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De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) is in Nederland als toezichthouder aangesteld op voor het toezicht op de verwerking van persoonsgegevens. Tot 2016 heette deze organisatie het College […]

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 […]

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 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European privacy regulation that has replaced the Personal Data Protection Act. The GDPR applies since 25 May […]

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 […]

In addition to the “normal” personal data that identifies a person, there is also special personal data (or sensitive data). This includes information about a […]

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