Privacy Policy - MYWAYPRO

Data Processing and Responsibility 

By ‘processing’, we mean every operation we carry out on data, such as collecting, saving, storing, consulting, using, sending, deleting, archiving, and destroying data. 

D’Ieteren N.V., headquartered at Rue du Mail, 50, 1050 Brussels, is the entity responsible for processing your personal data. Any questions you may have on this matter can be sent to us by mail at the above address or by email at the following address: info@mywaypro.be.

What personal data do we process? 

By ‘personal data’, we mean any information regarding any identified or identifiable person. 

We process the personal data that you send us – such as user data (e.g. first and last name, sex, language, address, e-mail address, bank account number and similar information, copies of ID cards, hobbies), technical data regarding your vehicle (e.g. your chassis number, vehicle identification plate), location data (where applicable: e.g. if your vehicle is equipped with a geolocation system and you have consented to this service) – and the data we collect when you use our services (e.g. your vehicle’s mileage, how often you come to our dealerships, how often you visit our websites). 

We only use automatically processed data to make decisions when this is necessary to enter into or perform a contract (e.g. when issuing a loan) or if you have provided consent. 

We do not process ‘sensitive’ data concerning things including, but not limited to, race or ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical convictions, your life and/or sexual orientation, or your health. If it were necessary to process such data, we would only do so after having received your express permission, and only for specific purposes that we would explain to you in advance, or if it were necessary to process it for the purposes of labour law, social security, preventive medicine, or workplace medicine. 

For what purposes and on what basis do we use the data that you send us? 

We use the personal data that you send to us for a variety of purposes, such as: 

  • Administering our contractual relationship and the associated services (e.g. using your telephone number to inform you that the requested work is being performed on your vehicle, or improving our products and services, such as when we ask for feedback during satisfaction surveys); 
  • For uses that you have specifically agreed to (e.g. using your e-mail address if you have opted to receive newsletters on our products via e-mail); 
  • To perform statistical analyses (e.g. using anonymous data to determine how often customers come to our workshops); 
  • To comply with mandatory legal or regulatory obligations we are required to meet; 
  • When we have a legitimate interest in doing so, such as in preventing and fighting fraud. In this case, we balance this interest alongside our efforts to respect your privacy; 
  • Rendering the data pseudoanonymous, with no relation to your personal data, for commercial purposes. 

We may sometimes need to transfer your data to other companies within our corporate group (sister companies, subsidiaries like D’Ieteren Lease or Volkswagen D’Ieteren Finance) for the above purposes. We will not transfer it to third parties, except:

  • To members of the distribution network for the brands that we distribute (manufacturers and their associated finance companies, dealerships);
  • When we are legally required to do so (e.g. the Credit Register of the National Bank of Belgium, when issuing a loan); 
  • When we are legally authorised to do so (e.g. if we transfer our rights and obligations to a loan) 
  • To subcontractors, when this is needed to perform our services (e.g. electronically archiving invoices)
  • To keep it up to date (sending it to BPost when mail is returned following a change of address) 
  • When you provide prior consent 

If processing the data via a subcontractor requires it to be transferred outside of the European Union, we will ensure that your data is protected in accordance with applicable European Union law. 

We ensure that any third party to whom we transfer your data processes it, as we do, with the highest standard of security, with every necessary safeguard in place to protect it. 

How do we protect your data, and how long do we store it? 

We take every technical and organisational measure needed to protect your personal data. 

Your data is stored for the time needed to process it for the purposes for which it was collected, which varies according to the purpose of its collection. For example: 

  • 7 years for accounting/tax documents; 
  • 8 years after the end of the contractual relationship to conserve proof for disputes or claims; 
  • 8 years after a marketing campaign with no result. 

This time period can sometimes be longer, to comply with legal requirements or in the event of a dispute or claim. 

At the end of these storage periods, personal data is deleted or rendered anonymous or unusable. 

What are your rights? 

You have the following rights with regard to the personal data that we collect/that you send us: 

  • The Right to Access and Transfer Data: 

You have the right to access all personal data concerning you. You have the right to receive confirmation as to whether your personal data is or is not being processed, and to be informed of the purposes for which we process it, the type of data that is processed, the persons and entities who receive the data, and how long your data is stored. You also have the right to receive a copy of the personal data that you have provided, and to send it (or ask us to send it) to another entity responsible for processing personal data. 

  • The Right to Correct/Delete Data 

The Right to Be Forgotten You have the right to ask for data concerning you to be corrected if you realise that it is inaccurate or incomplete. You also have the right to ask for your personal data to be deleted if it is no longer necessary 3 for the purposes for which it was collected. If you gave us permission to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw this permission at any time. 

  • The Right to Object to the Processing of Data for Marketing Purposes 

You have the right to refuse for your data to be processed for direct marketing or prospecting purposes. No reason need be provided if you decide to refuse. 

  • The Right to Limit Data Processing 

You have the right to require us to limit the processing of your data: (i) when you contest the accuracy of the data; (ii) when you object to the data being deleted and demand instead that it be used in a limited fashion; or (iii) when we no longer need to process your data, but you still require it for the purposes of establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims. 

  • The Right to File a Complaint with the Oversight Authority 

You may, if you choose, file a complaint concerning the processing of your data with the Data Protection Authority (formerly the Privacy Commission) at the following address: Autorité de la Protection des Données, Rue de la Presse, 35, 1000 Bruxelles – contact@apd-gba.be 

You can exercise the first four rights by contacting us at the addresses mentioned in the section ‘Data Processing and Responsibility’.