Privacy policy

1. Data protection regulations

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine respects your personal rights.

This includes the right to privacy, which is guaranteed by Article 22 of the Belgian Constitution and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine will process your data in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation / GDPR).

In this respect, the Euregio Meuse-Rhine treats all personal data according to the following principles:

• Lawfulness, good faith
• Earmarking
• Proportionality
• Accuracy and up to date
• Earmarked time limit
• Confidentiality and data security

The following rights are granted to you by the GDPR:

• The right to information. If data concerning you are collected directly from you or through another source, you have the right to obtain clear information as to who is processing your data, what data are processed and for what purpose (Articles 12 - 14).
• The right to be informed about the personal data which an institution holds on you (Article 15).
• The right of rectification. If personal data held about you by an institution is incorrect, you have the right to ask for it to be corrected or completed (Article 16).
• The right of deletion (“right to be forgotten”) allows you to request the deletion of your personal data if you no longer wish them to be processed and the institution no longer has a legitimate reason to keep them. (Article 17).
• The right to restrict processing: Under certain conditions, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted (Article 18).
• The right to data transferability: Under certain conditions, you have the right to have personal data that you have provided returned and to make it available to other bodies. (Article 20).
• The right to object: in certain cases, you may object to the further processing of your personal data if it is no longer justified by the performance of public tasks or the protection of legitimate interests.
• If you can prove your identity, you have the right, as a concerned party in accordance with Article 15, to obtain on request the following information about your data:
• the information as to whether or not data concerning you are being processed
• information on the purposes of such processing operations
• information on the categories of data being processed
• information on the categories of recipients to whom the data are disclosed, where applicable
• where possible, the envisaged period for which the data will be processed
• information on the source of the data, if they were not provided by you
• information on the possibility of lodging a complaint with the Data Protection Authority.

The provisions of the Decree of 16 October 1995 on the publicity of administrative documents are also applicable.

For further information on the protection of privacy, please consult the website of the Data Protection Authority and the website of the European Union.

The full text of the General Data Protection Regulation can be found in the download area. Only the texts published in the Official Journal of the European Union and the Moniteur belge are legally binding.

2. The content of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine website

Every time a user accesses the Internet offer and every time a file is called up, data on this process is temporarily stored and processed in a log file:

• IP address
• Dwell time
• Browser and hardware usage
• Date and time
• Pages called up
• Retrieval sequence
• Search words
• Entry pages
• Exit pages
• Provider
• Country of origin

This data is collected exclusively for the quality assurance of our web offer.

Accessibility widget. Our website offers an accessibility tool provided by UserWay Inc. (United States), which allows each visitor to adapt the display to their needs. It is only loaded once you have accepted it: your IP address, the characteristics of your browser and the page viewed are then transmitted to this provider, which acts as a processor within the meaning of Article 28 of the GDPR. The preferences you choose are stored in the local storage of your browser, on your device, until you delete them. No advertising cookies are set.

Cookies. Visiting the website sets temporary technical cookies, which are necessary for navigation and for remembering the language you have chosen. They are not used for any audience measurement.

3. Contact persons

The data controller within the meaning of Article 4 of the GDPR is the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, Gospertstrasse 42 in B-4700 Eupen, represented by Mr Michael Dejozé, Director of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine.

The Data Protection Officer within the meaning of Article 37 of the GDPR is Ms Tamara Koenen.

You have questions? Then ask them via the following address: dataprotection@euregio-mr.eu.