship management, for the conclusion of our agreements or the execution of other documents by electronic signature, for service improvement, for fraud prevention and possible dispute management and to fulfil our legal obligations (e.g. KYC requirements in accordance with anti-money laundering legislation, identification of UBOs, conflicts of interest, …).

The processing of your personal data relies on the necessity to perform a contract with you, compliance with legal obligations applicable to Industrious, or our legitimate interest in delivering high-quality client service.

Personal data collected by Industrious may have the following purposes:

The processing of your personal data is based on the performance of a contract with you, on our legal obligations to which Industrious is subject or on our legitimate interest in providing you with the best possible customer service.

If you do not want your personal data to be processed for the above purposes, please contact us at info@industriouslaw.com as you have the right to oppose to such processing (see below: « Rights regarding personal data »).

Industrious will keep your personal data no longer than is necessary to achieve the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. 

The retention periods for personal data vary depending on the type of processing activity and the purpose for which the data was collected.

Personal data that we collect based on your consent is retained by us for as long as your consent remains valid.

In all cases, personal data may be retained for a longer period if required by law or regulation, or for a shorter period if you object to the processing of your personal data and there is no longer a legitimate reason to retain it. We ensure that your personal data will be deleted once the retention period has expired.

If you would like more information about the retention periods applied by Industrious, please contact us at the following email address: info@industriouslaw.com.

Personal data are treated with the tmost confidentiality and will not be transferred to third parties, unless there is a need to meet a legal requirement.

In certain cases, Industrious may need to share your personal data with suppliers and sub-suppliers when they perform services on Industrious’behalf (mainly to maintain and support IT systems) and regulatory authorities, courts, tribunals, government agencies and law enforcement agencies for the above-mentioned purposes. 

In all cases, Industrious is committed to implementing robust safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of your data.

Any transfer of personal data outside the EU/EEA is made in line with applicable data protection laws. 

In this context, Industrious is committed to ensuring an adequate and sufficient level of protection for your data. This includes relying on an adequacy decision under Article 45 of the GDPR for the destination country, entering into standard contractual clauses under Article 46.2 of the GDPR, or implementing any other appropriate safeguards as outlined in Chapter V of the GDPR.
If you have any questions regarding the transfer of your personal data outside the EU/EEA, please send a signed and dated request to the following email address: info@industriouslaw.com.

Industrious takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, amendment of, or damage.

Industrious does not retain your personal data longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this privacy policy. However, longer retention periods may apply where required by legal or contractual obligations, or in the context of legal proceedings.

Please note that lawyers have a general obligation to retain files and documents relating to a contractual relationship between a client and Industrious for a period of at least 5 years after the end of the contractual relationship (Article 2276bis of the Civil Code). However, we may retain your personal data for longer periods if this is necessary for our business activities, to comply with our legal obligations (for example, anti-money laundering legislation requires a retention period of 10 years for all documents relating to compliance with anti-money laundering legislation – Article 60 of the Belgian Act of 18 September 2017 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and the restriction of the use of cash) and/or in the event of litigation.

Under the GDPR and other applicable laws, you, as a data subject, have the following rights:

If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out prior to the withdrawal. However, please be aware that we may no longer be able to provide our services to you once consent is withdrawn.

Should you have any questions, remarks or complaints in relation to this policy or how Industrious processes your personal data, do not hesitate to send an email to: info@industriouslaw.com.

Should an issue arise, you may also file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (www.dataprotectionauthority.be). 

Industrious cannot process your request without proof of your identity. Please note that applicable law may include exceptions or impose conditions on the exercise of the above rights.

Industrious reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy in order to comply with applicable privacy laws. Your continued use of this Website, following the publication of the changes to the Policy, implies your acceptance thereof. Please check our website for any updates.

This privacy policy was last updated in June 2025 (archived versions are available upon request by contacting us at the following email address: info@industriouslaw.com).

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Cookies are used primarily to effect or facilitate the dispatch of communication via an electronic communications network, or to provide a service expressly requested by you. The purpose of cookies is to simplify visits by users and improve dialogue.

You can refuse to let cookies be installed by configuring your browser accordingly. However, refusing the installation of cookies may prevent you from having access to certain services on Industrious’ website.

More information on managing your cookie settings can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org.

This Privacy Policy is governed by Belgian law (with the exception of the rules concerning conflicting laws). Any dispute arising from, or related to the use of this Privacy Policy, will be subject to conciliation between the parties. Should such conciliation fail, the dispute will be referred to the courts of Brussels (Belgium).