Privacy Policy

Privacy and Cookie Statement

CAST Amsterdam (“we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and handles personal data with care and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR / AVG) and applicable Dutch cookie rules.

We may process personal data when you visit this website, subscribe to our mailing list, or contact us. This may include technical information about your visit, information about your cookie preferences, your email address if you sign up for updates, and any information you choose to send to us in a contact form or email.

We use this data to keep the website functioning properly, improve the website, manage communications and mailing-list subscriptions, and respond to questions or requests. Where required by law, we only place analytics or other non-essential cookies after you have given consent through the cookie banner. Functional cookies that are necessary for the proper operation of the website may be placed without consent.

If you subscribe to our mailing list, we use your email address to send newsletters, updates, and information related to our activities. We keep this data until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove it.

If you give consent, this website may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors use the website and to improve its performance and content. Any analytics data is kept in accordance with the retention settings configured in the relevant service.

This website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help the website function, remember your preferences, and, where you have given consent, help us measure and improve website usage. You can change your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings on the website or through your browser settings.

We do not sell your personal data. Where necessary, we may use service providers for website hosting, mailing-list services, analytics, or website maintenance. These providers may process personal data on our behalf only for the purposes described in this statement and subject to appropriate safeguards. If personal data is processed outside the European Economic Area, this will only take place where appropriate legal safeguards are in place.

We do not keep personal data longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. Mailing-list data is kept until you unsubscribe. Contact data is kept for as long as necessary to handle your message and any related follow-up. Technical or analytics data is kept in accordance with the settings actually used on the website and only where permitted by law.

Under the GDPR / AVG, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, correction of inaccurate data, deletion of data, restriction of processing, objection to processing, withdrawal of consent, and, where applicable, data portability. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at B.W.J.Pirok@uva.nl. You also have the right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

If you have any questions about this Privacy and Cookie Statement, please contact us at B.W.J.Pirok@uva.nl.

Last updated: 23/04/2026

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