Article 29 Working Party publishes opinion on purpose limitation principle *

European Union - April 24 2013
On April 2, 2013, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29")1 published an opinion that clarifies further the purpose limitation principle contained in…

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The Belgian Privacy Commission publishes a recommendation on data breaches *

Belgium - February 25 2013
As a consequence of certain recent data compromise cases, the Belgian Privacy Commission on 21 January 2013, has published a recommendation (01/2013)…

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The Court of Cassation finds that the principles governing employees’ rights in case of transfer of undertakings also apply in case of insourcing *

Belgium - October 26 2012
Outsourcing is usually defined as the process of contracting an existing business function which an organization previously performed internally to an independent organization, where the function is purchased as a service.

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Dutch National Railway has to pay penalty for exceeding the travel data retention period *

Netherlands - October 26 2012
In July 2011, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) imposed an order subject to a penalty of EUR 125,000 on the Dutch National Railway (NS) for exceeding the maximum retention period of travel data of students.

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Article 29 Working Party adopts opinion on cloud computing *

European Union - October 26 2012
On 1 July 2012, the Article 29 Working Party issued an opinion on cloud computing in which it analyzes the possible privacy issues which have to be taken into account by the cloud computing service providers and their customers in the European Economic Area.

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