Legal

Privacy policy

Last updated: October 2026

For us, privacy is more than a word: it is a fundamental right.

We are therefore pleased to explain the measures we take to protect your personal data. In addition, this statement provides an overview of the rights you have as a visitor to our website, as a (potential) client of our firm or as a data subject (for example, as a contact person within a company).

This privacy statement applies to all processing of personal data carried out by Advocatenkantoor Marc Schoofs SRL, which conducts its business under the trade name Arkalis.

Please read this statement thoroughly and with due care.

Who is the controller?

Advocatenkantoor Marc Schoofs SRL, which conducts its business under the trade name Arkalis, partners in law, with its registered office at Stationlei 68, 1800 Vilvoorde, and registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number 0461.975.069 (RLE Brussels), is the controller and accordingly determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, you may send them to privacy@arkalis.be.

Do we process personal data?

The processing of personal data is essential to the conduct of our activities. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This may include:

Contact information: surname, first name, title, address details, email address, …;
Data that you provide to us or that comes into our possession in the performance of the contract (bank account information, …);
Data that you provide to us in another context (job application, initial contact, events, suppliers, …).

Why do we process personal data?

We process your personal data for various purposes:

in connection with our legal services and services as lawyers (correspondence, representation, banking transactions, …);
in connection with the running of the firm (contact persons at suppliers, …);
to comply with legal and statutory obligations (e.g. anti-money laundering legislation);
marketing purposes;
handling job applications.

On what legal basis do we process personal data?

We process your personal data on the basis of one or more legal grounds, such as:

the performance of the contract between you and Arkalis (or steps taken prior to entering into it);
compliance with a legal obligation;
the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us as controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require the protection of personal data;
your consent.

Is your personal data transferred?

In order to conduct our activities properly and to guarantee you the best possible service, it is often necessary to pass on certain of your personal data to other parties. Your personal data may be passed on to:

staff associated with Arkalis, who are accordingly bound by professional secrecy or a contractual duty of confidentiality;
third parties who are important and/or necessary for the provision of legal services: opposing parties, contact persons, insurance companies, notaries, bailiffs, other lawyers, public authorities, courts, …;
third parties, such as supervisory bodies and other authorities, in order to comply with legal obligations;
external suppliers: suppliers of ICT services, telecommunications services, …;
processors with whom a data processing agreement has been concluded.

Please note that this list is not exhaustive and that these parties may be located in Belgium or abroad. We only transfer data for the purposes set out in this privacy statement and on the basis of the legal grounds indicated above.

Retention period

Personal data is retained for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes set out in this privacy statement, taking into account statutory retention periods, legitimate interests, …

Confidentiality and security

Confidentiality is the cornerstone of our profession, and security naturally goes hand in hand with it. We therefore take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security and protect your data against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.

Under no circumstances can the controller be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from incorrect or unlawful use of the personal data by a third party.

What are your rights?

In accordance with the applicable regulations and within the limits laid down therein (e.g. professional secrecy), data subjects have the following rights with regard to the processing of data by Arkalis:

Right to withdraw your consent

Where the processing of data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall in any event not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. This is in accordance with the principle: “It shall be as easy to withdraw consent as to give it.”

Right of access

You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, where that is the case, to request from us a copy of the data referred to in Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation. If you request further copies, we may charge you a reasonable fee.

Rectification and completion of data

You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. In addition, you always have the right to ask us to complete or delete your personal data. You acknowledge that if you refuse to provide personal data or request its deletion, it may no longer be possible to provide certain services.

Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)

You have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning you where there is a legal basis for doing so (for example: the personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed; the personal data has been unlawfully processed; …).

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of personal data where there is a legal basis for doing so (for example: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of its use instead; …).

Right to data portability

In certain cases, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. In those cases, you also have the right to transmit that data to another controller.

Right to object

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you, where:

the processing is based on our legitimate interests or those of a third party, unless there are compelling legitimate grounds which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or which relate to the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes.

You may exercise the above rights by contacting us, either by email at privacy@arkalis.be, by post to Arkalis, Stationlei 68, 1800 Vilvoorde, or via the contact page of this website, enclosing a copy of your identity card.

Data Protection Authority

For any further information or any complaint regarding the processing of your personal data, you may contact the Data Protection Authority (DPA):

Data Protection Authority (APD/GBA)
Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels
+32 2 274 48 00
www.dataprotectionauthority.be

Changes to this statement

We reserve the right to change or otherwise amend this statement. Please therefore consult this statement regularly so that you are always aware of any changes.