SGI-BEL ASBL POLICY ON THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
The official responsible for data collection: Soka Gakkai Internatonal Belgium ASBL, abbreviated
SGI-BEL ASBL, whose registered office is located at 1070 Brussels, Rue Grisar, 46 (BCE: 445.120.231)
Contact address: privacy@sgi-bel.org
Overview
SGI-BEL makes every effort to protect the confidentiality of your personal data and to respect thelegislation that applies to the collecting and processing of personal data, this including the General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This data collection policy applies to:- members of the association (data collected during your membership);- non-members interested in or participants in the activities of the association (data collected when
you register for activities, such as seminars, courses, examinations, etc. or when you participate inmeetings or encounters);- donors (data collected during a donation).
Data collected:
The data processed by SGI-BEL is as follows: Surnames; first names; sex; date of birth; languages; nationality; postal address; electronic
mail address and contact information; identity photo; telephone number; cell phone
number; family situation; person to contact in case of emergency; level of study; profession;
religious, spiritual and philosophic orientation;
 photos taken during participation in events or meetings;
 diverse information that might be exchanged between you and other leaders or with theSecretariat of SGI-BEL; bank account information in the context of a donation or the participation in a seminar,training course, etc.
Legal basis for data collection
SGI-BEL collects your data as part of your membership, participation or support for its activities.
SGI-BEL collects your data based on its legitimate interest in keeping you informed of its activities
once you have joined or shown your interest in the Buddhist practice of our association.
SGI-BEL intends to process your data based on your consent when it comes to processing data
concerning your religious, spiritual and philosophical beliefs. For this purpose, you have completed orwill complete forms online or in writing for events, seminars, courses, examinations, etc., in order for
SGI-BEL to collect this consent.
Objectives of data collection

The data is collected and processed by SGI-BEL for the following purposes:
 notices of association meetings (members);
 invitations to meetings, activities, events, seminars, and exams (members, interested nonmembers, and donors); sending or announcement of publications related to SGI-BEL's activity (members, interestednon-members, and donors);
 the smooth running of activities, seminars, examinations, etc.
 the establishment of statistics on Buddhist practice in Belgium.
Transfer of data within our association
Your data are processed by leaders of the association at the national, headquarters, chapter, district
and group levels. Your data may be transmitted among the members and participants of the samegroup.
Leaders’ data may be communicated to all interested persons in order that these persons can findout about the association’s activities.
Transfer of data outside our association
Unless you object to such transfer, SGI-BEL is authorized to disclose your data or to transfer it to third
parties in the following cases: When transferring to a third-party company which acts as a processor to provide us withtechnical services such as our accountant, lawyer or computer scientist. These transfers will
only be made in accordance with applicable regulations to respect your privacy.
 If the transfer is required by a competent judicial or administrative authority.

In this respect, you authorize SGI-BEL to communicate your information, and in certain cases photos,
to other Soka Gakkai associations established in other countries which have regulations that are justas protective as those applicable in Belgium in terms of privacy and protection of personal data andonly for the purpose of registering for seminars after you have informed us of your desire toparticipate, or in order to inform international members of the activities of the Belgian association;and to Japan-based Soka Gakkai / Soka Gakkai International to allow them to update their data on
Buddhist practice around the world.
Your rights: Access to collected information, rectification, deletion
You may at any time and without charge request access to and/or a copy of the personal informationthat we store in our database. We may ask for proof of identification in this context before
proceeding with your request. You also have the right to request to correct your data or delete itfrom our files as long as this does not make it impossible to perform a service you have requested.
You can in any case at any time oppose the processing of your personal data by SGI-BEL or request
this processing to be limited. Under certain conditions, you can also request that it be directlytransmitted to another association (portability rights).

Personal data is erased from our files, provided you let us know in writing that you intend to remove
yourself definitively from Buddhist practice.
Protecting information and the network
SGI-BEL makes every effort to optimally protect your data on its server against unauthorized accessand to ensure the confidentiality of your personal information.
In this respect, only members of SGI-BEL with official status subject to a confidentiality obligation
have access to your data.
Respect of data collected concerning minors
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. In principle, we do not collect children's data
unless we obtain parental consent. Please contact us immediately if you believe that a child's data
has been collected without parental permission.
Stay informed of changes
SGI-BEL may modify this privacy policy, particularly in the event of legislative changes. We advise you
to regularly review the data collection policy on our website www.sgi-bel.org. In addition, we will
inform you of any content changes via our frequent communication channels (registration forms forseminars, etc.).
Contact us
If you would like to exercise one of the rights mentioned above, if you need specific assistance or you
want to send us feedback, please contact us via the various methods listed below:
 Via email at: privacy@sgi-bel.org
 By post to: SGI-BEL asbl, Rue Grisar 46, 1070 Anderlecht
 By telephone: 02/345.87.14
 By fax: 02/346.46.85
Do not hesitate to contact us if you think that we are not processing your data with the care that you
expect. You can also directly contact and file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority:
Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels+32 (0)2 274 48 00