Civic integration participants
Integrating into Dutch society
If you are integrating into Dutch society, you will have to deal with DUO. Civic integration exams are organised by DUO, for example. We also keep track of your integration progress and your efforts to meet the integration requirements. Finally, DUO can offer you a loan to help you pay for your civic integration programme. To do these things, we need your personal data.
Types of personal data
DUO uses different categories of personal data to organise civic integration exams and manage your integration process:
- personal details, such as name, sex, marital status, date and place of birth
- contact details, such as address, place of residence, telephone number and email address; data regarding your personal relationships, such as the names and addresses of your partner(s) and children
- data about your migration process, such as your migration history, the purpose of your migration and your residence permit
- education-related data, such as the name of your educational institution and diploma data
- identification numbers, such as citizen service number (BSN) and student identification number
- data relating to your interactions with DUO, such as email exchanges
- financial data, such as your grant amounts, income level and bank account number.
Special categories of personal data
In some cases, DUO may also process personal data that falls under a special category. Some of the personal data we process is highly sensitive in terms of privacy. DUO only processes such special personal data in order to perform specific tasks, and when there is a specific legal basis for doing so. This includes:
- data about your health, such as medical records or a doctor’s certificate
- data on your ethnic origin (based on your nationality, country of birth and/or country of origin)
- data on your religious or philosophical beliefs, for example when you are a spiritual leader.