Politique de confidentialité

Last update: 2 June 2025

Welcome to ML INTRODUCTIONS. 

Because we value your privacy, ML Introductions is committed to protecting your personal data. 

The Controller of your Personal Data is ML Introductions Global Matchmaking & Consulting LTD, with  registered office in United Kingdom at UK-Fitzroy Street 45, London, United Kingdom, W1T 6EBand registered under company number 15569448.

For any questions regarding the processing of your Personal Data, please send us an email at info@mlintroductions.com.

This Privacy Policy contains the following information: 

1. Scope 

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and disclose your information when you use ML Introductions’ services.

Therefore, this Policy describes how we process information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons (Personal Data) and your rights.

This Policy was last updated on the above date. It may be adapted from time to time so please check it regularly. Any significant changes to this Privacy Policy will be notified to you or clearly mentioned on the home page of our website.

Concepts such as “processing”, “controller”, “processor”, “data subject”, “personal data”, etc.  have the meaning given in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data). The GDPR is available here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679.  

2. Processing of data

2.1 Purposes

Your Personal Data are only processed for the following purposes: 

• Our match-making services: To access our services, you need to provide personal data essential for our operations. This entails creating your profile and sharing relevant information with other clients to enhance match-making and interactions before, during, and after your initial meeting, as well as customizing experiences according to your preferences. 
• Communication: To keep you posted about the development of the activities of ML Introductions. 
• Technical operation and optimisation of the website
• Legal Claims : To allow us establishing, exercise, or defend legal claims. 

2.2  Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data 

We process your personal data on the following legal bases: 

• Consent: Consent is the basis for processing our match-making services. It is also the case where you have provided your consent for specific processing activities, for instance when you subscribe to our newsletter. Once you gave your consent, you can withdraw it any time (see article 5).

• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests. This is i.a. the case when we process your Personal Data with a view to communicate with you or inform you about our services similar to those for which we already worked together. Under these circumstances, our legitimate interest is to carry on and develop our business. This instance includes “direct marketing”, i.e. using your email address to send you communications regarding ML Introductions’ events you might be interested in, because already have been working together. You always have the opportunity to oppose to such communications (see article 5).

• Legal Obligation: Where we are required to process your personal data to comply with a legal obligation. 

3. Recipients of the Personal Data and transfer to other countries

For the purposes described in Article 2, we (may) transfer your Personal Data to third parties (Recipients), who assist us in operating our website and providing our services.

 This includes:

• Other ML Introductions’ Clients, in order to ensure our match-making services ;

• Third-party service providers  :

• Marketing Partners: For delivering newsletters, surveys, and promotional materials. 
• ICT infrastructure: For the hosting of the website and the technical management of the website.
• Smart Match App: Enabling our match-making functionalities through its customizable CRM platform.

Your Personal Data will never be shared with business partners for commercial purposes, unless with your consent. 

4. Duration of the storage of the Personal Data 

We will keep your Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This corresponds with the duration of our contract with you and continues for up to five years following its conclusion. This includes retaining your data to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. 

5. Your rights with respect to your Personal Data 

As a data subject under GDPR, you have several rights concerning your Personal Data, except where a legal or regulatory provision in force in Belgium (including the GDPR) prevents it, and provided that the right is applicable in this context.

To this end, we invite you to contact us at the following email address: info@mlintroductions.com 

• Right of access, including the right to know whether we process your data;
• Right to request a copy of the processed data;
• Right to rectification of the processed data;
• Right to object to the processing of your data;
• Right to restrict the processing of your data:
  • If you contest the accuracy of this data;
  • Pending an assessment of the competing interests before exercising the right to object to the processing of certain data;
  • If the processing of your data was unlawful, but you nonetheless do not wish to exercise your right to erasure;
  • If we no longer need your data, but you require it for legal proceedings;
• Right to erasure of the processed data;
• Right to data portability, if your data is processed under our contractual obligations or based on consent;
• Right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority, at the conditions and within the limits set by the GDPR and any other legislation applicable to the processing of Personal Data:

Autorité de protection des données 
Rue de la Presse, 35, 1000 Bruxelles 
Tel: +32 (0)2 274 48 00 
Email: contact@apd-gba.be