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Verschillende maatschappelijke organisaties waaronder de stichting Privacy First en het Nederlands Juristencomité voor de Mensenrechten (hierna: ‘de Organisaties’) zijn  een rechtszaak gestart tegen de staat om een einde te maken aan het gebruik van een fraude-opsporingssysteem. Het systeem, genaamd: “Systeem Risico Indicatie” (hierna: ‘SyRi’) zou een te grote inbreuk maken op de privacy van burgers. […]

Nowadays, companies offer their goods and services en masse over the internet. So-called ‘online intermediation services’ (hereinafter: ‘Online platforms’) such as Booking.com and Bol.com have responded by facilitating this step for smaller providers. Currently, more than one million companies in the EU reach their customers through Online platforms. Online platforms have thus become crucial to […]

Ondernemingen bieden hun waren en diensten tegenwoordig massaal aan via het internet. Zogenaamde ‘online tussenhandelsdiensten’ (hierna: ‘Onlineplatforms’) zoals Booking.com en Bol.com zijn hier handig op ingesprongen door deze stap voor kleinere aanbieders te faciliteren. Momenteel bereiken hierdoor meer dan een miljoen ondernemingen in de EU hun klanten via Onlineplatforms. Onlineplatforms zijn hiermee van cruciaal belang […]

In het kader van de Digital Single Market Strategy (hierna: ‘DSM-strategy’) van de Europese Commissie is de afgelopen jaren veel Europese wetgeving aangenomen. De DSM-strategy heeft onder meer tot doel één digitale markt te creëren binnen de Europese Unie (hierna: ‘de EU’), de digitale economie te laten groeien, betere toegang te garanderen tot online diensten […]

Organisations in different professions use blacklists to warn each other about people who are causing nuisance. This also applies to housing corporations. But is that always allowed? Is the privacy of the people on such lists not infringed? What is a blacklist? Housing corporations can benefit from refusing former tenants who have shown criminal, unlawful […]

With the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation, the rules concerning the processing and protection of personal data within the European Union (‘EU’) have been largely harmonized. This means that organizations within the EU can, in principle, exchange personal data with peace of mind. Outside the Netherlands and other EU member states, privacy legislation […]

In order to be able to process personal data, a legal basis is required. One of the legal bases is the consent of the data subject (the person whose personal data are being processed). The requirements that the consent of the data subject must meet in accordance with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation  (‘GDPR’) […]

Many organisations are already aware of the fact that the General data protections regulation (‘GDPR’) considerably extends the power to impose fines by the Supervisory Authorities. This extended power is undoubtedly a strong incentive for organisations implement the GDPR and become privacy proof. But what extra obligations does the GDPR impose compared to the older […]

The processor has already been mentioned sideways in these GDPR-series on a regular basis, but didn’t get our specific attention yet. This part of our GDPR-series will therefore provide an insight into the changes that are taking place for the processor under the General Data Protection Regulations (‘GDPR’). Terminology The processor is the party that […]