{"id":398,"date":"2021-07-26T13:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/privacy-declaration\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:59:50","slug":"privacy-declaration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/privacy-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#003A49&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privacy Statement<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS believes your privacy is important. This privacy statement tells you which data DANS collects, how these are processed and for what purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DANS<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS is an institute of the Dutch Academy KNAW and funding organisation NWO and is part of the legal entity of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (the Academy) KNAW.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Privacy policy<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS is aware of its responsibility when processing personal data. DANS wants every person whose personal data it processes to be confident that this is done in a careful and lawful manner. DANS processes personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the privacy rules arising from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Which personal data is recorded by DANS?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS only processes personal data if this is necessary for a specific purpose. The purpose determines which personal data have to be processed and no more data will be asked for than is essential for that purpose. Depending on the purpose, the following personal data may be processed: name, address, town\/city and email address. A table detailing the personal data processed in the DANS services is provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>On what basis does DANS process personal data?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS only processes your personal data if there is a legitimate basis for doing so. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the purpose, personal data are processed because:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0You give your consent for this to be done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It is essential for implementing an agreement that has been made with you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It is essential in order to fulfil a legal obligation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It is essential in order to protect your vital interests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0A public interest task is concerned.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0DANS has a legitimate interest in doing so.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If DANS processes personal data on the basis of your having given consent, you have the opportunity to withdraw your consent at any time. From that moment on, DANS will no longer process any of your personal data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purposes<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS processes one or more of your personal details for the following purposes (depending on the activities that apply to you):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To enable you to make use of the DANS data services \u2013 details are listed below.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide you with (online) training and events.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To send you newsletters via e-mail\/or by post.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To answer your questions or to provide information through social media, e-mail, by post or by telephone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To exchange academic information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be able to meet financial obligations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve and protect the DANS websites.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Securing your personal data<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS secures your personal data to prevent misuse or unauthorised access to your personal data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Retention period for your personal data<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In principle, personal data are not retained any longer than is necessary to achieve the purpose for which the personal data are collected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In cases where documents are archived in the public interest, for scientific or historical research, or for statistical purposes, personal data can be stored for a longer period. If this is the case, DANS, in accordance with the GDPR, will take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclosure to third parties<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS will only disclose your personal data to third parties if there is a legal obligation or basis to do so as referred to in Section 6 GDPR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When DANS discloses your data to a third party, it will safeguard your rights to privacy, among other things by concluding a processing agreement in which arrangements are made as to how your personal data must be dealt with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS makes standard use of (sub)processors for the DANS services, for online training and events, for sending out newsletters, for communication and support, and for website protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cookies<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS makes use of cookies in so far as these are necessary for the operation of the website and to monitor the quality or effectiveness of the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Third-party websites<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This statement is not applicable to websites of third parties that are connected to our website by means of links. DANS advises you to go through the privacy policy of these third parties thoroughly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Exercising your privacy rights<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can submit a request to DANS to exercise the following rights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right to access your personal data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right to rectify and\/or add to your personal data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right to erasure of your personal data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right to restrict the processing of your personal data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right to data portability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right of objection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right not to be subjected to a decision based exclusively on automated processing, including profiling.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your personal data are processed with a view to archiving in the public interest, scientific or historical research, or for statistical purposes, legislation places restrictions on, among other things, your right to access, rectification, restriction of processing, and your right of objection. Furthermore, if data is processed with a view to archiving in the public interest, your right to the portability of your personal data is also restricted. In addition, in this context DANS requirement to notify data subjects does not apply in all cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Data protection officer<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should you have any questions and\/or complaints about the safeguarding of your privacy within DANS, please contact our privacy coordinator via the DANS <a href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telephone number<\/a>\u00a0or this <a href=\"mailto:privacy@dans.knaw.nl\">email address<\/a>, or contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) for The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (the Academy) via this <a href=\"mailto:fg@knaw.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email address<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Personal Data Authority<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS will work with you to find a solution if you have a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data. If this does not lead to a satisfactory result, you have the right under the GDPR to submit a complaint to the <a href=\"https:\/\/autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Data Authority<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1742px; width: 1196px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"1196\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px; width: 1186.5px;\" colspan=\"7\"><b>DANS data services<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 257px; width: 96.9922px;\" rowspan=\"7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Stations<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS Data Station is a repository in which you can deposit and\/or download scientific datasets.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your data will be processed to create an account so that you can\u00a0 use the facilities of the Data Stations which require logging in. Which includes submitting access requests and submitting datasets for review.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access Requests<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you submit an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">access request<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your account information will be shown to the depositor. This is necessary for the depositor to gain insight into who you are in order to be able to make a careful assessment of how to grant access.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publishing dataset<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When DANS publishes your dataset, your first and last name will be published publicly as metadata of the dataset.