Towards a general data law?
Last week, Dutch think tank ECP hosted an interesting seminar on the future of data in the Netherlands. The seminar was aimed at discussing a legislative…
Bendert Zevenbergen on the must-read of privacy
The new book “Social Dimensions of Privacy” edited by Beate Roessler and Dorota Mokrosinska is a particularly welcome addition to current privacy scholarship.…
Dutch House of Representatives passed data breach notification bill
The Dutch House of Representatives has passed the proposed legislation regarding the obligation to notify a data breach and the expansion of the powers…
EU Privacy Legislation: an academic approach
Companies and governments that strive to operate online will invariably find themselves confronted with difficult privacy dilemmas. Not only are current…
WP29 issues guidelines on compliant privacy statement
The Article 29 Working Party (WP29), the European collaboration of data protection authorities, has developed several guidelines to help Google update…
Dutch Court decides on right to be forgotten
The Dutch preliminary Court gave the first ruling on the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’. According to the preliminary judge in Amsterdam, Google Search…