PRIVACY STATEMENT

Privacy statement

BV RIC, with its registered office at 8500 Kortrijk, President Kennedypark 6 (Belgium) and company registration number BE 0428.603.012 and SAS RIC, with its registered office at 69800 Saint-Priest, Place Berte Morisot 4, Bâtiment A3 (France) and company registration number 440.889.186, attach great importance to collecting and processing your personal data in a way that is secure, transparent and confidential. This includes all members of the RIC group: RIC technologies, RIC resolve, RIC biologics and RIC omics. In particular, we aim to protect the data of parties including our customers, subcontractors and suppliers against loss, leaks, errors, unauthorized access or unlawful processing etc.

We would like to inform you about how your personal data is collected and processed by means of this privacy statement (hereafter ‘Statement’).

We ask that you read this Statement carefully, since it contains essential information about how and for what purposes your personal data is processed.

By providing your personal data, you explicitly acknowledge that you have read and understand this Statement and explicitly agree to its terms, including the processing of your data as described herein.

Scope

This privacy statement applies to all the services we provide and, in general, to all the activities we undertake.

The controllers and their obligations

BV RIC, with its registered office at 8500 Kortrijk, President Kennedypark 6 and company registration number BE 0428.603.012 and SAS RIC, with its registered office at 69800 Saint-Priest, Place Berte Morisot 4, Bâtiment A3 (France) and company registration number 440.889.186, are the controllers responsible for processing your personal data.

When collecting and processing your personal data, we respect the Belgian and French regulations regarding the protection of personal data as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), from the date on which it came into effect (25 May 2018).

Types of personal data, processing purpose(s) and legal basis

(a) We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services (“service data”). The service data may include your name, your address, your date of birth, telephone number, e-mail address. The source of the service data is you. The service data may be processed for the purposes of providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us. Sometimes service data may include your name, your address, telephone number and professional e-mail address. The source of the service data is you or the company you are representing. The service data may be processed for the purposes of providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you or the company you are representing and us.

(b) We may process data about your use of our website and services (“usage data”). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analyzing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.

(c) We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding our products and/or services (“enquiry data”). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling/providing relevant products and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely our interest in the proper administration of our website and business.

(d) We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of products and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website (“transaction data”). The transaction data may include your contact details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased products and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely our interest in the proper administration of our website and business.

(e) We may process information that you provide to us, or were provided via other database sources, for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (“notification data”). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

(f) We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“correspondence data”). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.

(g) We may process any of your personal data identified in this Statement where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

(h) We may process any of your personal data identified in this Statement where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.

(i) In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this paragraph, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

(j) We only process special and/or sensitive personal data for the performance of a contract or the fulfillment of a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Transfer to companies within the RIC group

Personal data can be disclosed to any member of the RIC group – including RIC technologies, RIC resolve, RIC biologics and RIC omics – insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes and on the legal bases as set out in this Statement.

Transfer to third parties

Certain personal data that we collect will be passed on to and possibly processed by third-party service providers, including but not limited to our IT supplier, social security offices and government departments (e.g. judicial authorities etc.).

It is possible that one or more of the aforementioned third parties are located outside the European Economic Area (“EER”). However, personal data will only be transmitted to third countries with a suitable level of protection.

The employees, managers and/or representatives of the aforementioned service providers or institutions and the specialized service providers they appoint must respect the confidential nature of your personal data and may only use this data in the context in which it was transmitted.

If necessary, your personal data can be passed on to other third parties. This may be the case, for example, if we were to be entirely or partly reorganized, our activities were to be transferred or if we were to be declared bankrupt. It is also possible that personal data has to be passed on as a result of a court order or in order to comply with a specific legal obligation. In that case, we will make reasonable efforts to inform you in advance of this transmission to other third parties. However, you will acknowledge and understand that this is not always technically or commercially feasible in certain circumstances, and that possible legal restrictions may apply.

Under no circumstances will we sell your personal data or make it available commercially to direct marketing companies or similar service providers, unless we have your prior permission.

Access by third parties

For the purpose of processing your personal data, we grant access to our employees, staff and appointees. We ensure an equivalent level of protection by imposing contractual obligations on these individuals that align with the principles set forth in this Statement.

Technical and organizational measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the secure processing of your personal data and to safeguard them against destruction, loss, falsification, alteration, unauthorized access, accidental disclosure to third parties, or any other form of unauthorized processing.

Under no circumstances can BV RIC, SAS RIC or any member of the RIC group be held liable for any direct or indirect damage arising from the erroneous or unlawful use of personal data by a third party.

Retaining and deleting personal data

Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

Client data and supplier data will be removed from our system after a period of seven years after the definitive termination of the contract or project, except for the personal data that we are obliged to keep for longer on the basis of specific legislation or in the event of an ongoing dispute for which personal data is still necessary.

Amendments

We may update this Statement from time to time by publishing a new version on our websites.

Your rights

In this paragraph, we have summarized the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.

Your principal rights under data protection law are: (a) the right to access; (b) the right to rectification; (c) the right to erasure; (d) the right to restrict processing; (e) the right to object to processing; (f) the right to data portability; (g) the right to complain to a supervisory authority; (h) the right to withdraw consent; and (i) rights relating to automated decision making including profiling.

(a) You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge within a time period of 30 days, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee.

(b) You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed. We will process this request within a period of 30 days.

(c) In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

(d) In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.

(e) You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

(f) To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:

* consent; or

* that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

(g) If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

(h) To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

(i) We confirm that the processing of your personal data does not include any profiling and that you are not subjected to solely automated decision-making.

You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by sending a written notice to our designated contact person: Tom Sandra to be contacted at dataprotection@RIC-group.com

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Data protection officer

If you have any further questions or comments regarding the collection and processing of your personal data after reading this Statement, please get in touch with our data protection officer: Tom Sandra, to be contacted at dataprotection@RIC-group.com.