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EUROPE: e-Privacy Regulation – changes regarding electronic communications and digital marketing

Since the European Commission unveiled a proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation in January 2017, this new piece of legislation, aiming to adapt rules on electronic communications and cookies, has undergone many iterations. The European Parliament has left its version untouched since October 2017, and in the meantime the Council of the EU has regularly published […]

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Belgium: DPA updating its Recommendation on Direct Marketing – Provide your input before 31 July 2019!

Updated official guidance on direct marketing appears to be on the horizon: the Belgian Data Protection Authority has launched a public consultation on direct marketing, with a view to updating its Recommendation No. 02/2013 of 30 January 2013 on direct marketing. In its 2013 Recommendation, available in Dutch and French, the Belgian DPA covered several […]

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Belgium: Newly appointed Belgian Data Protection Commissioner declares “I will not hesitate to issue fines to those not playing by the rules”

by Patrick Van Eecke & Gilles Hachez A little less than a month ago, the Belgian House of Representatives appointed the new commissioner and directors of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA), as we explained in our blogpost here. Today, little less than eleven months after the establishment of the DPA, the new commissioner, Mr […]

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EU: EDPB provides more clarity on the legal basis for processing data in clinical trials

By Ilias Abassi Since the implementation of the GDPR, there has been much discussion with respect to the appropriate legal basis for the processing of personal data in the context of a clinical trial, in particular how this relates to the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) which is expected to enter into force in 2020. There […]

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FRANCE: ONE MORE STEP TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEW FRENCH DATA PROTECTION LAW

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Yaël Hirsch On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance[1] finalizing, at the legislative level[2], the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation[3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680[4]. Following-up the adoption of the GDPR, the French Law No. 2018-493 related to personal data protection[5] […]

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THE NETHERLANDS: Dutch SA initiates exploratory investigation into DPAs

The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “AP”) recently communicated a press release stating that it reached out to 30 organizations to request information relating to their data processing agreements (DPAs).  Organizations that have been contacted are companies in the media, energy and trade sectors. The AP has requested, among other things, what agreements organizations have […]

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Spanish Senate signs-off new GDPR-compliant Data Protection Act

After a very long delay and amidst rumors that the Spanish Parliament could be dissolved and early elections called, the Spanish Senate speedily dismissed all the proposals for further changes and approved the new GDPR-compliant Spanish Data Protection Act on Wednesday 21 November 2018. The new Act (“NLOPD“), in addition to regulating many other topics: […]

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