Your rights

Under the General data protection Regulation, you data protection the right to access, correct, and delete your personal data, and you may object to its use.

What are your rights?

Right of access

You have the right to access your personal data to check whether it is being processed and, if so, which data is being processed.

Right to rectification and supplementation

If your personal data proves to be incorrect, you can exercise your right to rectification and supplementation to amend the data.

Right not to be subject to automated decision-making

If a decision about you is made through automated processes, you have the right to have a human review this decision. Fully or partially automated decision-making takes place in the case of automated water board tax remission.

Right to restriction

If, in certain situations, you want your personal data to be temporarily no longer processed, you can exercise your right to restriction. This is possible, for example, if you believe that your personal data is incorrect or is being processed unlawfully.

Right to object

If you do not want your personal data to be processed at all, you can exercise your right to object (right of objection). If there is a legitimate reason to process your data, you cannot object to the processing.

Right to data transfer (data portability)

The right to data portability allows you to transfer your personal data in certain cases.

Right to erasure

In some cases, you may request that your personal data be deleted, for example if you authorisation given authorisation for a particular processing you withdraw that authorisation . The law specifies circumstances in which this right does not apply and your data will not be deleted. For example, if your personal data is processed for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

Terms and Conditions

The rights only apply to your own data. We therefore need to be able to verify your identity. The safest way to do this is by logging in with your DigiD. 

Please ensure that you enclose a copy of your ID with your written request. This allows us to verify that the request is indeed from you. For privacy reasons, it is important that you cover your photo and social security number and send the copy via a secure method (e.g., registered mail). Alternatively, you can bring your ID to show us in person. In that case, we will not make a copy.

How it works

You can log in using DigiD and exercise your rights using (one of) the following forms.

DigiDRights of data subjects - Taxes

DigiDRights of data subjects - Permits

DigiDRights of data subjects - Schouw

DigiDRights of data subjects - Other

If you are unable or unwilling to log in via DigiD, you can submit your request in writing by sending a letter to:

Hollands Noorderkwartier Water Authority
Attn: data protection Officer
Postbus
1700 AG Heerhugowaard

Your letter or email must contain at least the following:

  • your name, address details, and phone number;
  • date;
  • description of the right you are invoking;
  • copy of identity document.

How long does the processing take?

We will process your request as soon as possible. You can expect to hear from us within four weeks of receiving your request.

Legislation

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