Last updated 3 November 2020
This privacy policy will help you understand how Sofico uses and protects any information that you give Sofico when you use this website, and what choices you have. Sofico is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
When we talk about “Sofico,” “we,” “our,” or “us” in this policy, we are referring to SOFICO NV, with registered office at Technologiepark 84, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium, with registration number BE0404.484.060 (RPR Gent), responsible for the collection and processing of your Personal Data on this website. The processing of Personal Data by Sofico is governed by Belgian law. Sofico may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
Information you give us
Sofico collects only the Personal Data necessary to fulfill your request. We obtain Personal Data about you if you choose to provide it. Specifically, through this website you can provide the following:
Your contact, education or employment information may be collected and processed when you choose to contact us for either of the following:
Your Personal Data is not used for other purposes than the purposes for which you have provided the information to us, unless we obtain your permission, or unless otherwise required or permitted by law, professional standards or quality rules or in case needed to optimize the services or to inform you of other available services of Sofico. For example, if you send us a resume or curriculum vitae (CV) to apply online for a position with Sofico, we will solely use the information you provide to match you with available Sofico job opportunities.
Sofico only collects "special categories of Personal Data” when you voluntarily provide us with this information or where such information is required or permitted to be collected by law or professional standards. Special categories of Personal Data include Personal Data regarding a person's race, ethnicity, political beliefs, trade union membership, religious or similar beliefs, data concerning health or sexual life. Please use your discretion when providing these Personal Data to Sofico, and under any circumstances, do not provide special categories of Personal Data to Sofico, unless you thereby consent to Sofico's use of that information for its legitimate business purposes and consent to the transfer and storage of such information to and in Sofico databases. Personal Data relating to criminal convictions or offences will not be processed without a legal basis.
If you have any questions about whether the provision of special categories of Personal Data or Personal Data relating to criminal convictions and offences to Sofico is, or may be, necessary or appropriate for particular purposes, please contact Sofico at SoficoDPO@sofico.be.
In some instances, Sofico and its service providers uses cookies, web beacons and other technologies to automatically collect certain types of information when you visit us online. The collection of this information allows us to customize your online experience, improve the performance, usability and effectiveness of Sofico's online presence, and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities.
Automatically collected information may include the following:
Within the Sofico group
We may provide your Personal Data to other entities within the Sofico group as listed below in order to provide you with information that could be of interest to you and conduct market or other research. Personal Data may also be disclosed to other entities within the Sofico group in order to respond to your requests or inquiries.
Your Personal Data may be disclosed to following entities within the Sofico group:
SOFICO NV
Technologiepark 84
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
Belgium (BE)
Subsidiary entity
Country of location
SOFICO SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Lyonpark Road 402/13-15
Macquarie Park
North Ryde NSW 2113
Australia
Australia (AU)
SOFICO SERVICES FRANCE S.A.S.
avenue Saint-Jean 2
CS 60120, 84918 Avignon Cedex 9
France
France (FR)
SOFICO SERVICES GERMANY GMBH
Tölzer Straße 2f
81379 München
Germany
Germany (DE)
SOFICO SERVICES JAPAN K.K.
10F Toranomon, Piazza Bldg.
2-4-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 105-0001
Japan
Japan (JP)
SOFT AND INFORMATICS COMPANY MEXICO S.DE R.L. DE C.V.
Via Atlixcayotl 1899
Torre Bosques 4, Primer Piso, Oficina 101-2 Bosques de Angelopolis
72453 Puebla
Mexico
Mexico (MX)
SOFICO SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V.
De Bouw 1f
3991 SX Houten
Nederland
The Netherlands (NL)
SOFICO SERVICES UK LTD
Unit A, Stirling House
Willow End Park
Blackmore Park Road
Malvern, WR13 6NN
United Kingdom
United Kingdom (UK)
All of these disclosures may involve the transfer of your Personal Data across geographical borders to countries or regions outside the European Economic Area (EEA) where Sofico has a lawful basis for such transfer under Belgian Data Protection Law and under EU 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation Art. 44-49.
Outside the Sofico group
We do not share Personal Data with third parties outside of the Sofico group, except as necessary for our legitimate professional and business needs, to carry out your requests, and/or as required or permitted by law. Sofico does not sell Personal Data to any third parties. Also, Sofico will not transfer the Personal Data you provide to any third parties for their own direct marketing use.
Finally, Personal Data may also be disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory, or other government agencies, or to other third parties, in each case to comply with legal or regulatory obligations or requests.
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have taken technical and organizational measures to protect the databases in which your data is kept against unauthorized access, unauthorized use, theft or loss. Despite Sofico's best efforts, however, security cannot be absolutely guaranteed against all threats. To the best of our ability, access to your Personal Data is limited to those who have a need to know. Those individuals who have access to the Personal Data are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information. We also make reasonable efforts to retain Personal Data only for so long as the data is relevant in context of our business relationships, necessary to comply with an individual's request, for so long as permitted by law or until that person asks that the Personal Data be deleted.
Personal Data, resulting from a job application, will be retained for a period of three years. Your consent, given when sending the application form on Sofico’s career page, may be withdrawn at any time.
Our website may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites we encourage you to exercise caution and review the privacy policy of each website or online service visited before disclosing any Personal Data.
We want to make sure that your Personal Data is accurate and up to date. You can request a copy of the information that we hold about you and you may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate. You can also withdraw your permission for the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to exercise either of these rights or raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, please email us at SoficoDPO@sofico.be or write to us at the address mentioned below under section "How to contact us". Please note we will require a copy (photocopy, scan or photograph) of an official document confirming your identity.
