In accordance with the regulations on data protection, we hereby inform you that your personal data related to your professional contact details, as well as those that may be collected during the attendance of the Formal General Meeting of 01 December 2025 -online- will be processed by Marcalliance AISBL, with headquarters at Regus Brussels EU Commission, Rond-Point Schuman 6, box 5, 1040 Brussels, Belgium, as Data Controller. Your personal data will be processed for the following purposes:

• to manage your invite, attendance and, where applicable, participation in the event above mentioned, based on your consent;
• we may process your personal data to carry out a satisfaction survey after the event based on our legitimate interest of improving the conditions of future events;
• we may process your personal data to identify whether your firm may meet the membership requirements of Marcalliance and conduct conversations/communications with your firm to those purposes, based on our legitimate interest of expanding the membership and improving the coverage of Marcalliance member’s independent global practices;
• if your firm is selected to be part of Marcalliance, we will process your personal data to be in touch with your firm to proceed with the incorporation process, based on the performance of a contract or the implementation of pre-contractual measures;
• we may recommend your firm to Marcalliance’s members who in turn may recommend your firm to their clients that may be interested in your firm’s services, upon your previous consent;
• we may also send you information about other Marcalliance events and activities, based on your consent;
• the event may be totally or partially photographed, recorded or broadcasted. Therefore, your image may collaterally appear on Marcalliance’s internal and external channels and media or be published in the online environment (e.g., Marcalliance’s website, social media and digital platforms) for the sole purpose of informing of the Marcalliance’s activities. On accepting this information clause, you are informed of the foregoing considering data processing is based on our legitimate interest of supporting and enhancing our brand. On the other hand, in case of posed photographs or videos where you have voluntarily posed, data processing shall be based on your consent.

Your data may be transferred to Marcalliance’s member firms to carry out the purposes above mentioned. The aforementioned member firms are dedicated to providing legal & tax services and they are identified in Marcalliance website: www.marcalliance.com. Due to the global nature of our activities, some of our member firms may be located in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When we transfer data outside the EEA, we will only transfer such personal data (i) to a country which the European Commission considers to have adequate data protections laws; or (ii) where we have put in place an appropriate data transfer mechanism, such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses, to ensure that your personal data is adequately protected. Beyond this, your data will not be transferred to other third parties unless it is necessary to comply with legal obligations.

Your data will be stored for the longest of the following periods: (i) for the period necessary to achieve the purposes above mentioned; (ii) duration of the relationship between you and Marcalliance; (iii) any retention period that may be required by law; (iv) for the period of prescription of possible responsibilities that may derive form the relationship between you and Marcalliance or from the processing of your data; (v) if applicable, until you withdraw your consent or object to the processing of your personal data or submit a request for erasure your personal data.

You have the right to access your data and subject to the law: the right to rectification, erasure, object, restriction of processing and data portability, by sending a written communication to Marcalliance: privacy@marcalliance.com. If you have given us your consent for the processing of your personal data, you can revoke this at any time. The revocation of your consent is effective for the future. The legality of the processing of your personal data up to the time of revocation remains unaffected. Marcalliance may ask you to provide a copy of your National Identity Card or equivalent document providing your identity, if necessary.

Additionally, if you believe that our processing of personal data concerning you is in breach of the data protection regulations and we are unable to resolve the issue for you, you may take the matter to the Autorité de protection des données (Belgian Data Protection Authority). Further details can be found via their website at https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/citizen.