This Privacy Policy is related to personal data protection regarding users/ subscribers of beIN services in the MENA region. This policy is describing the way we are dealing with your Personal data when you are interacting with us, or visiting our websites (“hereinafter: “sites”), using our applications, or pages dedicated to social media or if you are subscribing to beIN services. This notice is also informing you about your rights in regards to personal data protection.

Who is responsible for processing personal data?

beIN Middle East and North Africa WLL, a company duly registered in the State of Qatar, with its principal address of business: P.O. Box 23231, Doha Qatar, and commercial registration No. 64667 is responsible for processing your personal Data.

Children accessing to the website

This Website is a general audience Website. We do not knowingly collect and/or share Personal Information from children. However, your child may not be able to use some of the interactive features of the Website without providing Personal Information. We therefore recommend using the Website with your child if he or she is interested in participating in an interactive feature of the site. We do not process personal data of children without the parents’ consent as per Art 17 of the Law n.13 of the Year 2016 concerning the Privacy and Protection of Personal Data. We will take appropriate measures to delete Data as soon as practicable when required by parents.

Which personal data are we collecting and where do they come from?

You can visit the Website without disclosing any information about yourself. However, to purchase any live events viewable on this Website, participate in any contest or message feature, download any content, take part in any other interactive feature of the Website, or receive information from (beIN), such as newsletters or email regarding upcoming (beIN) events (collectively, the “Services”) you must register and provide accurate information about yourself to the Website, as the Services may not work properly without such information.

To be more specific, we are processing personal data directly collected from you when you are fulfilling any questionnaires or when you navigate on our sites, applications, pages dedicated to beIN on social media. We may collect personal data when you are interacting with us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dailymotion, and Instagram) and with your consent sharing your personal data. In this case, we will only have access to your public information. Please refer to confidentiality policies of these social networks for additional information in the way they process your personal Data.

How do we use your personal data?

We are processing your personal data for the following reasons. Each time we are processing personal data, we are doing it based on legal grounds identified below:

AGGREGATED INFORMATION

If you currently are a beIN subscriber we also process your data as followed:

With whom are we sharing your personal Data ?

We may share your personal Data with:

• our service providers (hosting, maintenance, prospecting, analytics, etc.), which process your personal data on our behalf, as a subcontractor;
• companies responsible for the management, execution and processing of payment transactions (if applicable);
• authorities, when required to do so by law or by decision of a competent authority;
• our external advisers (lawyers, auditors, etc.), when necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by beIN;

For the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, your personal data may be transferred outside of the MENA region to beIN MEDIA Group, other beIN entities and/or third party service providers which are located in countries not offering a level of protection of personal data equivalent to that offered within the MENA region, such as United States. In this case, beIN has taken all required measures to secure such transfers in accordance with applicable law. You can obtain details on the transfer mechanism used to protect the personal data transferred by contacting DPO@bein.com, although some details may be redacted for confidentiality reasons.

How long do we keep your Personal Data?

We keep your personal data for as long as it is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which it was collected. Generally, we keep your personal data for the time strictly necessary for managing the business relationship with you.

We could keep your Data for a longer period on the following cases:

• For commercial prospecting purposes, for a period of 1 year from the end of the commercial relationship with you, if you have subscribed to beIN, or1 year from your last contact with us, if you have not ‘have not subscribed;
• When we are required to do so under a legal obligation or when data is necessary to establish proof of a right or a contract, your personal data will be archived and kept for the period imposed by the regulations applicable, or for the duration of the applicable legal prescription;
• If you exercise your right to object to receiving prospecting from us, the information allowing your right to be taken into account will be kept for at least 1 year from the exercise of the right to object.

Once your personal Data will no longer be necessary we will delete them.

What are your rights?

You have a number of rights over your personal data. Each of these rights is more fully detailed below:

• Withdrawal of consent. You can revoke your consent to any processing of your personal data at any time if this is based on your consent.
• Access. You can ask us to confirm if we are processing your personal data and, if necessary, inform you of the characteristics of the processing of your personal data, access it and obtain a copy.
• Correction. You can ask us to rectify or supplement your personal data if it is incorrect or incomplete.
• Deletion. You can ask us to delete your personal data in the following cases: when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected; you have revoked your consent; following the exercise of your right to object; your personal data has been subject to unlawful processing; or to comply with a legal obligation. We are not obliged to comply with your request to delete your personal data, in particular if their processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
• Limitation. You can ask us to limit the processing of your personal data (i.e. to keep it without using it) when: its accuracy is disputed; their processing is illegal but you do not want them to be deleted; they are still necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; we verify the existence of compelling reasons in the exercise of your right to object. We may continue to use your personal data following a request for restriction: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; or to protect the rights of any other natural or legal person.
• Objection on processing personal data based on legitimate interest. You can object to any processing of your personal data, which is based on our legitimate interest. If you exercise this right, we must stop processing, unless we demonstrate the existence of legitimate and compelling reasons which prevail over your fundamental rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

You can also opt-out by [updating your beIN user profile]. If you would like to close your account with us and delete your profile, please go to [My Account section to update your beIN user profile]. Please note: If you do decide to opt-out of receiving information, beIN will be unable to keep you informed of any new products, services, or special offers that may interest you and will have an impact on our ability to inform you of any live events important information as part of any subscription service you may have.

How do we secure your data?

Your Personal Information is password protected, and any personal Information you provide to the Website is protected from unauthorized disclosure by reasonable technological measures. Information provided to beIN is not, however, transmitted via SSL encryption technology. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Personal Information may be used for marketing and promotional communications by beIN, its partners, sponsors, affiliates, successors, and assigns. beIN will not, however, sell or lease your personal information to third parties not associated with beIN, its partners, sponsors, and affiliates.