Your privacy
Privacy is a prerequisite for being free in who you are and what you do. Privacy is about staying in control of your data. So that, for example, you are not continuously tracked and your medical data is safe.
The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) helps you by providing information and practical tips to protect your privacy.
Your privacy rights
You can ask organisations, among other things, for access to your data and for rectification or removal of your data.
Neighbour's camera
Would you like to know what is and isn't allowed with a camera at home?
Submitting a tip or complaint
Do you think an organisation is not adhering to the rules?
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Is a hotel allowed to make a copy of my passport?
When you go on a holiday, it may be that an employee of a hotel, bed and breakfast, holiday park or campsite asks for your passport or ID card. What exactly this person is allowed to do with your identity document varies for each country.
Information and tips for your child online
Smartphones and apps have become a permanent fixture in the lives of young people. As entertainment, but also for maintaining social contacts.
On our page for young people, they can read what their rights are where privacy is concerned, and what may go wrong if their data fall into the wrong hands. We also give them tips on what they can do themselves to protect their online privacy.
How are you profiled?
Some cookies are necessary to make websites work properly. Other cookies track your online behaviour. Thanks to cookies, businesses know a lot about you. For example, what your interests are, how healthy you are, and for which political party you vote. They sometimes sell that information to advertisers. This means you lose control over your privacy. Do you think it's normal that companies know so much about you?
Ask your question to the AP
Do you have a question about your privacy? We will be happy to help you.
You will find a lot of information on this website via the search bar at the top, and under the various themes. For example, about what you can do if you have become the victim of a data breach. Or when an organisation is permitted to request a copy of your ID.
You can also call us with your question.