Privacy statement
How this website handles your personal data.
Introduction
This website presents See4YourFutureSelf, a research project of Maastricht University on pension engagement. The project is a Netspar theme grant project funded by Instituut Gak. The website informs visitors about the project, its researchers, partners and research output.
Contact details
For any questions or further information, please get in touch with Joana Duhamel (joana.duhamel@maastrichtuniversity.nl) or Jonas Heller (j.heller@maastrichtuniversity.nl).
Privacy statement
Your privacy is important to Maastricht University (UM), and we therefore treat your data with care. This privacy statement explains how your personal data is handled when you visit this website. UM also has a general privacy statement, which regulates the processing operations not specifically mentioned in this privacy statement.
Scope
This privacy statement applies only to this website. It does not apply to the See4YourFutureSelf tool or to our studies. If you take part in one of our studies, you receive separate information about how your data is processed and you are asked for your consent.
Personal data
This website does not ask you for any personal data. It does not use cookies, analytics or tracking, and it loads no content from other websites.
When you visit the website, the following technical data is processed:
- your IP address;
- browser and device information sent with each request (user agent);
- the date and time of your visit and the pages you request.
Purpose
This technical data is processed only to:
- deliver the pages of the website to your browser;
- protect the website against misuse and attacks.
Lawful basis
Maastricht University processes this data because it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest: informing the public about scientific research (GDPR Article 6(1)(e)).
Retention period
Technical data is not stored by the research team. Our hosting provider keeps it only as long as needed to deliver the website and protect it against attacks.
Recipients of personal data
This website is hosted by Cloudflare, which processes the technical data on behalf of Maastricht University. Where Cloudflare processes data outside the European Economic Area, the transfer is governed by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
This website links to other websites, such as YouTube, LinkedIn and Netspar. When you follow a link, the privacy statement of that website applies.
Exercising rights under the GDPR
Privacy legislation gives you several rights in relation to your personal data. Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- right to be informed about data processing;
- right of access to personal data;
- right to rectification;
- right to erasure ("right to be forgotten");
- right to restriction of processing;
- right to object;
- right to data portability;
- right not to be subjected to automated decision-making.
If you wish to exercise one of these rights, you can fill out the Maastricht University GDPR request form, available through the UM privacy statements. You can also send an email to privacy@maastrichtuniversity.nl, or contact the Data Protection Officer of Maastricht University directly at fg@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
You also have the right to file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).
Last updated: October 2026