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As part of its work, Riva publishes publications, reports, policies and strategies, and other material produced with, by, or on behalf of government partners, project partners, clients and donors. This also includes deliverables and reports produced as part of commissioned project work, uploaded to this website and as part of that engagement. Where a guest contribution or blog post is submitted by a partner or collaborator, the same terms below apply.
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Disclaimer on published content
This site contains material produced by or on behalf of governments, partners, clients, and other contributors. Riva does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by a contributor, and any reliance placed on such content is at the reader's own risk. Neither Riva nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents or employees, shall be liable to any user for any inaccuracy, error, omission, or other defect in such content, regardless of cause.
Where content is published under a commissioned project or service agreement, the terms of that agreement take precedence over this clause in the event of any conflict.
This website may contain links and references to third-party websites. These links are not under the control of Riva and Riva is not responsible for the content of any of the linked sites. We are also not responsible for the data protection and privacy practices of these organisations, including their website. Riva provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked site by Riva.
You may use the contact form on this website to reach us. By submitting information through this form, you represent and warrant that the content is accurate, that you own or have permission to use the content that you submit, and that use of the content will not cause injury to any person or entity. Please refer to our privacy statement for how we handle information submitted through this form.
Riva reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the site or any contents in any respect. Riva shall have no obligation to take the needs of any user into consideration in connection therewith.
Riva may at any time modify the site policy and the new version will be posted on the website. Your continued use of the website constitutes your agreement to the site policy.
This website is governed by Dutch law and EU privacy regulations.
The site policy has been updated on 12 August 2026.
Information about Riva's policy to cookies and use of personal data.
Riva attaches great importance to the adequate protection of your personal data. Riva handles personal data carefully and confidentially, it will be protected from loss, unauthorised access, or theft and will not be kept any longer than is necessary.
Riva does not knowingly collect online personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 16 and believe that he or she has disclosed personal information to us, please contact us.
Riva will not use any personal data collected on this site for any purpose other than that specifically stated. Riva does not sell or pass on personal contact details to any organisation to use for their own purposes. If you agree to receive, or sign up for, further information from Riva, you will be offered an opportunity to unsubscribe from that communication. Riva will discontinue sending this information on your first request.
If Riva wishes to process personal data for another purpose, Riva will provide you with information regarding the other purpose of that further processing as well as other relevant information.
Riva is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We only have access to and collect information that you voluntarily give us via the contact form. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. Riva will only use the information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us.
You can contact us via our contact form with subject: My personal data at any time to ask us the following:
We must provide the information free of charge unless we deem the request to be unfounded or excessive. In this event, we will explain why we have decided not to take action upon your request. To protect the confidentiality of your information, we will ask you to verify your identity before proceeding with any request you make under this privacy statement.
If you feel that your data has not been handled correctly, or you are unhappy with our response to any requests you have made to us regarding the use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit information via our website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. We have secured this website with the HTTPS protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), a standard web communication protocol that encrypts and decrypts a message for online transmission.
While we use encryption to protect information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for instance answer your query) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
In the event that personal information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised as required by applicable law.
Cookie policy
If you consent to cookies on this website or on our social media pages, you agree that we can place the types of cookies set out below on your device and use that data in accordance with this cookie policy. You can withdraw consent at any time, or change your cookie preferences to reject cookies using your browser settings.
What are cookies?
In offering its services, Riva uses ‘cookies’. Cookies are small temporary files that are stored on the hard drive of the computer. Most of these cookies do not contain any personal data, are not (directly) traceable to a living natural person, and are only used to make the website more easy to use. They are used to remember information between successive requests for a webpage. This site uses cookies only to facilitate browsing the website and to analyse the usage of the website. This site uses third party cookies for three purposes:
When you follow links to our Substack or LinkedIn pages, you will navigate away from our site to those third-party platforms. We refer to the data protection and privacy practices of these organisations as published on their own websites.
When you follow links to our Network Substack, Network LinkedIn, Member LinkedIn, Member Facebook, Member X pages or any individual staff LinkedIn profiles, you will navigate away from our site to those third-party platforms. We refer to the data protection and privacy practices of these organisations as published on their own websites.
Riva collects standard usage statistics (using Google Analytics) on its web server. This does not include personal data, but rather information which assists Riva in assessing the general usage patterns of its site and to optimise the use of its website. This information may include the IP address of your computer. Riva will not attempt to trace that IP address to you personally, nor will it allow that information to be tracked by outside agencies. The data collected via Google Analytics are deleted at regular intervals.
The majority of web browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari etc.) will allow you to block / delete cookies from your device via your browser settings. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the allaboutcookies.org website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
For information on how to opt-out of cookies set by Google Analytics, please visit the following link: “Cookies Set by Google Analytics and Google Analytics Privacy Overview”
Mobile phone users may have to refer to their handset manual.
When you choose to follow a specific free online training course on the Systems Academy. For you to be able to sign in, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. We may collect the following types of information:
How will we use your data?
You will have three months to complete the online training course. After one year, access to the courses and training service will no longer be available and we will:
When you sign up to hear more from us via our newslettersb, we may collect the following types of information:
This information is stored and processed via Mailchimp, our email marketing platform. We retain your newsletter information for as long as you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we will stop sending you communications; we may retain a minimal record on a suppression list solely to ensure we do not contact you again in error.
We do not collect special categories of personal data. We use the term special categories of personal information to mean information about your race, ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health, or sexual orientation.
How we use your information
The legal basis we use for processing your data currently includes:
Consent:
Legitimate interest:
We will not carry out any automated decision-making using the information we hold about you.
If you request to receive no further contact from us, we will keep some basic information about you on a 'suppression list' to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future.
You have several rights under applicable data protection laws, which are summarised below:
You have a right to:
If after you opt-in to receive communications from Riva, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by unsubscribing using the links which are included in every communication, or by contacting us via the contact form with the subject line My personal data.
If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on this webpage to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
This website is governed by Dutch law and EU privacy regulations.
This privacy statement has been updated on 12 August 2026.