Privacy
Policy.

Website Visits

The website is hosted and delivered through Cloudflare. When you visit, technical information such as your IP address, requested page, request time and browser information may be processed to deliver the pages, maintain availability and protect the service against abuse.

These technical operations support the provision and security of the website. Further information about Cloudflare’s processing and international transfers is available in its privacy policy.

Website Statistics

We use Plausible Analytics to count visits and see which pages are read, so we can improve the website. Plausible is privacy-friendly analytics made and hosted in the European Union. It does not use cookies, does not store personal data and does not follow you across websites or devices.

For each page view, Plausible records the page, the referring website, the browser, operating system and device type, an approximate location (country, region and city) and how far and how long the page was read. Your IP address and full browser details are never stored. They are combined with a salt that changes every day to count unique visitors, and the salt is deleted after 24 hours, so a visit cannot be linked to you or to later visits. Visitor data stays in the European Union. We only see totals. Because no cookies are set and no personal data is kept, the website shows no cookie banner.

Contact, Registration & Newsletters

If you email us, we receive your email address, the contents of your message and any information you choose to include. We use this information to respond and handle your meeting-related request. Messages sent to an @causalscience.org address use our Strato email service; University addresses use the University’s email service.

Registration uses a Google Form embedded on our registration page, with a separate Google Forms link as an alternative. The embedded form loads from Google only after you choose to show it on that page. Newsletter subscriptions are submitted directly to Buttondown, and newsletter links open Buttondown. Information submitted there is used for the registration or subscription you request; the details requested and any consent choices are shown by those services. Consult Google’s privacy policy and Buttondown’s privacy policy before submitting information.

Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting earlier lawful processing. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link in its emails, or contact us about registration or other requests.

Cookies & Local Storage

The website does not set cookies of its own, neither for advertising nor for statistics: the Plausible statistics described above work without cookies. Fonts and website images are served from this website. Cloudflare may use technical cookies where required for its security services; external services have their own cookie practices when you visit them.

The communication studio and the speaker card tool save your drafts in your browser’s local storage on your device. They do not upload those drafts or selected images to our servers. You can remove saved drafts by clearing this website’s browser storage. Downloaded files remain on your device until you delete them.

Program & Speaker Information

The program and meeting archive publish professional information, including author and speaker names, affiliations, presentation titles, portraits and profile links. This information identifies contributors and documents the meeting. Contact us to request a correction or discuss the use of your information.

Retention, Recipients & International Processing

Personal information is retained for the period needed for its purpose and any applicable legal obligations. Program and archive information may be kept as a historical record of the meeting. Newsletter subscription data is used while the subscription remains active. For the retention period applicable to a particular registration, message or hosting record, contact us or the University’s privacy team.

Information may be handled by the organizers and service providers needed for the relevant activity: Cloudflare for hosting, Plausible for anonymous website statistics, Google for registration, Buttondown for newsletters, and the relevant email provider for correspondence. Some providers operate internationally and may process data outside the European Economic Area. Their notices describe the applicable transfer arrangements; the University’s privacy team can provide further information about safeguards for University processing.

Links to speaker websites, social networks, videos and other external websites lead to services with their own privacy notices.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on the circumstances, you can request access, correction, erasure, restriction or portability of your personal data, and object to processing. You may also withdraw consent where that is the basis for processing.

For a privacy request, email privacy@maastrichtuniversity.nl. You can contact the University’s Data Protection Officer at fg@maastrichtuniversity.nl. For website-specific questions, use j.kaminski@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

You may lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority or another competent supervisory authority. The UM General Privacy Statement explains how to exercise your rights.

We will update this page when the website’s data practices change. The revision date appears at the top.