On March 10, 2025, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) updated its 2020 guidance on the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes (see the updated guidance here in French and in Dutch)....more
3/21/2025
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Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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Data Retention ,
Direct Marketing ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements
On 19 September 2024, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued new Guidance on the interplay between the recently adopted EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (the AI Act) and the General Data Protection...more
9/26/2024
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Automation Systems ,
Belgium ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Regulatory Oversight
On August 6th, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued guidance cautioning companies about the potential data protection risks associated with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots....more
8/12/2024
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Automation Systems ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Sensitive Personal Information
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 of the General...more
The Belgian Supreme Court ruled in a judgment of Oct. 7, 2021 that a data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority against a processing practice that violates the GDPR (in this case, the...more
Earlier this month, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a report on the resources that the EU Member States make available to their Data Protection Authorities (DPA) and on the enforcement actions initiated by...more
On 7 December 2020, the French supervisory authority CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, French data protection authority) imposed substantive fines on Amazon and Google for allegedly placing...more