Unie van Waterschappen respects the privacy of persons concerned and ensures that the personal data you provide us with is treated confidentially.
All personal data is processed in conformity with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Information on how we handle your personal data and what your rights are is set out below.
Who is responsible for processing my information?
Unie van Waterschappen is the international organisation of the 21 regional water authorities in the Netherlands. Although it is not our aim or core task to process personal data, we are sometimes obliged by circumstances to do so in order to carry out our mandate.
Unie van Waterschappen has a privacy officer. The privacy officer sees to it that the organisation complies with all regulations concerning privacy and advises the organisation on the processing of personal data. If you have questions about the way in which the organisation uses your personal data, you can contact the privacy officer via privacy@uvw.nl.
Use of the website
Unie van Waterschappen uses the website lifemica.de as a tool for international communication with partnerships, international stakeholders and other interested parties. To improve the functioning of the website we make use of cookies.
| Purpose | Type of personal data |
|---|---|
| The placement of cookies for functional use. | Unie van Waterschappen only uses technical and functional cookies that do not infringe your privacy. The cookies we use are necessary for the technical functioning of the website and user-friendliness. The cookies ensure that the website works properly, as well as helping us to improve it. You can block cookies by configuring your internet browser so that it does not store cookies. You can also use your browser settings to delete any information that has previously been stored. |
| Sending our newsletters to interested parties. | If you have signed up for a newsletter we process the following personal data: • email address • firstname • lastname |
| Maintaining contact | Visitors to the website can use the contact form to contact the EUWMA. In order to be able to answer visitors’ questions we process the following personal data: • email address |
How long will my personal data be stored?
We do not store your personal data any longer than is necessary for the purpose of processing it. In certain cases, however, we are required by law to store your personal data for a longer period.
On what grounds do you process my personal data?
Organisations are only allowed to process personal data on certain grounds. The Unie van Waterschappen processes personal data on the following grounds, set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Consent: We only process personal data with your consent. If you withdraw your consent – which you can do at any time – we will immediately stop processing your personal data, unless there are other grounds for doing so.
- Legitimate purposes: consent does not have to be specifically requested for the placement of technical and functional cookies.
Who receives my personal data?
We will never share your personal data with third parties unless there are legal grounds for doing so, or we have received your explicit consent.
What are my rights as the person whose personal data is being processed?
If we process your personal data, you have various rights under the GDPR. These include the right to:
- access a copy of your personal data;
- rectify your personal data if it is inaccurate;
- request the DWA to erase your personal data;
- restrict the processing of your personal data;
- object to the processing of your personal data;
- have your personal data transferred.
To whom can I address a complaint?
It may be that, despite the care with which the relevant departments handle your personal data and/or treat your rights, you have a complaint. If so, you can submit it to our privacy officer via privacy@uvw.nl. You of course also have the right to complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authoritiy (DPA) Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
Changes to this privacy statement
We reserve the right to alter this privacy statement. Any changes will be published on this website.
Last updated on 2 January 2025
