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New Belgian DPA decision: employee consent sometimes works

Yes, employee consent is possible in certain circumstances – but do not assume old processing activities fully comply. That, in summary, was the position of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (B...

Act on the management and supervision of Dutch legal entities coming soon

On 10 November 2020, a bill introducing legislation on the management and supervision of legal entities (the "Act") was adopted by the Upper House of the Dutch Parliament. The Act is expected to en...

Finally some practical EDPB guidance on how to make international data transfers lawful

After a long, four-month wait, we finally have recommendations from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on “supplementary measures” in the context of international transfers of personal data ...

Data protection litigation: preparing to defend yourself – or attack

If people were to look, they would probably conclude that you do not fully comply with data protection rules. Top of the line security always fails somewhere, typically at the human level, and the ...

22-10-2020
Peter (P.) Craddock

The Court of Justice of the EU clarifies the assessment of position marks for services

The Court of Justice of the EU recently clarified the criteria to take into account when assessing the distinctive character of a position mark applied for in respect of services, in this case pass...

What to do with ex-employee mailboxes?

When a person leaves your organisation, how should you handle e-mail sent to their professional e-mail address? In a decision of 29 September published yesterday, the Belgian Data ...

Dutch parliament approves CERP bill: the Dutch scheme is coming!

Today, 6 October 2020, the Upper Chamber of the Dutch Parliament approved the Act on the Confirmation of an Extrajudicial Restructuring Plan ("CERP"). The bill - also referred to a...

Dutch UBO register goes live

On 27 September 2020, the UBO register for companies and other legal entities went live. The UBO register is part of the trade register. When registering a newly established entity with the trade r...

New controller-processor guidelines:

Armed with useful flowcharts to help organisations determine their role, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidelines on the concepts of "controller", "pr...

Luxembourg Extends DAC 6 Reporting Deadlines

By the Act of 25 March 2020, Luxembourg implemented Directive 2018/822 amending Council Directive 2011...

Benelux Regulators to Apply EIOPA Guidelines on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers

On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (the "Guidelines") which apply to insurance and ...

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