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Privacy statement

Located at Centre Céramique, Maastricht Museum places a high value on the careful handling of personal data. Maastricht Museum is part of the Municipality of Maastricht and is careful in its processing and securing of personal data.

This privacy statement provides an explanation of the purposes for which we gather and process personal data. We recommend that you read this statement carefully.

Maastricht Museum Privacy Policy

In principle, Maastricht Museum only processes personal data because you use our services and/or because you have provided it to us yourself. In some cases, we work with other service providers and/or suppliers during this process.

When processing personal data, we adhere to the requirements of privacy laws. 

Purposes

We may request and process personal data for one or more of the following purposes:

  • for ordering and paying for items and tickets through our website
  • to enable the use of all the features and services on the website
  • to process an order and inform you of the status of your order
  • to process a complaint or response to a complaint
  • to keep you informed through our newsletters; in order to do so, we ask you to provide your email address, and your surname and first name
  • for potential participation in competitions and other activities

Your personal data will not be used for purposes other than those for which you have provided the data to us, unless we receive your consent to do so, or it is otherwise required or permitted by statutory provisions and/or data quality rules.

Lawful basis

We process personal data solely on the basis of consent from the data subject, for the protection of legitimate interests and/or for the fulfilment of an agreement.

Disclosure to third parties

Maastricht Museum will only supply the information provided to third parties if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or for the fulfilment of an agreement entered into with you. If this is the case, agreements are made concerning the requirements this information exchange must meet. These agreements comply with the law. If we wish to share your data with third parties in other cases, we will request your prior consent for this. 

Cookies

We use analytical cookies from Google Analytics to anonymously analyse the use of our website. Our processing agreement with Google stipulates that this data will not be shared with other parties.  

Security and storage

Maastricht Museum takes appropriate measures to prevent abuse, loss, unauthorised access and other unwanted activities involving personal data. In accordance with the applicable municipal security norms as set out in the Netherlands Municipalities Baseline Information Security document (BIG), these measures are included in our information security policy. 
We do not store data longer than necessary. In other words, we keep the data for as long as needed to provide the requested service. Exceptions include data that we must keep for a longer period of time because the law requires this.

Third-party websites

This statement does not apply to third-party websites that are connected to our website through links.

Your rights

We try to keep you as informed as possible about the types of data received from you that we process, for what purpose, and with whom it is shared. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, AVG in the Netherlands) also entitles you to several rights:

  • right of inspection
  • right of rectification
  • right to restriction of processing
  • right to data erasure (right to be forgotten)
  • right to transfer (data portability)
  • right of objection 
  • right to automated decision-making and profiling
  • right of clear information

You have the same rights for the personal data of your children up to age 16 over whom you have legal authority. It is not permitted to view other people’s data.

Maastricht Museum is part of the Municipality of Maastricht. For further information on your rights, please consult the website of the Municipality of Maastricht.

Inspection and modification of data

If you have an account, you can log in to this account to inspect, change or delete your data. You can also send this type of request to customer service: klantenservice@maastricht.nl. ​​​

Questions or complaints

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please contact us at post@maastricht.nl. The Municipality of Maastricht can be reached at the following telephone number (from within the Netherlands): 14 043.  Please ask for the Data Protection Officer. The privacy policy of the Municipality of Maastricht may be found on this website.

We are naturally happy to help if you have questions or complaints about the processing of your personal data. If you are unable to arrive at a satisfactory solution through your contact with us, you also have the right to file a complaint with the privacy regulator, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).