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Article 29 Working Party publishes opinion on purpose limitation principle

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European Union
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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

The Belgian Privacy Commission publishes a recommendation on data breaches

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Belgium
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February 25 2013

As a consequence of certain recent data compromise cases, the Belgian Privacy Commission on 21 January 2013, has published a recommendation (012013

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

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Belgium
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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

Rectification on Twitter and blogs

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Netherlands
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October 26 2012

The Court in Almelo gave judgment on a claim by a company stating that a person made false statements on her blogs and her Twitter account

European Commission launches new cloud computing strategy

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European Union
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October 26 2012

The European Commission recently published a communication entitled ‘unleashing the potential of cloud computing in Europe’

Privacy Commission adopts recommendation on surveillance at the workplace

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Belgium
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October 26 2012

Following the public consultation of the Privacy Commission from July and November 2011 about what was called ‘cybersurveillance’ and which concerned internet and email use at the workplace, the Privacy Commission published its findings and then recently also issued a brochure in which it sums up the main conclusions and recommendations relating to this issue

Labour Court of Leuven finds that there is no violation of an employee’s right to privacy if the employer obtains certain information from the employee’s Facebook profile

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Belgium
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October 26 2012

In a recently published judgment of 17 November 2011, the Labour Court of Leuven found that an employee’s right to privacy is not violated if his employer obtains information which was circulated by the employee on his public Facebook profile

Article 29 Working Party adopts opinion on cookie consent exemption

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European Union
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October 26 2012

On 7 June 2012, the Article 29 Working Party issued an opinion on the protection of users of electronic communication networks and services by requiring informed consent before information is stored or accessed in the user’s terminal device via cookies and similar technologies

New cookie act

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Belgium
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October 26 2012

On 28 June 2012, the Belgian Senate has adopted the new cookie provision by modifying the existing Belgian Act on Electronic Communication

Revised Telecommunications Act enters into force

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Netherlands
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October 26 2012

On the 5th of June 2012, the revised Dutch Telecommunications Act (Telecommunicatiewet), based upon the revised European Telecommunications Framework, has entered into force

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