Netherlands: Privacy Protection

The European Commission has proposed the EU KIDS Act, introducing an EU-wide framework for minors' access to digital services through age-based restrictions and safety-by-design requirements. The proposal establishes tiered access rules for social media and video-sharing platforms, with independent accounts prohibited under age 13, guardian supervision required for ages 13-15, and autonomous access permitted from age 15. Digital service providers will need to navigate complex age assurance requirements whil

The privacy and personal data protection legal landscape witnessed a landmark period as the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered several pivotal judgments in GDPR-related cases.

At the end of 2019, Dutch department store chain HEMA announced it was going to stop using fingerprints for its time clocks and sales registers.