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Liability exclusion

Bevolkingsonderzoek Nederland and the RIVM are constantly working to ensure that the information on the website is reliable, complete and up-to-date. However, website visitors cannot derive any rights from the information on the website.

Privacy on the BMHK website

We treat the personal data of website visitors with the utmost care. This is done in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Act.

Use of personal data

Personal data is carefully processed and secured by us.
In our processing, we adhere to the requirements set by Dutch and European privacy legislation in this respect. This means, among other things, that we:

  • clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do so through this privacy and cookie statement;
  • by limiting our collection of personal data to only the personal data needed for legitimate purposes;
  • by first seeking explicit consent to process personal data in cases where your consent is required;
  • take appropriate security measures to protect personal data and require the same from parties that
    process personal data on our behalf;
  • respect the right to offer personal data for inspection, correction or deletion at your request.

Disclosure to third parties

We will not disclose the data you provide to other parties if you have not given your consent, unless required by law or necessary in the context of an agreement you enter into with us. However, to enable the processing of your personal data for the purposes mentioned above, the data you provide to us may be shared internally. Our employees are obliged to respect the confidentiality of this data and adhere to the established purposes for processing.

In addition, everyone has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding the processing of their personal data.

Privacy and cookie statement

In this privacy and cookie statement, we explain what personal data we collect and use through the website, for what purposes, and how we use it to improve user experience. We advise you to read this privacy and cookie statement carefully. This privacy and cookie statement was last updated on 1 July 2023.

Cookie Statement

This website may place various cookies. Below, we explain what cookies are, what they do, which cookies are used on the website and why. We may amend this Cookie Statement from time to time. We therefore recommend that you consult this Cookie Statement regularly.

What do cookies do?

Cookies are small (text) files placed on your computer or other electronic device by a webpage server when you visit a webpage. By placing a cookie on your device, the webpage server can recognise your device. A cookie cannot start programmes or spread viruses.

Cookies have a certain time limit from the moment they are placed on your device. After that time limit, the cookie is deleted by your browser. Some cookies remain valid for the duration of the browser session, but there are also cookies that remain valid for a longer period of time so that they can also be read during a subsequent visit to the website.

Cookies on this website

Both functional (i.e. necessary) cookies and analytical cookies are placed by this website. The use of tracking cookies requires your prior consent.

We use a cookie opt-out; a button to accept cookies. These cookies are stored on our server without the possibility to use them to gather information.

Functional (necessary) cookies

Session cookies

These are used to store status data during a particular session. These cookies are stored in cache memory for as long as a user visits the web server issuing the session cookie, and are deleted from the cache when the session is closed.

Permanent cookies

These are stored for a longer period of time. The period is determined by the web server at the time the cookie is sent to Internet Explorer. These cookies are used to store status information for the next visit to a site.

Analytical cookies

Analytical cookies record how you as a visitor use our website. This information allows us to analyse the use of our website and generate statistics. This allows us to better understand our website visitors and use that knowledge to improve our website offerings.

Piwik Pro

Piwik Pro is used to collect statistics on BMHK.nl site usage. The following cookies are used:

Basic data                                 Purpose                                                               Doel
_pk_id Is the visitor new or has the visitor visited the site before?
_pk_ses Which pages did the visitor view?
_pk_ref
From which site did the visitor come?

YouTube

We use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode places a limited number of cookies. The difference with Google Analytics cookies is that they are not set within BMHK’s domain, but within YouTube’s domain. Cookies are placed only when you click play. By accepting our cookie notice, you consent to the placement of these codes. YouTube’s privacy statement (which may change regularly) tells you what they do with your personal data that they may process using these cookies.

Social Media

This site includes buttons to promote or share pages on the social networks Instagram and Facebook.

Refusing and deleting cookies

If you do not want to receive cookies through this website (anymore), you will have to adjust your browser settings for each device. Through your internet browser settings, you can refuse cookies and delete any cookies already placed. Consult the help function of your internet browser to adjust your cookie settings if required.

Security

We ensure that personal data is appropriately secured against misuse and unauthorised access. Our website has an SSL certificate, which encrypts confidential information and prevents your data from being intercepted. For example, we ensure that only authorised people have access to this data, that access to the data is protected and that our security measures are checked regularly.