Privacy Statement

Protection of Your Personal Data

The municipality of West Maas en Waal processes personal data of its residents for various reasons. For example, because it is legally obliged as a municipality to keep track of who lives in the municipality, or to properly carry out our municipal tasks. We handle your data with the utmost care and confidentiality. We have taken technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss and misuse.

We collect and use your personal data only when necessary (and no longer) for a predetermined purpose and in accordance with privacy laws and regulations. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has granted you, as a citizen, more rights, and the municipality has been given a duty of accountability. This means that the municipality must be able to demonstrate that the processing of personal data complies with the rules of the GDPR.

What are your rights regarding your personal data?

Right of access

You have the right to ask the municipality what personal data it holds about you and to review that data.

Right to Information

You have the right to ask the municipality what it does with your data.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data the municipality holds about you in digital form or to have it transferred directly to another organization.

Right to correction and supplementation

You may ask the municipality to correct or supplement your personal data if it is inaccurate. (The municipality is not required to amend any professional opinions or conclusions; however, we must add your opinion to your file if you request it.)

Right to restriction of processing

You can ask the municipality to restrict the processing of your personal data. This will only happen if certain Requirements met, such as when the data may be inaccurate, or when the personal data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected but the citizen still needs it for another purpose.

Right to be forgotten

In certain cases, you may ask the municipality to delete your personal data. For example, if you believe that the municipality is processing your personal data unlawfully (when there is no legal basis for processing your personal data). The municipality will carefully review any such request in accordance with the law. This is because we are not permitted to delete certain data, as the municipality is legally required to process specific information.

Right to object

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. For example, if you do not want your personal data to be used for direct marketing or due to special personal circumstances.

Please note: the municipality is not always able to grant a request if it conflicts with a legal obligation. For example, the municipality is required by law to keep track of who lives in the municipality. This information is recorded in the Personal Data Basic Registry (BRP). Therefore, it is not possible to have your data removed from the BRP.

What does the municipality do with your data?

We have compiled an overview of the personal data we process, the purpose for which we process it, where and for how long we store it, and the parties with whom we share (or are required to share) it: this is known as the processing register.

We will only share your personal data with other organizations if it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation. For example, to provide school transportation or to carry out certain care-related tasks. If other organizations need your personal data to carry out tasks on our behalf, we will enter into agreements with them to ensure the security and confidentiality of your personal data. This is because the municipality remains responsible for this data.

Would you like more information, or do you wish to exercise your rights?

You can email us at fg@westmaasenwaal.nl to request more information or to exercise the rights listed above. You can also call us at 14 0487 or send a letter to the municipality at Postbus , 6658 ZGBeneden-Leeuwen, for the attention of the Data Protection Officer. We will respond in writing within four weeks. To prevent abuse, you must provide proof of identity.

The municipality of West Maas en Waal has a Data Protection Officer (DPO). This officer ensures that the municipality handles your personal data confidentially. This is an independent position, and the DPO is registered with the external supervisory authority, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP). On the AP's website, you will find more information about the General Data Protection Regulation.