Thank you for considering participating in this survey on student housing!

Aim: This research investigates the importance of individual characteristics (e.g. their ability to speak Dutch) in accessing student housing as well as their experience on the student housing market.

Author: This study is carried out by Hans Zindel (h.f.zindel@students.uu.nl) as part of my bachelor’s thesis.
Process: You will be asked to answer questions about your socio-economic status, experience on the student housing market of Utrecht, social network, familiarity with Dutch culture, and to provide general demographic data. The survey will take approximately 7-8 minutes to complete. No compensation is offered for participation.
Data handling: The data you provide will be securely stored, namely your demographic data, opinions, and experiences. Because your demographic information makes you potentially identifiable, this constitutes personal data. Your personal data will be stored for at least 10 years in a pseudonymized form, as is common practice in research. Any personal information that could reasonably identify you will be removed or changed before files are shared with other researchers or results are made public.
Risks and benefit: This survey includes questions about personal experiences of victimization that some participants may find distressing. Feel free to take a break from the survey or to stop the study altogether if you feel distressed. Potential benefits include contributing to the body of knowledge about student housing.
Your rights: Participation is voluntary. We are only allowed to collect your data for our study if you consent to this. If you decide not to participate, you do not have to take any further action. You do not need to sign anything. Nor are you required to explain why you do not want to participate. If you decide to participate, you can always change your mind and stop participating at any time, including during the study. You will even be able to withdraw your consent after you have participated by sending an email to h.f.zindel@students.uu.nl. However, if you choose to do so, we will not be required to undo the processing of your data that has taken place up until that time. The personal data we have obtained from you up until the time when you withdraw your consent will be erased (where personal data is any data that can be linked to you, so this excludes any already anonymized data).
Complaints/information: If you have any complaints or questions about the processing of personal data, please send an email to the Faculty of Sciences Privacy Officer: privacy-beta@uu.nl. The Privacy Officer will also be able to assist you in exercising the rights you have under the GDPR. For details of our legal basis for using personal data and the rights you have over your data please see the University’s privacy information at www.uu.nl/en/organisation/privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this research, please contact Hans Zindel at h.f.zindel@students.uu.nl.