Last updated: September 23, 2025

We are highly attentive to the protection of personal data and we are committed to ensuring that the collection and processing of data carried out from this site comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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 SICI 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: VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA

Domain: .youtube.com

Purpose: This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions.

Retention Period: 5 months 4 weeks

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.sici-inspectorates.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: .sici-inspectorates.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_4BY0CY6RH8

Domain: .sici-inspectorates.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 SICI 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.

Purposes and processing methods of your data by third parties, your rights, and how to exercise them:

Cookie Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Domain: .youtube.com

Purpose: This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.

Retention Period: 5 months 4 weeks

Cookie Name: YSC

Domain: .youtube.com

Purpose: Session

Retention Period: This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

You can also choose at any time to disable all or part of the cookies generated while browsing https://www.sici-inspectorates.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

The collected data is used to enhance user experience, provide better content, and support our public service mission. Authorized SICI 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: SICI 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.