Privacy policy
Last updated: October 2026
CAD Brussels collects your personal data only within the scope of your request (information, application, newsletter, contact). This policy details what is collected, why, for how long, and how to exercise your rights.
Data controller
CAD Brussels, 25 rue Roberts-Jones, 1180 Uccle, Belgium. For any question regarding your data: secretariat@cad.be
Data collected
Depending on the form: first and last name, email address, phone (optional), country, program of interest, free-form message. No sensitive data is collected (health, religion, political opinions). No automated profiling.
Purposes
To respond to your request, send you the requested documentation, process your application, keep you informed of events and programs if you consent to it (newsletter), and, if you accept the corresponding cookies, measure site traffic and the performance of our campaigns. Legal basis: your consent (article 6.1.a GDPR) or the execution of a pre-contractual measure (article 6.1.b GDPR) for applications.
Retention period
Information requests: 12 months. Newsletter subscribers: as long as you remain subscribed (unsubscribe link in every email). Applications: 24 months after last interaction. Student files: retention in accordance with the decree of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
Recipients
Your data is accessible only to the CAD Brussels administrative team. We use the following sub-processors: Resend (transactional email, data hosted in EU), our hosting provider (Vercel or Scaleway depending on final configuration) and CookieYes (recording your cookie choices). If you accept them, analytics and advertising cookies send browsing data to Google (Google Analytics), Meta (Facebook, Instagram) and TikTok: details are in our cookie policy.
Transfers outside the European Union
Google, Meta and TikTok may process this browsing data outside the European Union, in particular in the United States. These transfers are covered by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified under it, and otherwise by the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
Your rights
You have at any time the rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction, and data portability. To exercise these rights: send an email to secretariat@cad.be with a copy of your ID. Response within 30 days.
Complaints
You may file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD/GBA): rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels · contact@apd-gba.be · www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be
Cookies
The site sets cookies needed for it to work (language, remembering your choices) and, only with your consent, audience measurement cookies (Google Analytics) and advertising cookies (Meta, TikTok). You choose category by category in the banner, and can change your mind at any time via “Manage cookies” at the bottom of every page. The full list, with the lifetime of each cookie, is in our cookie policy.
A question about your data?
The secretariat responds quickly to any GDPR request.
Contact the secretariat