The University of Amsterdam respects your privacy. This Privacy Statement informs you about how the UvA deals with your personal data. When using this UvA website or providing us personal information in any other manner, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement.
The UvA may be deemed to be the party responsible for processing your personal data within the meaning of the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act (Wet Bescherming Persoonsgegevens).
The UvA shall report on the processing of your personal data to the University Data Protection Officer. The University Data Protection Officer is registered with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens) and is charged with monitoring whether the UvA is processing your personal data in compliance with this Privacy Statement.
Aim
The UvA records your personal data, for example, when you register on one of its websites, such as the UvA Heritage image database. These personal data are used by the UvA to inform you about interesting activities organised by the University or by its meticulously selected partners. In addition, the UvA uses your personal data for compiling user statistics.
Provision to third parties
The UvA may contract service providers to process your personal data. The activities of these service providers will be solely restricted to processing data at the behest and on behalf of the UvA. The UvA will not provide your data to third parties for any other reason, except where required to do so by law.
Cookies
Cookies may be used on our websites. Cookies are small, simple data files stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. You may opt to configure your browser to refuse cookies when you visit our websites. However, this may prevent you from using all the functionalities of our websites.
Hyperlinks
Our websites contain hyperlinks to third-party websites. The UvA is not responsible for the content of such third-party websites, nor is it responsible for the privacy policies of or use of cookies by those websites.
Changes
The UvA reserves the right to make changes to the Privacy Statement. We advise you to review the Privacy Statement on a regular basis to learn about any changes.
You are free to request to review your data and change or delete it as needed. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to review your data or have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy.
Disclaimer: This translation is provided for information purposes only. In the event of a difference of interpretation, the original Dutch version of this document is binding.
Last updated: February 2015