Privacy Policy
Website privacy notice Fujirebio Europe N.V.
Version: 21/06/2023
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1. Introduction
Fujirebio Europe N.V., with registered office at Technologiepark, 6, 9052, Ghent, Belgium and registered with the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises (RPM Gent) under number 0427.550.660, (hereinafter referred to as "Fujirebio", "us", "we", or "our"), attaches great importance to privacy and is therefore committed to protecting (personal) data with the greatest possible care and to processing personal data only in a fair and lawful manner in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (hereinafter: "General Data Protection Regulation" or "GDPR"), as well as any applicable current or future national legislation implementing or replacing it.
Terms such as "Processing", "Processor", "Data Controller" or "Personal Data" have the meanings ascribed to them under applicable data protection laws.
This privacy notice contains essential information about how Fujirebio, as a data controller, collects and processes your personal data, including for what purposes, for how long and what your rights as a data subject are.
If you do not want us to process your Personal Data, please do not submit any of your Personal Data on this Website. Please read through this privacy notice before submitting any of your Personal Data to us. Please note, however, that without your Personal Data, you may not be able to use some of the services offered on this Website.
The Website may contain links to other websites over which we have no control. Fujirebio is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other websites. If you access these websites through our Website, you should read the privacy notices of those websites so that you can understand how they collect, use and share your information.
If you have any requests concerning your Personal Data or any queries with regard to these practices, please contact https://www.fujirebio.com/en/contact/data-privacy or send an email to privacy@fujirebio.com.
2. Who are we and how can you reach us?
Fujirebio Europe NV
Technologiepark 6
9052 Zwijnaarde (Ghent) – Belgium
privacy@fujirebio.com
3. Processing of personal data
| Processing activity | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Contact form or correspondance |
By completing the contact form on the website, you consent to Fujirebio processing your salutation, first name, last name, email address, country and your inquiry or message. You can also choose to complete the optional fields of the contact form which contain phone number, organization / company, company type and function / job title. If you contact us directly (by email, phone or letter), we will process your contact information and the content of this correspondence. We only use this information to adequately handle your question or message. |
| External communications |
When sending out external communications, Fujirebio processes your name, first name, email address and company. Fujirebio collects this personal data based on your consent and for the purpose of sending you relevant information and keeping you informed about our latest developments at Fujirebio. Legitimate interest can also be used as a legal basis if the conditions of the applicable legislation are met. If we obtained your consent, we will process your information until you withdraw your consent. If we rely on legitimite interest as legal basis, we will process your information until you exercise your right to object. |
| Sales and marketing |
Fujirebio may use your name and contact information for direct marketing campaigns to inform you about promotions related to the products and services Fujirebio provides, and to contact potential future customers. We may also use the data to make targeted offers. We will send these communications or place the advertisements based on Fujirebio’s legitimate interest if we perceive that you are interested in, or could benefit from, our services or products. If we obtained your consent, we will process your information until you withdraw your consent. If we rely on legitimite interest as legal basis, we will process your information until you exercise your right to object. |
| Market research, customer satisfaction and quality assurance surveys |
Based on the legitimate interest of Fujirebio, we may use your contact information and feedback information to assess, evaluate and improve the services offered. For this purpose, we may send questionnaires or customer surveys, or ask you to complete our customer feedback form. We only keep this information for as long as it is necessary in light of the purpose for which it was collected. |
| Social media plug-ins |
The Fujirebio website integrate plug-ins from social media channels such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Youtube. From the moment you visit our website, these social plug-ins send information to the external platform about your device, which pages you visit and how you use our services. The plug-ins are processed regardless of whether you have an account. It is the responsibility of the social media provider to implement an adequate retention period. |
| Events |
In the context of events, we collect and use your salutation, first name, last name, e-mail address, phone number, company / organization and general message to allow you to book a meeting with us when we are participating in an event. We will only keep this data for as long as it is necessary in light of the purpose for which it was collected (e.g., organizing the event, post-event communication, sending information about future events, etc). |
| Applications |
Fujirebio processes applicants' CV, first name, last name, e-mail address and general message (motivation) as part of recruitment procedures. We strongly encourage you not to include sensitive personal data in your motivation or CV when applying for a job with Fujirebio. This data will be processed based on our legitimate interest. We intend to store your CV and personal data for a maximum period of 3 years in light of future vacancies. Your personal data are only accessible for the members of the Recruitment and Selection team and will not be shared with third parties. |
| Optimizing the website | Based on our legitimate interest to optimize our website, Fujirebio may analyze your behavior on the website (e.g. clicks, time spent on the website, browser type, etc.). If consent is required for this activity, we will ask for it before starting this activity. Retention periods depend on which cookie is being used. For more information on how we use cookies on our website, please consult our cookie policy. |
| Management of relationships with suppliers and customers | To manage our relationships with customers and suppliers, Fujirebio processes name, first name, email address, phone number, bank account number, deposits, direct debit and VAT numbers. We process these personal data in order to execute or conclude a contract. These data are kept for 10 years after the next year end after the last assignment. |
| Management of accounts |
We can collect the following Personal Data on the basis of our legitimate interest when you register for an account on the Website through one of our online forms. Basic eServices Accounts: first name, last name, e-mail address, organization / company, country. Premium Accounts: first name, last name, e-mail address, organization / company, country, job title, preferred phone number, fields of interest, company type, laboratory focus, biomarker interest, address, city, zip code, state / region. When you de-activate your account, your Personal Data can be retained up until 30 years. If you wish to object to this or exercise your right to erasure, please follow the instructions in the section below “6. Your rights”. |
Fujirebio will not request personal health care information from you via our Website. If you provide us with personal health care information in a request or any other communications, you understand that you are doing so on a voluntary basis and at your own risk.
