Document background
The Personal Data Privacy Notice is a fundamental document required for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Belgian data protection law. It must be provided to individuals (data subjects) at the time their personal data is collected. The notice ensures transparency about how an organization processes personal data, fulfilling the requirements of Articles 13 and 14 of GDPR and corresponding Belgian legislation. Organizations must maintain and update this document to reflect current data processing activities, sharing practices, and data subject rights. The document should be written in clear, plain language accessible to all data subjects and must cover all aspects of data processing, from collection through to deletion. In the Belgian context, the notice should be available in the appropriate national languages (Dutch, French, and German where applicable) depending on the organization's operational scope.
