Privacy Policy

4.2 - We may also Process your Personal Data (e.g. as a contractor, consultant or partner) in the context of our internal workforce management, which activities are described in a separate (internal) notice and which will, when applicable, be provided to you.

4.3 - In addition to the Data categories listed above, we may use other types of Data relating to you that you may have voluntarily provided to us, that were provided to us in the context of our business relations or that we have deducted or generated from Data that were already in our possession.

5 - We may collect your Data in different ways

5.1 - We may collect Data that you have voluntarily provided to us (for by applying or registering for an event, visiting our booth at a congress, attending a meeting with one of our team members, by giving us your business card, responding to a survey or participating in a Website feature) or through the company or organisation you work for.

5.2 - It may also be possible that we receive or indirectly collect Data about you, for example, from our business partners or from public sources such as social networks or public websites.

6 - Sharing your Personal Data with others

6.1 - We restrict access to your data to employees and any person acting under our authority on a need-to-know basis, who respect our confidentiality rules and comply with our instructions.

6.2 - Any person having access to your Personal Data (e.g. our Marketing & Communication team, our Sales team, our Procurement team, our IT team) and acting under our authority Processes your Data in respect of the instructions that we have given them and has committed him or herself to respect our confidentiality rules.

6.3 - We may call on intragroup or external Processors for the Processing of your Personal Data (e.g. intragroup service providers, external IT service providers, external mailing providers). In this case, we only call on Processors providing sufficient guarantees on the lawfulness, transparency and the security of the Processing of your Data.

6.4 - We may also need to transfer your Data to other Recipients (both intragroup and external) if we believe in good faith that this is necessary, at all times taking into account our obligations under the Applicable Laws. We could transfer your Data to, for example:

• • Attorneys or courts to safeguard the rights and interests of our organization, our people, our customers and partners or the public in general;
  • Public or enforcement authorities to comply with a legal obligation or procedure;
  • External or internal service providers;
  • Potential investors or counsels in the context of an equity raise, reorganisation or an M&A transaction;
  • Our (statutory) auditors to perform an audit.

6.5 - We may also share your Data with authorized distributors, business partners to communicate with you or to respond to your queries.

6.6 - We are an international organisation, operating globally and may therefore transfer your Personal Data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Transfers from our entities in the European Economic Area to entities outside the EEA are covered by intercompany data transfer agreements in line with Applicable Laws. When your personal data is shared by us with or transferred by or to a third party outside the EEA, when required, we will enter into the appropriate data transfer agreements or otherwise make sure appropriate safeguards are in place.

7- Minimizing and securing your Personal data – Data retention & deletion

7.1 - At all times we aim to minimize the Personal Data we process, to make sure we only use your Data when and in so far, we need it. Where possible we also pseudonymise or key-code your Data so that you cannot be directly identified.

7.2 - We only keep your data where and in so far as we need it, in line with the mandatory retention terms. Once we are no longer required to keep your Personal Data or have an appropriate basis to continue the Processing, we will either delete or anonymise your Data.

8 - We respect your rights

8.1 - We have implemented reasonable, risk-based technical and organisational measures to ensure that your Data is protected from loss or disclosure, unauthorised use, modification or destruction.

8.2 - Under the Applicable laws You have certain rights in relation to the Personal Data we hold about you, including:

• • the right of information about and access to your Personal Data;
  • the right to rectify or erase certain Personal Data;
  • the right to restrict or to object to certain processing;
  • the right to data portability;
  • the right to withdraw your consent, where the processing is based on consent.

8.3 - You can request the exercise of your rights by contacting us using the contact details below.

8.4 - In order to guarantee the security of your Data and to avoid any misuse, before responding to your request, we will ask you to provide us with an acceptable proof of your identity and will verify the legitimacy of your request and whether all the conditions have been satisfied.

9 - Contact us

9.1 - If you have any questions or concerns about the way we collect, store and use your Data, do not hesitate to direct them to our Group privacy point of contact:

• • By email: Privacy@univercells.com
  • By phone: T +32 (0)2 318 83 48
  • By mail: Avenue Hermann Debroux 54, 1160 Auderghem, Belgium

9.2 - We will deploy our best efforts to find a quick and fair solution to any concern that you may submit to us.

9.3 - In addition, if you have reasons to believe that the Processing of your Personal Data by us infringes the Applicable Laws, you have the right, at all times, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can reach the Belgian Data Protection Authority through: www.dataprotectionauthority.be

© Quantoom Biosciences SA - Last updated July 2022

[1] “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
[2] “Personal Data” or “Data” means the information that identifies you or allows you to be identified either on its own or in combination with other information.