We reflect on the ICO’s report “GDPR – One year on”. The message from the ICO is clear. Everything has increased in the last year – significant increases to the level of public engagement and awareness of data privacy; the number of data breaches reported and the ICO’s own resources have been stepped up to […]

By Patrick Van Eecke The Belgian Data Protection Authority on Tuesday May 28 sanctioned a local politician with a fine of 2000 EUR for having abused e-mailaddresses of citizens for election purposes. Although the amount of the fine is rather low, it shows the newly elected members of the DPA take their role seriously since […]

On 22 May 2019 it was disclosed that the Spanish Constitutional Court had decided to nullify indent 2 of the final provision 3 of the new Spanish Data Protection Act, less than six months after becoming effective. At the same time, article 58 bis of the General Electoral Act, created by the former, is also […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) federal government has issued Federal Law No. 2 of 2019 on the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Health Fields (“ICT Health Law”). The objectives of this law are to: ensure the optimal use of ICT in health fields; ensure safety and security of health data and information. […]