Are recruitment agencies storing too much personal data? The recruitment industry appears to be massively violating the legal basis for retaining personal data in GDPR. In addition to salary, work experience and education, many employers also want to know other matching / selection criteria such as preference for a man or woman, Western or non-Western […]
Is the Netherlands leaking? Research by the Consumers’ Association shows that internet users forget to log out of Facebook and Google, so that the tech companies can also accurately track users on other websites, With Google or Facebook, 40% with Google and 60% with Facebook, even if they visit other websites, do not log out. […]
The European Parliament voted on the new European copyright law last Tuesday. This is very controversial on two points: Article 11 and Article 13. Many fear that this law will put pressure on the open internet as we know it. Article 11 requires websites that bundle news items and make them accessible (such as Google […]
The new AVG privacy law is being violated on a massive scale, more than a hundred days after its introduction. ‘Companies have good intentions but are confused by the complicated legal terms,’ says Saida Nhass senior consultant at risk advisor AON. According to Nhass, confusion mainly arises about the terms ‘processor’ and ‘controller’ about the […]
An article by VentureBeat gives a nice analogy of the different stages in which companies find themselves with regard to the implementation of the GDPR (here in the Netherlands referred to as the GDPR). It also applies here that quite a few companies are still not aware of harm, and are therefore still in the […]
We have many applications to share messages and data within your organization. This usually concerns free software for storing or sending information online. Good examples are WhatsApp, Dropbox and Skype. It is important to consider where all this information actually goes because of the GDPR. If you provide data to these authorities by means of […]
The GDPR is in full swing! We’ve already talked about how you can make your company GDPR compliant by applying technical and organizational measures in previous blog posts. Are you still unsure about the best way to approach this? Then request a AVG Advice process from Data Privacy Partners! But what about web shops? Most […]
An article in the magazine Office Rendement: The IT systems play an important role in your preparation for the GDPR. You must ensure that personal data is safe within your organization. And technology is the way to achieve that. May 25 is the day, so now check the systems for personal data security, so that […]
Hopefully, you have noticed: the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG) will come into effect in the Netherlands next year. The regulation prescribes measures to ultimately prevent a data breach of personal data within your BV. The GDPR demands a lot from your IT systems. Which buttons should you turn? The adaptation of the systems to […]
Police sent emails containing sensitive information to expired domain names, putting them in the hands of a security expert who registered the domains. It concerns arrest warrants, reports from Safe Home and security plans, according to BNR .