4. With whom will your Personal Data be shared?
Your personal data may be shared in the following cases:
- Between the different branches of Fujirebio (employees or agents of Fujirebio’s affiliates, subsidiaries or group companies worldwide), in case this transfer is required for the provision of our products or services in accordance with the predetermined purpose;
- Personal data may be shared with external service providers to which Fujirebio has outsourced certain processing activities. In any case, they are limited to processing your personal data in accordance with our instructions and, if necessary, a processing agreement will be concluded so that they are obliged to comply with all obligations required by applicable data protection laws;
- Personal data may be shared with purchasers, or potential purchasers, of all or part of Fujirebio’s business (and their professional advisors);
- If required by applicable laws or regulations.
Personal Data provided by you or collected from you online will never be shared with third parties for their own marketing use.
When your data is transferred outside the European Economic Area to a third country that does not benefit from an adequacy decision by the European Commission, we guarantee that we will implement appropriate safeguards to secure this international transfer, such as entering into Standard Contractual Clauses with the contracting party in the third country in question. Fujirebio also examines for each international transfer whether additional technical, organizational or contractual safeguards must be implemented in addition to the Standard Contractual Clauses in order to achieve an adequate level of data protection.
5. For how long will your data be retained?
Fujirebio retains your personal data for no longer than is strictly necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which we have collected the data, for example for the performance of a contract or to comply with a legal obligation. Retention periods differ with respect to the type of processing activity and the purpose for which the personal data was collected.
For example, personal data may be kept longer if there is a legal or regulatory reason to do so, or shorter if the data subject objects to the processing of his/her personal data and if there is no longer a legitimate reason for us to keep them.
We guarantee that we will only provide limited access to archived data and that we will delete or anonymize your personal data when the retention period has expired.
6. Your rights
In accordance with the GDPR, you have the following rights with regard to your Personal Data:
| Right | Description |
|---|---|
| Right to information |
You have the right to be informed about how your personal data are processed (in particular what personal data are processed, for what purposes and on what legal basis). The privacy notice you are reading now aims to do exactly this. |
| Right to access |
You have the right to access your personal data and request a copy of the personal data. |
| Right to rectification |
You have the right to have incorrect personal data corrected, or incomplete personal data completed. |
| Right to deletion |
You can request the erasure of personal data held about you. The request to erase your personal data cannot always be granted, for example due to contractual or legal obligations. |
| Right to object |
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, e.g. if the processing is carried out on the grounds of legitimate interest or the public interest of Fujirebio processing your data. If your personal data is used for direct marketing purposes, you have an absolute right to object to this processing activity. |
| Right to restrict |
You have the right to obtain restriction of processing in certain situations, for example if you dispute the accuracy of personal data, for a period of time that allows Fujirebio to verify the accuracy. |
| Right to data portability |
You have the right to receive personal data concerning you, processed by Fujirebio, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or to transfer such data to another controller. |
| Right to file a complaint | In case of problems, we encourage you to contact Fujirebio to reach an amicable agreement. However, if you consider that an amicable settlement is not possible or desirable, you may exercise your right to file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority: Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels, Tel +32 (0)2 274 48 00, e-mail: contact@apd-gba.be. |
If handling your request requires unreasonable measures (e.g. it is technically or organizationally virtually impossible or extremely costly), Fujirebio may charge you a reasonable fee in light of the administrative costs involved in handling the request. We may also refuse to process requests that are excessive, in particular due to their repetitive nature.
You may exercise these rights by sending an email to our Data Protection Officer ("DPO") at the following email address privacy@fujirebio.com. We will handle your request in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
7. Security
We have implemented technical and organizational security measures to prevent the destruction, loss, forgery, alteration, unauthorized access or disclosure of your personal data to third parties and any other unauthorized processing of such data.
We have made every effort to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information systems and services in which personal data are processed. All our employees and third parties engaged by us are obliged to respect the privacy and security of your data.
8. Complaints
If you are concerned that we have breached your privacy or in case of an alleged breach by Fujirebio against the terms of this privacy notice or against the provisions of the GDPR, you are free to complete the request form available on https://www.fujirebio.com/en/contact/data-privacy or you may send an e-mail to privacy@fujirebio.com. We will use handle your request in accordance with the applicable data protection laws.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the privacy supervisory authority in your country or at https://www.privacycommission.be, if you believe we have not handled your request in an appropriate manner.
9. Changes to this privacy notice
This privacy notice may be updated periodically. We will notify you in case of substantial modifications that affect you. Please make sure to read this notice from time to time to ensure you are aware of how Fujirebio processes your Personal Data. The date of the most recent revision will appear on this page, so please visit this privacy notice each time prior to submitting your Personal Data.
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