Personal Data and Cookies

Our website is a digital service designed to stimulate social inclusion and equal learning opportunities in education. This site offers free access to a self-evaluation tool and information about social inclusion, designed for schools, quality assurance departments, inspections and other stakeholders.

The website ‘STESSIE’ constitutes a processing of personal data implemented by the Standing Conference of Inspectorates (SICI) for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (GDPR).

SICI is committed to processing your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

A cookie (or "tracker") is a text file placed on your computer when visiting a website or viewing a communication campaign. It allows the storage of user data to facilitate your navigation and offer certain functionalities. Cookies and the IP addresses of users, collected for statistical purposes, are retained for thirteen months and then deleted.

It is important to distinguish between cookies we issue on STESSIE for the proper functioning of the site, audience measurement cookies, and those issued by third parties. If you refuse the cookies necessary for the proper functioning of the site or delete them, please note that you may no longer benefit from certain functionalities that are nonetheless necessary to navigate certain areas of this website. You can oppose or delete them using your browser settings; however, your user experience may be degraded.

Cookie Name: __cf_bm

Domain: .hcaptcha.com

Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

Retention Period: 29 minutes 59 seconds

Cookie Name: PHPSESSID

Domain: www.stessie.eu

Purpose: Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.

Retention Period: Session

To better serve you and enhance user experience on our website, we measure its audience using a solution that employs cookie technology. This type of cookie does not identify you as an individual; it is only used to record your browsing information.
 

Cookie Name: _ga

Domain: .stessie.eu

Purpose: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.

Retention Period: 1 year 1 month

Cookie Name: _ga_XG0LE1586P

Domain: .stessie.eu

Purpose: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

Retention Period: 1 year 1 month

Cookies may also be placed on the STESSIE website via third-party applications. Certain features offered on the site (video players, maps, interactive content, display of content from social media platforms, etc.) use third-party services. These features place cookies that allow third parties to identify the websites you visit and the content you are interested in.

You can also choose at any time to disable all or part of the cookies generated while browsing https://www.stessie.eu//personal-data-and-cookies/#cookiemodal directly from your web browser, including those required for the site's operation. However, some features may no longer be available. Here’s how to manage cookies in your browser:

• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=nl
• Firefox : https://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/cookies-in-en-uitschakelen-websites-voorkeuren
• Internet Explorer : https://support.microsoft.com/nl-nl/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Microsoft Edge : https://support.microsoft.com/nl-nl/windows/cookies-verwijderen-en-beheren-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

Personal data other than cookies, IP addresses, and email addresses on the website are retained for the time necessary to inform the public.
Some of the videos on the website are hosted on French partner IH2EF You Tube account.

In accordance with the modified French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, you have the right to access, rectify, modify, and delete data concerning photos and videos that involve you. This right is granted without exception. For any request, send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, including copies of the photographs concerned (or a screenshot for a video), to:

Institut des hautes études de l’éducation et de la formation
BP 72 000
Téléport 2 – Boulevard des frères Lumière
86 963 Futuroscope - Chasseneuil Cedex - FRANCE

Your request must include a copy of an identity document bearing your signature.

In any case, photos and videos are deleted after ten years.

The collected data is used to enhance user experience, provide better content, and support our public service mission. Authorized STESSIE staff, within the scope of their responsibilities and as needed, are the recipients of the personal information and data involved. The data is not disclosed to any recipients other than those mentioned.

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you can exercise your rights of access, rectification, restriction, and opposition by contacting the data controller: STESSIE using the 'Contact Us' form or send us a mail :

email secretariat SICI: sylvia.vanimpe@onderwijsinspectie.be
- address SICI offices: Koning Albert II laan 15, 1210 Brussel, België

To learn more about your data protection rights, visit the European Data Protection Board website. If you believe your rights have not been respected or that our practices are not compliant with data protection rules, you can file a complaint with your national agency :
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.