Privacy Policy

Since Maastricht School of Management (MSM) is part of Maastricht University, the same UM privacy policy applies for the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website. 

Protecting your privacy is important to Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and Maastricht University. Therefore, we treat your data with utmost care. Maastricht School of Management (MSM) is the controller of your personal data. This privacy policy explains how Maastricht School of Management (MSM) handles personal data.

Your personal data may be collected and processed for a specific purpose. If this specific purpose is not expressly specified in this privacy policy, you will be informed in advance about this specific purpose in a separate privacy policy.

What personal data does Maastricht School of Management (MSM) process
Maastricht School of Management (MSM) always has a purpose for processing data and does not process more data than is necessary for that purpose. A general overview of these purposes can be found further on in this privacy policy.

Maastricht School of Management (MSM) receives personal data directly from you or from a third party that is authorised or required to share this personal data with Maastricht School of Management (MSM).

Here you can find an overview of the categories of (special) personal data that Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and UM may process.

Sensitive personal data are data that are special in nature. For example, these can be data that reveal your race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or sexual orientation. The term sensitive personal data also includes data about your health, genetic data or biometric data through which you can be identified (e.g. a fingerprint). Maastricht School of Management (MSM) only processes sensitive data when it is permitted to do so by law.

Lawful basis for the processing of personal data by Maastricht School of Management (MSM)
Whenever Maastricht School of Management (MSM) processes your personal data, it does so with a lawful basis for processing. A lawful basis for processing is the grounds for processing personal data.

Maastricht School of Management (MSM) primarily processes your personal data to perform its public tasks in the field of the provision of academic education and research. However, Maastricht School of Management (MSM) may also process your personal data:

  • to perform a contract with you;
  • to comply with a statutory obligation;
  • to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party;
  • to serve the legitimate interests of Maastricht School of Management (MSM) or a third party;
  • with your consent.

If you send an email to MSM’s general email account, MSM-infomail@maastrichtuniversity.nl your email including email address will be forwarded to the concerned team/department. Your email address will only be used for replying to your email.

Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website
Cookies
The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, mobile phone or tablet when you consult pages on the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website. The next time you visit the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website, the information stored in this cookie can be read by Maastricht School of Management (MSM) servers. Like virtually all websites, the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website uses cookies to offer you the best possible user experience when you visit our website.

Maastricht School of Management (MSM) uses cookies:

  • so you only have to set specific preferences during and between visits to the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website once;
  • to make the website faster;
  • so you can share certain pages via social media, such as LinkedIn and Facebook;
  • to enable it to analyse website usage;
  • to enable it to optimise the site and improve its contents.

You can learn more about the cookies that Maastricht School of Management (MSM) uses in the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) Cookie Policy

Secure connection
Whenever you visit the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website, a secure connection is established between your device and the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) website.

Further processing
The basic principle is that Maastricht School of Management (MSM) uses personal data for the purpose for which the data was collected. In some cases, Maastricht School of Management (MSM) uses the personal data collected for other purposes too. These purposes must always be compatible with the original purpose of processing. Before further processing takes place, Maastricht School of Management (MSM) therefore carefully considers whether the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose of processing.

According to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), further processing of personal data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes is compatible with the original purpose of processing.

How can you view, change and delete your personal data?
You have the right to view, change or delete your personal data. If you want to make use of this right or if you have any questions regarding your personal data, please contact MSM by sending an email to the following email address: MSM-communications@maastrichtuniversity.nl. We will make sure your email is received by the department who manages your personal data.

Changes to this privacy policy
This privacy policy will be revised from time to time to ensure that it remains up to date. In the event of major changes, you will be notified.