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agreement<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By creating an account you agree to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/legal\/terms-and-conditions-data-stations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terms of Use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal data for scientific justification of a dataset<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This concerns personal data which are required for the scientific justification of a dataset, including title, name, affiliation and contact information of the author of a dataset, of authors of sources cited in a dataset, of other contributors to a dataset and of rights holders to data forming part of a dataset. DANS is the controller for this personal data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 71px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal data as research data<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 71px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The institutions, or individual researchers, that submit research data with personal data to DANS are responsible for processing them under the GDPR. DANS is the processor. The institutions or researchers are therefore also responsible for the extent to which these data are accessible. Is your personal data part of the research data of a dataset? Please refer to the relevant institution or researcher for more information and to exercise your privacy rights. Contact DANS in case you cannot reach the controller.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In accordance with the Terms of Use DANS can become controller for these personal data in certain situations. This will particularly be the case when there is no &#8211; substitute &#8211; depositor. In those cases DANS is indicated as depositor of the dataset. Please contact DANS for more information and to exercise your privacy rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 351px; width: 96.9922px;\" rowspan=\"9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EASY<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/easy.dans.knaw.nl\">EASY<\/a> is the legacy online archiving system of DANS.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your data is processed to create an account so that you can use the EASY facilities that require logging in. Which includes submitting permission requests and depositing datasets.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Permission requests<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you submit a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">permission request<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your account information will be shown to the depositor. This is necessary for the depositor to gain insight into who you are in order to be able to make a careful assessment of how to grant access.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download logs<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only after you have agreed to this will your initials, last name, function and organisation be made visible to other logged in users via the log part of the dataset when you have downloaded a dataset for which you had to log in. They can see the date on which you downloaded files and how many files were involved. The depositor can see which files are involved.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsletter<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have indicated this, your email address will also be used for sending you our newsletter.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agreement<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By creating an account you agree to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/EASYGeneralTermsandConditionsofUse-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EASY <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Terms and Conditions of Use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal data for scientific justification of a dataset<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This concerns personal data which are required for the scientific justification of a dataset, including title, name, affiliation and contact information of the author of a dataset, of authors of sources cited in a dataset, of other contributors to a dataset and of rights holders to data forming part of a dataset. DANS is the controller for this personal data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 71px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal data as research data<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 71px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The institutions, or individual researchers, that submit research data with personal data to DANS are responsible for processing them under the GDPR. DANS is the processor. The institutions or researchers are therefore also responsible for the extent to which these data are accessible. Is your personal data part of the research data of a dataset? Please refer to the relevant institution or researcher for more information and to exercise your privacy rights.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Processing agreements<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS concludes a processing agreement with parties that store personal data in research data. DANS is working on this with retroactive effect. Given the large number of datasets that DANS now manages and the limited degree to which DANS has insight into the presence of personal data in them, DANS may not be able to do this for every dataset deposited before 1 January 2023.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 352px; width: 96.9922px;\" rowspan=\"8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DataverseNL<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DataverseNL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a network of data repositories that makes use of the Dataverse software developed by the University of Harvard (USA). DataverseNL is offered jointly by the participating institutions and DANS. DANS has been managing the network since 2014; data management in the local repositories is handled by the individual institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your data will be processed to create an account so that you can use the facilities of DataverseNL which require logging in. Which includes submitting <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">access requests<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and creating, managing and publishing dataverses and\/or datasets.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access Requests<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you submit an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">access request<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your account information will be shown to the administrator and depositor. You may be required to complete a guestbook, see below. This is necessary for the administrator and\/or depositor to gain insight into who you are in order to be able to make a careful assessment of how to grant access.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guestbook<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you want to download files, with or without an account, you may be asked to complete a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guestbook<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> first. Your data can be shown to the administrator and depositor of the relevant dataset. This is necessary for the administrator and\/or depositor to gain insight into who you are in order to be able to make a careful assessment of how to grant access.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publishing<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you publish a dataset, your first and last name will be published publicly as metadata of the dataset.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agreement<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 23px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By creating an <a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.nl\/dataverseuser.xhtml?editMode=CREATE&amp;redirectPage=%2Floginpage.xhtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">account<\/a> you agree to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.nl\/dataverseuser.xhtml?editMode=CREATE&amp;redirectPage=%2Floginpage.xhtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DataverseNL General Terms of Use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal data for scientific justification of a dataset<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 47px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This concerns personal data which are required for the scientific justification of a dataset, including title, name, affiliation and contact information of the author of a dataset, of authors of sources cited in a dataset, of other contributors to a dataset and of rights holders to data forming part of a dataset. DANS is the controller for this personal data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 71px; width: 165.996px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal data in research data<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 71px; width: 912.031px;\" colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are personal data of third parties that have been included in a dataset for research purposes. The institutions that submit these research data with personal data to DANS are responsible for processing them under the GDPR. DANS is the processor. The institutions are therefore also responsible for the extent to which these data are accessible. Is your personal data part of the research data of a dataset? Please refer to the relevant institution for more information and to exercise your privacy rights.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Details on the personal information required by each system or application can be found <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/privacy-statement-detail-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<br \/><\/span><b><br \/>Changes to this privacy statement<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS may change this privacy statement. Any changes will be published on the relevant DANS website. Changes made to this privacy statement will never be in violation of the GDPR and the privacy rules arising from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact details<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANS\u2019 contact details are available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Entry into force<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This privacy statement entered into force on 22 September 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy Statement DANS believes your privacy is important. This privacy statement tells you which data DANS collects, how these are processed and for what purpose. 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