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Belgian DPA Launches Public Consultation on Direct Marketing

Hunton Privacy

On June 12, 2019, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) launched a public consultation on direct marketing with a view to updating its Recommendation No. 02/2013 of January 30, 2013 on direct marketing (the “Direct Marketing Recommendation” – in French and in Dutch ).

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Belgium: DPA updating its Recommendation on Direct Marketing – Provide your input before 31 July 2019!

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

02/2013 of 30 January 2013 on direct marketing. A number of these topics have remained key issues encountered by organisations, though we have also seen many new topics arise since 2013, whether as a result of the adoption of the GDPR (e.g. use of consent, further use of personal data for direct marketing purposes, etc.);

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Persistent privacy powers professional businesses

CGI

Tue, 09/25/2018 - 02:46. While for some, compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was business as usual (BAU), for others it represented a huge effort—and a bit of a panic for a minority. Those who have embraced GDPR have probably established privacy by design as an inherent part of their business.

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UK: Lloyd -v- Google: a good day for claimant lawyers; a bad day for Google and organisations defending privacy group litigation

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 2 October 2019 the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal in Lloyd v Google1 , a significant case in the continued evolution of the UK class action and data protection regimes. Although the case relates to the old DPA regime, the new GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 are likely to be interpreted in the same way. Lloyd appealed.

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Smart Cities and Connected Communities - the need for standards

CGI

Tue, 02/12/2019 - 04:30. In the UK, the Data Processing Act and GDPR are there to protect our personal data from exposure and abuse, mandating that all systems are designed with security built-in, regardless of what type of network, platform, storage and processing applications are used.