The Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique undertakes to comply with the legislation on the protection of privacy in force in Belgium: the processing of personal data on this site is subject to the Law of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy with regard to the processing of personal data, as amended by the Act of 11 December 1998 transposing Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 the European Parliament and of Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, as well as royal decrees relating thereto.

Although most information is available on the site without the need to provide personal data, it is possible that private information be requested from the user.

In this case, such data are processed in accordance with the Law of 8 December 1992 concerning the processing of personal data.

This notably means that:

• the personal data (including messages sent to us by e-mail where the site permits) are collected and processed in order to respond to the request for information submitted;


• the personal data are not disclosed to third parties or used for commercial purposes;


• the user has the right to access personal data, to verify the accuracy and to correct any errors. For this purpose, contact can be made with the site manager.

The Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique undertakes to take the necessary precautions to prevent misuse by third parties of personal data communicated to it.