Belgium
Timelex
On 10th October 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) approved Europrivacy, the first and currently only European Data Protection Seal under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Timelex
On 29 December 2021, a data subject filed a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) due to the receipt of a direct marketing e-mail from a company which he had not been a customer for two years.
Lydian
An appropriate privacy policy entails that a company respects the three ESG criteria in the manner it handles data.
Lydian
Over the past few years, the Belgian Data Protection Authority has emerged as a remarkably active regulator.
Timelex
Over the past years, "legal tech" solutions have become increasingly popular to help inhouse legal departments and law firms share and reuse existing knowledge.
WilmerHale
Last week, the Belgian Data Protection Authority ruled that the IAB's cookie consent framework violated the GDPR.
Alston & Bird
In a decision of December 16, 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority ("DPA") imposed a EUR 75,000 administrative fine on a bank located in Belgium for failure to comply with the requirement in Article 38.6...
European Union
Crowell & Moring
In the past few years, privacy activists, consumers and national and European data protection authorities have become increasingly aware of the impact of cookies and other tracking technologies.
Timelex
On 17 July 2020, in the Schrems II judgment, the CJEU declared the Privacy Shield invalid as a mechanism for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the United States.
Contrast
The European Data Protection Board recently published draft guidelines on the right of access...
McDermott Will & Emery
2022 was yet another eventful year in terms of GDPR compliance. The continued evolution of the enforcement landscape, with increasing number of sanctions and individuals exercising their rights...
Bird & Bird
A central plank in the EU's digital scaffolding is the proposal for a Data Act, which sets out new rules regarding who can use and access data in the EU across all economic sectors.
Cooley LLP
After the proposal for the Data Governance Act (DGA) was introduced in November 2020, the Council of the European Union finally approved it on 16 May 2022.
lus Laboris
The EU and the United States government have announced they have agreed a framework to protect the privacy of personal data transferred from the EEA to the US.
Cooley LLP
In November 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its draft Guidelines 05/2021 on the interplay between the application of Article 3 and the provisions on international transfers...
lus Laboris
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidelines on individuals' right to access their data, including that held by employers and former or prospective employers.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
The Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) recently released a draft decision imposing a €250,000 fine ($285,000) on the provider of a consent mechanism that operates within a real-time ad bidding program.
Alston & Bird
On Monday, 3 January 2022, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") published the finalized version of its regulatory guidance entitled "Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification" (the "Guidelines")...
Worldwide
Crowell & Moring
The European Commission launched the formal process to adopt an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework on December 13, 2022.
Cooley LLP
On 12 July 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Statement 02/2022 on Personal Data Transfers to the Russian Federation, in which it confirmed that data transfers to Russia...