Legal Information

This website is operated by Lieven Devos BV, a company incorporated under Belgian law, trading as devos — law.

Registered office: Eikenlaan 56, 3090 Overijse, Belgium
Enterprise number: 0744.693.051
Email: lieven.devos@devos-law.be

Lieven Devos is a lawyer registered with the Dutch-speaking Bar of Brussels (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten bij de Balie te Brussel).

The practice is subject to the applicable professional and ethical rules governing lawyers in Belgium, including the Code of Conduct of the Flemish Bar Association (Orde van Vlaamse Balies).

The information provided on this website is intended for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

While reasonable care is taken to ensure that the information is accurate, no guarantee is given that it is complete or up to date.

Contacting devos — law through this website or by email does not, in itself, establish a lawyer-client relationship. Any engagement is subject to separate agreement.

This Privacy Policy concerns the processing of personal data in connection with the use of this website and enquiries submitted through it.

It does not cover the processing of personal data in the context of legal services provided to clients, for which separate privacy information may be provided.

Lieven Devos BV, Eikenlaan 56, 3090 Overijse, Belgium, is the data controller for the processing described in this Privacy Policy.

Privacy-related enquiries may be addressed to lieven.devos@devos-law.be.

Website Visits

When you visit this website, technical information such as your IP address, the date and time of access, pages requested, browser and device information, referring pages and approximate location derived from your IP address may be processed by the website's hosting and security infrastructure.

This information is processed to operate, maintain and secure the website.

Enquiries

If you contact devos — law by email, your contact details and the information you provide will be processed to review and respond to your enquiry and, where appropriate, arrange an introductory conversation.

Teams Call Requests

If you use the "Request a Teams call" form, your name and email address and, if provided, your company and subject are sent by email to devos — law to review and respond to your request. The website itself does not store form submissions. Your IP address may be used briefly to block repeated or abusive submissions; no cookies are used for this purpose.

Technical data necessary for the operation and security of the website is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in maintaining a secure and functional website.

Personal data submitted in connection with an enquiry, including through the Teams call request form, is processed, as applicable, to take steps at your request before entering into a potential professional engagement or on the basis of legitimate interests in responding to professional enquiries.

The website uses services provided by Lovable and Cloudflare for hosting, technical operation and security.

Requests submitted through the Teams call request form are delivered by email using the email sending service provided through Lovable.

Email communications are handled through external email service providers.

This website uses a strictly necessary security cookie (__cf_bm), provided by Cloudflare, to help protect the website against automated traffic. The cookie expires after 30 minutes.

The website does not use advertising or marketing cookies, third-party analytics scripts or other tracking technologies.

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it is processed, taking account of applicable legal obligations and legitimate operational needs.

Technical information may be retained by hosting providers in accordance with their applicable retention policies.

Enquiry correspondence, including requests submitted through the Teams call request form, is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to handle the enquiry and any appropriate follow-up, subject to applicable legal requirements.

Subject to the conditions laid down by applicable data protection law, you may request access to your personal data, its rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, data portability where applicable, or object to processing based on legitimate interests.

You may exercise these rights by contacting lieven.devos@devos-law.be.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect changes in the website, its functionality or applicable legal requirements.