Privacy
Policy

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy.

Introduction

This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and contains essential information on how your personal data is being processed as part of your use of this website, our direct marketing activities and the overall organization of synsec.

Data contoller

Synsec bv with registered office in grasdorp 44, 2400 Mol and with registration number BE1009.938.363 is the data controller responsible for your personal data

Data collection

We may collect and process the following data about you:
  • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and any other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

How we use your data

We use your data to:
  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website.
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website.
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website.
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
  • Process your transactions and manage your orders.
  • Send you emails.
  • Find and prevent fraud.

Legal basis for processing

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
  • Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
  • Contract: The processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
  • Legal Obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
  • Legitimate Interests: The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

Data retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose we collected it for, including for the purpose of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Data security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed.

Your data protection rights

Under the GDPR and Belgian Data Protection Act, you have the following rights:
  • Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

synsec Atlas Platform and Mobile Application

scope

synsec Atlas is a cybersecurity management platform provided by synsec bv. It enables authorized users to access security information, monitor security posture, review findings, manage remediation actions and receive security-related notifications.

This section applies to the Atlas web platform and the synsec Atlas mobile application for iOS and iPadOS.

Access to Atlas is restricted to authorized users of organizations using synsec services.

Personal data processed

Depending on the services enabled for an organization, Atlas may process the following categories of personal data:

  • Identity and account information: names, business email addresses, user identifiers, organizational affiliations and access permissions.

  • Authentication information: authentication metadata and identifiers associated with Microsoft Entra ID sign-in and session management.

  • Security information: security findings, risk indicators, authentication events, device information, security configurations and other security-related records that may relate to identifiable individuals.

  • Operational information: assigned remediation actions, action status, comments where supported, and records of user activity within the platform.

  • Technical information: information necessary to establish secure connections, operate the application, troubleshoot technical issues and protect the platform.

  • Notification information: notification preferences and, where push notifications are enabled, device registration tokens required for delivery.

The specific categories of information processed depend on the customer's configuration and the security services connected to Atlas.

Purpose of processing

Personal data is processed where necessary to:

  • Provide and operate the Atlas platform and mobile application.

  • Authenticate users and enforce authorization and tenant isolation.

  • Monitor cybersecurity risks, security posture and configurations.

  • Present security findings and support remediation workflows.

  • Generate security-related notifications and operational communications.

  • Maintain platform security, reliability and auditability.

  • Provide technical support and investigate incidents.

Roles & responsibilities

When synsec processes personal data on behalf of a customer through Atlas, the customer generally acts as the data controller and synsec acts as the data processor, subject to the applicable contractual arrangements.

For personal data that synsec processes for its own business administration, contractual relationships or independently determined purposes, synsec may act as the data controller.

Where synsec acts as a processor, processing is governed by the applicable data processing agreement and the customer's documented instructions.

Authentication & third-party services

Atlas uses Microsoft Entra ID for user authentication and authorization.

The platform uses Microsoft Azure infrastructure and may integrate with Microsoft 365 and other cybersecurity services configured by the customer.

Personal data may be processed by authorized technology service providers where necessary to provide the service, subject to applicable contractual and data protection safeguards.

Data retention & deletion

Personal data processed through Atlas is retained according to the applicable contractual arrangements, configured retention policies, operational requirements and legal obligations.

Where synsec acts as a data processor, deletion or return of customer data is governed by the applicable data processing agreement and the customer's documented instructions.

Requests concerning personal data controlled by a customer may need to be directed to that customer.

Security

Atlas uses authentication, authorization, tenant isolation, encrypted communications and other technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

Access to customer information is restricted according to assigned permissions and applicable operational requirements.

Your rights

Where synsec acts as the data controller, individuals may exercise their applicable data protection rights using the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

Where synsec processes personal data on behalf of a customer, the customer is generally responsible for handling requests from data subjects, with assistance from synsec where required under the applicable agreement.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:
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