Privacy statement

Last updated: 2 June 2026

Perennis (which includes the work of Brave Hearts Rising Together) takes the protection of your personal data and your privacy seriously.

This statement explains how we collect, process and protect your data, in full accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Belgian privacy law.

1. Who is the data controller?

Perennis is the data controller for the processing of your personal data.

• Company: Perennis (including the project "Brave Hearts - Rising Together")
• Company number (KBO): BE 0829.603.485
• Address: Zeedijk 211, 0602, 8430 Middelkerke
• E-mail: info@bezieldleven.com

2. Which personal data do we collect?

We only process the personal data that is necessary for our services and that you give us directly (for example through the website, e-mail or registration forms). This can include:

• Identification data: first name and last name.
• Contact data: e-mail address and telephone number (if provided).
• Invoicing and administrative data: address, VAT number (if applicable), bank details and payment history (when you take part in paid activities).
• Interaction data: your preferences (which pillar or newsletter you sign up for), your consent history and any feedback or messages you send us.

3. Why do we process your data, and on what legal basis?

We process your data only for the following purposes and on the following legal grounds:

• Performance of an agreement: when you register for an activity, workshop or trajectory, we process your data to organise your participation and for invoicing.
• Your explicit consent: for sending newsletters, free gifts or commercial updates. You can withdraw this consent at any time.
• Legal obligation: we are legally required to keep certain data, for example for our bookkeeping and tax obligations (such as invoices).
• Legitimate interest: for the proper functioning of our business, such as improving our services or keeping our systems secure.

4. Do we share your data with third parties?

Your data is never passed on or sold to third parties for commercial or marketing purposes.

We only share your data with external service providers (processors) when strictly necessary to deliver our services, such as IT and software providers (for example for sending newsletters or website hosting) and our accountant (to process invoices).

We conclude data processing agreements with these partners to make sure they treat your data as securely as we do, in line with the GDPR.

5. How long do we keep your data?

• Newsletters and marketing: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete your data.
• Client data (activities): for as long as the client relationship lasts. Afterwards we keep the data for the legal periods (such as the tax retention period of 7 to 10 years for invoices).
• Non-binding enquiries: at most 1 year after the last contact, unless an agreement follows.

6. Security of your data

Perennis takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure. Our systems and security measures are evaluated regularly and adjusted where necessary.

7. What are your rights?

Under the GDPR you have several rights regarding your personal data. You can exercise them free of charge:

• Right of access and rectification: you can ask at any time which data we hold about you and have incorrect or incomplete data corrected.
• Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"): you can ask us to delete your data, unless we are legally required to keep it (for example for bookkeeping).
• Right to restriction of processing: you can ask us to temporarily stop processing your data.
• Right to data portability: you have the right to receive the data you gave us in a structured, commonly used digital format.
• Right to object: you can object at any time to the use of your data for direct marketing.

How to exercise them: at the bottom of every newsletter you will find an unsubscribe link and a link to the self-service portal where you can update your data or unsubscribe. You can also send a reasoned request to info@bezieldleven.com. We respond as soon as possible and in any case within the legal term of one month.

8. Complaints

Do you have a question, or are you unhappy with how we handle your privacy? Please contact us first. You also always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian data protection authority:

Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (GBA)
Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels
www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be
contact@apd-gba.be

Perennis reserves the right to change this privacy statement if legislation or our internal operations require it. Changes will always be published on our website.