The FSMA stores Data only for the period necessary to accomplish the purpose for which we have collected it and within the limits provided for by the law if it allows a longer period.
The Data processed by the FSMA for the exercise of its public interest tasks and of the public authority with which the FSMA is entrusted will be kept for as long as you are supervised by the FSMA, or for as long as the natural or legal person for which you work or where you hold or held a position is supervised by the FSMA. The FSMA can store your Data for a longer time, for example in so far as the Data may again become pertinent for the exercise of its supervision or as part of potential liability claims.
Without prejudice to the above-mentioned storage periods, the FSMA applies the following storage periods for the Data it receives:
- when you register as a user of one of the business portals on the website: for as long as you have an account on the application concerned;
- to be able to get in touch with you as part of a consultation: until the project on which you have been consulted is closed (either because it has been definitively adopted or rejected, with the proviso that a project is not considered closed as long as it is being challenged);
- to send you newsletters: until you unsubscribe;
- to respond to any other request you may make, for example via the contact forms: for two years from the last response on our part;
- if you register as a user of the external platform for document exchange with the FSMA: for 3 months after the last exchange, unless you delete your user account on the platform before then;
- if you attend a meeting or training session via Microsoft Teams: the metadata collected automatically by Microsoft Teams are stored for 30 days;
- in the pre-contractual or contractual stage: for the duration of the contract and 10 years after the end of the contract. If no contract is entered into, your Data will be deleted more rapidly;
- as part of your visit: for 30 days;
- if you use the visitors’ Wi-Fi network: for 1 year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the FSMA is subject to the Law of 24 June 1955 on the National Archives, and some information is consequently kept for a longer period as provided for under this Law for archiving purposes, albeit with the appropriate guarantees.