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The entry into force of the legal presumption regarding tracking
cookies has been postponed until 1 January 2013. As reported
in our previous
Legal Alert, this provision includes a legal presumption that
tracking cookies used to analyse web surfing behaviour constitute
processing of personal data, triggering applicability of the Dutch Data Protection Act (Wet bescherming
persoonsgegevens) and shifting the burden of proof from the Dutch Data Protection Authority (College
bescherming persoonsgegevens) to the party placing the
cookies. The Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and
Innovation has decided to postpone the entry into force of this
legal presumption to await the developments at the European level
in order to gain clarity on the scope of the cookie provision in
the revised Telecommunications Directive. If no workable solution
is found before 31 December 2013, the legal presumption will enter
into force.
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