From the 2028/2029 season, the KNVB intends to make ‘Personal Digital Access’ (PDT) mandatory to more effectively combat ticket abuse in football stadiums. To achieve this, supporters must complete a mandatory one-time digital identification by scanning their identity document via an app. However, recent research raises significant privacy concerns, as an excessive amount of sensitive […]
The municipality of Enschede has published an explanation regarding the policy on the deployment of cameras with facial recognition technology in public spaces. The use of this type of advanced biometric technology inevitably raises critical questions about the protection of citizens’ privacy. Under the strict rules of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the processing […]
n Germany, Facebook is not allowed to continue to collect data from users who have not consented. The court stopped this yesterday – as the highest body in German case law. The tug-of-war around Facebook dates back to a decision by the German cartel watchdog, the Bundeskartellamt. He ruled in February 2019 after a nearly […]
Each individual manages, views and corrects his personal data himself, and determines for what purpose he or she shares it for what period with processing parties such as municipalities, doctors and institutions. How beautiful will that be? Read more about this subject at: https://ibestuur.nl/nieuws/wordt-de-burger-eigen-databaas
The UWV benefits agency must pay an employee 250 euros in compensation because it wrongly shared information with the employee’s new employer about her previous burnout. This is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to the Amsterdam court. Read more about this: https://rechtennieuws.nl/59884/uwv-moet-250-euro-schadevergoeding-betalen-na-datalek/
Menzis has to pay a penalty of 50,000 euros from the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) because people within the organization may have had unauthorized access to health data. Menzis reports this on Thursday in the 2018 annual report. Data that employees were not allowed to view because of their position could still be requested. […]
98% of adults in the Netherlands are now familiar with the AVG law, which became effective on 25 May. Almost 60% of the Dutch do not know what rights they have been granted and even less than half want to view data or have it removed. Citizens who do make use of their new rights […]