Contact point RIEC Northern Netherlands
The Regional Information and Expertise Centres (RIEC) support cooperating participants in tackling organised crime. Each RIEC has a Contact Point where you can ask questions about your personal data. For example, if you want to access your personal data, have something deleted or corrected, object, lodge a complaint, or have a general question.
Contact with Contactpunt RIEC
Do you want to:
- check whether the RIEC uses your personal data
- check whether the RIEC uses your personal data correctly
- ask the RIEC to delete or correct your personal data
If so, fill in the RIEC-GDPR request form. To do this, log in with your DigiD.
Are you unwilling or unable to apply online?
Get in touch with the Contact Point. Or call 0800-7032 for a callback request.
Do you have another question about the RIEC’s use of personal data?
Some examples:
- How does the RIEC handle personal data?
- What is the RIEC’s policy?
Get in touch with the Contact Point.
Not satisfied with the Contact Point?
Send an email to cfg@leeuwarden.nl.
Who are the cooperating participants?
RIEC Noord-Nederland consists of the 3 northern provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland. The participants of the RIEC Noord-Nederland are:
- Local authorities
- Provincial authorities
- Public Prosecution Service (PPS)
- Nationale Politie
- The Tax Administration (Belastingdienst)
- Belastingdienst/Toeslagen
- Douane
- Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FIOD)
- Netherlands Labour Authority (NLA)
- Royal Netherlands Marechaussee
- Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
- Employee Insurance Agency (UWV)
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
What if something goes wrong with my personal data?
If you think something has gone wrong with your personal data, you are advised to get in touch with the Contact Point. Or call 0800-7032 for a callback request.
The Contact Point notifies you and the appropriate authority if something goes wrong with the processing of your personal data.
What is laid down in the Data Processing by Partnerships Act (Wgs)?
The Data Processing by Partnerships Act (Wgs) came into force on 1 March 2025. This law helps government organisations work more effectively together against fraud and organised crime. Each government organisation has its own rules for sharing personal data. This makes working in partnership difficult. The Act explains how government organisations are permitted to share personal data. This is only permitted if it is absolutely necessary for their work.
The Act contains a few important rules. For example, that the RIEC partnership:
- Is only permitted to use personal data to combat organised crime. For example, drug crime, human trafficking, fraud and money laundering.
- Personal data may only be used for the purposes specified by law.
- Always check whether it is actually necessary to use personal data and whether there is no other way to achieve the same goal.
- There must be a contact point where you can ask questions about the RIEC partnership’s use of your personal data.
- An independent regulator must be appointed to coordinate the joint regulators. They check whether the RIEC partnership complies with privacy rules.
More information about the RIECs
The RIEC Noord-Nederland contact point provides information on how the cooperating participants use your personal data.
You will find more information on the RIEC LIEC and RIEC Noord Nederland websites.
You will find more information on how the City of Leeuwarden uses your personal data on the Personal Data page.
Contact with Contactpunt RIEC
Do you want to:
- check whether the RIEC uses your personal data
- check whether the RIEC uses your personal data correctly
- ask the RIEC to delete or correct your personal data
If so, fill in the RIEC-GDPR request form. To do this, log in with your DigiD.
Are you unwilling or unable to apply online?
Get in touch with the Contact Point. Or call 0800-7032 for a callback request.
Do you have another question about the RIEC’s use of personal data?
Some examples:
- How does the RIEC handle personal data?
- What is the RIEC’s policy?
Get in touch with the Contact Point.
Not satisfied with the Contact Point?
Send an email to cfg@leeuwarden.nl.
Who are the cooperating participants?
RIEC Noord-Nederland consists of the 3 northern provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland. The participants of the RIEC Noord-Nederland are:
- Local authorities
- Provincial authorities
- Public Prosecution Service (PPS)
- Nationale Politie
- The Tax Administration (Belastingdienst)
- Belastingdienst/Toeslagen
- Douane
- Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FIOD)
- Netherlands Labour Authority (NLA)
- Royal Netherlands Marechaussee
- Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
- Employee Insurance Agency (UWV)
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
What if something goes wrong with my personal data?
If you think something has gone wrong with your personal data, you are advised to get in touch with the Contact Point. Or call 0800-7032 for a callback request.
The Contact Point notifies you and the appropriate authority if something goes wrong with the processing of your personal data.
What is laid down in the Data Processing by Partnerships Act (Wgs)?
The Data Processing by Partnerships Act (Wgs) came into force on 1 March 2025. This law helps government organisations work more effectively together against fraud and organised crime. Each government organisation has its own rules for sharing personal data. This makes working in partnership difficult. The Act explains how government organisations are permitted to share personal data. This is only permitted if it is absolutely necessary for their work.
The Act contains a few important rules. For example, that the RIEC partnership:
- Is only permitted to use personal data to combat organised crime. For example, drug crime, human trafficking, fraud and money laundering.
- Personal data may only be used for the purposes specified by law.
- Always check whether it is actually necessary to use personal data and whether there is no other way to achieve the same goal.
- There must be a contact point where you can ask questions about the RIEC partnership’s use of your personal data.
- An independent regulator must be appointed to coordinate the joint regulators. They check whether the RIEC partnership complies with privacy rules.
More information about the RIECs
The RIEC Noord-Nederland contact point provides information on how the cooperating participants use your personal data.
You will find more information on the RIEC LIEC and RIEC Noord Nederland websites.
You will find more information on how the City of Leeuwarden uses your personal data on the Personal Data page.