If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your Personal Data not in accordance with the law, you can lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/citizen).
Sofico is committed to protecting the online privacy of your Personal Data. If you have questions or comments about our administration of your Personal Data, please contact us at SoficoDPO@sofico.be or by writing at below address. You may also use this address to communicate any concerns you may have regarding compliance with our Privacy Policy.
ATTN Data Protection Officer
SOFICO NV
Technologiepark 84
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
Our privacy policy may be extended or adapted in the future (for example, to accommodate new developments). For this reason, we recommend that you consult this privacy policy regularly. When we make changes to this statement, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this page. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.
Our cookie policy, applicable to visitors of our website.
Last updated 12 Aug 2020
This Cookie Policy will help you understand how Sofico uses and protects any information that you give Sofico when you use this website, and what choices you have. Sofico is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
When we talk about “Sofico,” “we,” “our,” or “us” in this policy, we are referring to SOFICO NV, with registered office at Technologiepark 84 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium, with registration number BE0404.484.060 (RPR Gent), responsible for the collection and processing of your Personal Data on this website. The processing of personal data by Sofico is governed by Belgian law. Sofico may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
If you have questions or comments about the use of cookies, please contact us at SoficoDPO@sofico.be or by writing at below address. You may also use this address to communicate any concerns you may have regarding compliance with our Cookie Policy.
ATTN Data Protection Officer
SOFICO NV
Technologiepark 84
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your Personal Data or Cookies not in accordance with the applicable legislation, you can lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/citizen).
This Cookie Policy is related to the Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Policy contains a listing and description of your rights, as a data subject, according to applicable privacy legislation (in particular the rights under GDPR).
A 'Cookie' is a small piece of text that a website places in the browser of your (mobile) device. The cookie allows the site to remember who you are and serves a number of purposes.
Although most browsers automatically accept cookies, you can choose whether or not to accept cookies via your browser's settings (often found in your browser's Tools or Preferences menu). You may also delete cookies from your device at any time. However, please be aware that if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to fully experience some of our websites' features.
Further information about managing cookies can be found in your browser's help file or through sites such as www.allaboutcookies.org.
As required by article 129, 1° of the Belgian Act on electronic communication of 13 June 2005 Sofico advises visitors of its websites about the use of cookies. However, we only uses cookies with a low risk for users, for which the Belgian Act on electronic communication of 13 June 2005 (AEC) does not require user consent. More detailed information about the types of cookies used can be found below.
Sofico does use some non-essential cookies. We do not do this to track individual users or to identify them, but to gain useful knowledge about how the site is used so that we can keep improving it for our users. Without the knowledge we gain from the systems that use these cookies we would not be able to provide the service we do.
We use Google Universal Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Universal Analytics uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use the site. It counts the number of visitors and tells us things about their behavior overall – such as the typical length of stay on the site or the average number of pages a user views. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. Cookies by themselves do not tell us your email address or otherwise identify you personally. In our analytical reports, we may obtain other identifiers including IP addresses, but this is for the purpose of identifying the number of unique visitors to our websites and geographic origin of visitor trends, and not to identify individual visitors.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. Your consent applies to the following domains: www.sofico.global
Below is a list of the types of cookies used on our website:
CategoryPurposeNameType & ExpiryFunctional
Functional cookies are used to make the website work as expected. Some cookies are essential meaning the website cannot function properly without these cookies. We use other cookies to help recognize and remember you so we can remember your settings and preferences, such as your language preference.
Functional
Preserves users states across page requests.
For example, if an inquiry form is completed incorrectly, a message will be stored and presented to the user to indicate the errors in the submission.
When an inquiry form is submitted successfully, a message is stored and presented to the user thanking them for their inquiry.
No personal information is stored in this cookie.
PHPSESSID
Session
Deleted upon closing the browser
FunctionalRemembers the user's selected language version of our websitehl
Persistent
Expires after 1 year.
AnalyticsWe use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site.
The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
(info) For an overview of privacy at Google, you can visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245Analytics
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_ga
Persistent
Expires after 2 years.
AnalyticsRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website._gidPersistent
Expires after 24 hours.Analytics
Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made.
_gatPersistent
Expires after 1 minute.Unclassified
Due to the nature of internet and web technology, we may not always have a view on third party cookies placed via our website. This could occur for instance when our web pages contain embedded elements; texts, documents, pictures or videos which are stored with a third party, but displayed on, or via our website.
Should you find cookies on this website which have not been identified above, then please let us know. Alternatively, you can contact the third party directly to inquire about their use of cookies, their purpose, the expiry of their cookies and in which way your privacy has been guaranteed.
If you would like to block cookies, you can do so for the browser you use. When you disable cookies, remember that some graphics may not appear correctly, or that you may be unable to use certain applications or online services. If you wish to delete the placed cookies, you may do so by clearing your browser's cookies. You will find more information on how disable and/or delete cookies at the following link: https://www.aboutcookies.org/default.aspx - click on how to control or delete cookies.
Website users that don’t want their data reported by Analytics can install the Analytics opt-out browser add-on, which instructs Analytics JavaScript to prohibit sending data to Analytics. This can affect data collection of Analytics technologies, including Universal Analytics and the User ID.
You can find more information about how cookies work on the external website All about cookies.
You can also manage the cookies that our partners use via these websites:
Your Online Choices
Your Ad choices
You can change these settings at any time in your cookie-preferences . You can also view our privacy policy .
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