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As soon as the OVB becomes aware of any illegal content, or content that does not correspond to the intended purpose, on a website that you access via a hyperlink on the Advocaat.be website, the link will be removed from the website. This does not give rise to any liability on the part of OVB for the period during which the hyperlink was mentioned on Advocaat.be.

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