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Technical audit · 16.06.2026

nuffic.nl

Website of the Dutch organization for internationalization in education
NL

Nuffic.nl is the website of the Dutch organization for internationalization in education, which handles diploma recognition, exchanges, and study abroad. Homepage scan: 35 requests, 4 domains. The configuration is exemplary. The only external service is the organization's own web statistics, built on the Piwik PRO platform and deployed under its own account, with not a single cookie set during the session. The policy explicitly describes the statistics as encrypted and anonymized, collecting no personal data. A session-recording tool, also mentioned in the policy, did not fire in this scan. There is no Google Analytics, no Facebook, no advertising, and no third-party commercial trackers. No violations were recorded.

Request timeline

1307 ms · own Piwik PRO statistics
A container for the organization's own web statistics loads, built on the Piwik PRO platform, under its own account.
1772 ms · pageview sent
The statistics tool sends pageview data without parameters tied to a visitor identifier, consistent with anonymized mode. No cookie is set in the process.
statistics anonymized, no cookie set
The policy describes the statistics as encrypted and anonymized, collecting no personal data, and it is therefore exempt from consent. Not a single cookie was set during the session. No session recording appears in the scan.

Declared versus actual

✓ Piwik PRO (statistics, anonymized) — declared

Detected trackers

Context

www.nuffic.nl is the website of the Dutch organization for internationalization in education (Nuffic): recognition of foreign diplomas, exchange programs, support for studying abroad, and international cooperation in education. The data controller is Nuffic. The site is informational.

Scan: 35 requests to 4 domains, homepage, captured in a clean Edge browser without a VPN or ad blocker. The technical stack is minimal.

Who receives the data

There are no third-party commercial recipients.

The only external service is the organization’s own web statistics, built on the Piwik PRO platform, under its own account. The policy explicitly describes it as encrypted and anonymized, collecting no personal data. The scan contains no Google Analytics, no advertising networks, and no social media pixels.

A full banner for the statistics is not required here: the policy describes it as anonymized and encrypted, without collecting personal data, and not a single cookie was set during the session. This is consistent with a mode exempt from consent.

It’s worth separately noting: the policy also mentions a session-recording tool, but it did not fire in this scan — only anonymized statistics loaded on the page.

Only anonymized in-house statistics. Before any interaction, the organization’s web statistics fire on its own account, without cookies and without a visitor identifier. The scan contains no session recording, no Google analytics, no advertising domains, and no social plugins.

Conclusion

Nuffic.nl is a restrained configuration for an education organization. Web statistics run on the platform’s own account and are described in the policy as anonymized and encrypted, without collecting personal data, and no cookies are set. The session-recording tool mentioned in the policy did not load on this page. There is no third-party advertising, no Google analytics, and no social media pixels whatsoever. The key takeaway for the reader: the organization can manage with its own anonymized statistics, and in this scan the page runs without a single third-party commercial tracker and without a single cookie. No violations were recorded.

Evidence

How to verify: download the file and compute its checksum — sha256sum file.har (Linux, macOS) or certutil -hashfile file.har SHA256 (Windows); it must match the one shown. The conclusions apply to the scope of this measurement — see the limitations of the method.

Original (audit)
HAR file: nl/nuffic-nl-2026-06-16.har
SHA-256: ca1a355701a82cb6cc2a44ac2d05cb46e6c0153eb17cfc2be4984343c004ce8f
HAR files are stored on EU infrastructure (Proton Drive). SHA-256 is published for integrity verification.
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Step 1. Data access request (GDPR Art. 15)

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Subject: Data access request (GDPR Art. 15) — nuffic.nl

To: [insert the company's address — DPO / support / legal department]
From: [Your name], [contact email]

I request access to my personal data processed in connection with the website nuffic.nl.

1. Categories of data and purposes of processing (Art. 15(1)(a)-(c))
I request information on all categories, purposes, and recipients of my data processed on this site — regardless of whether any non-compliance has been identified to date.

2. Recipients, retention periods, and transfers outside the EEA (Art. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
I also request the full list of third-party recipients, the applicable retention period for each category, and the legal basis for any transfer of data outside the EEA. The full technical audit with evidence (saved network log, SHA-256 checksum) is published at: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/nl-nuffic-nl/

3. Automated processing and profiling (Art. 15(1)(h))
Please state whether I am subject to automated decision-making or profiling, and if so, disclose the logic involved.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[contact email]
[Country]


[Date]