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An adequacy decision is a decision adopted by the European Commission under Article 45 of the GDPR for the transfer of personal data to third […]

Privacy law is supervised by the national supervisor. In the Netherlands, this is the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP). Each member state of the European […]

Big data is a term that you often encounter in articles about privacy. The term refers to a large amount of (unstructured) information about individuals […]

The internet is bursting with spam. Many people and websites, therefore, use a “blacklist” that lists people whose access is being blocked. Websites that use […]

FinTech is a combination of the words “financial” and “technology”. FinTech refers to products or services that relate to technological innovations in the financial sector. […]

GDPR is the abbreviation for General Data Protection Regulation. In Dutch, this is called Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG). For more information see General Data Protection […]

The “Internet of Things” (in Dutch: Internet der Dingen) is a network of all kinds of objects that are connected to the Internet (possibly using […]

Personal data is all data that can be used to identify a specific person – directly or indirectly. The clearest personal data is the name […]

The Personal Data Protection Act (Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens – Wbp) regulates how personal data must be handled. The Dutch Data Protection Authority supervises compliance with […]

Privacy is an important part of ICT law. Personal data is vulnerable to the advent of social media and tracking cookies. Privacy law regulates the […]

‘Privacy Claim Foundation’ (Stichting Privacy Claim) is a foundation that stands up for consumers who are victimised by data breaches. The foundation represents groups of […]

The Privacy Shield entered into force on July 12, 2016, and is an agreement between the European Union and the United States. The subject of […]

The right to be forgotten (also known as the “right to forget”) is a privacy right for European citizens. Under this right, you have the […]

Safe Harbor was an agreement between the European Union and the United States regarding the exchange of citizens’ personal data. In 2015, the Court of […]

Wbp is the abbreviation for “Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens” (Personal Data Protection Act). For more information, see the Personal Data Protection Act.