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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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European Commission Issues GDPR Infographic

Hunton Privacy

On January 25, 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued an infographic on compliance with and enforcement and awareness of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) since the GDPR took force on May 25, 2018. Three fines have been issued under the GDPR so far.

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Belgian DPA Releases Draft 2019-2025 Strategic Plan

Hunton Privacy

On December 12, 2019, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) released its draft 2019-2025 Strategic Plan (the “Draft Plan”). The Plan will be subject to public consultation until January 7, 2019 (in French and in Dutch ).

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MY TAKE: Six-figure GDPR privacy fines reinforce business case for advanced SIEM, UEBA tools

The Last Watchdog

Related: Will GDPR usher in new age of privacy? I had an evocative discussion about this with Sam Humphries, senior product marketing manager for Exabeam. We spoke at Black Hat USA 2019. IBM’s recent data breach study shows how the cost of a data breach has risen 12% over the past five years and now costs $3.92

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CNIL Fines Two Companies of the Carrefour Group €3.05 Million for GDPR and Cookie Violations

Hunton Privacy

million on Carrefour France and a fine of €800,000 on Carrefour Banque for various violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act governing the use of cookies. GDPR and Cookie Violations. Background. The CNIL carried out online inspections on the carrefour.fr

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Online advertising targeting : a CNIL priority for 2019

Data Protection Report

Often questioned about online advertising targeting by both the public and professionals, the CNIL released its action plan for 2019-2020 with a view to providing further details about the applicable advertising rules and to support stakeholders in their compliance with them. Step 1 : new guidance to be released in July 2019.

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BELGIUM: Belgian Data Protection Authority issued 59 sanctions past 12 months

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) used the GDPR second anniversary as a milestone to issue a news alert with statistics on the actions it has taken since May 2019 (figures from 25/05/2019 to 20/05/2020). By Frederik Ringoot. Some statistics: Topic. Statistics. Reported data breaches. Information requests.