Today, VRT is launching a new ‘EDUbox’ on the topic of data and privacy, in collaboration with a number of key players in the field, including the Data Protection Authority through its “I decide” project. The EDUbox Data and Privacy is an interactive teaching package that informs and raises awareness among secondary school students about the potential risks of data exposure. You share a photo on Instagram, log onto a public Wi-Fi network, scroll a bit on TikTok or enter…
Read moreBELGIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: IAB EUROPE case: The CJEU answers the questions referred for a preliminary ruling
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published today its ruling in the case opposing the Belgian Data Protection Authority and IAB EUROPE. In its decision, the Court holds, as argued by the Belgian DPA in its decision 21/2022, that a structured character string capturing internet users’ preferences such as IAB EUROPE’s TC string can indeed be considered as personal data, and that IAB EUROPE can be qualified as a (joint) controller of users’ preferences for online advertising….
Read moreBELGIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: The role of the DPO: EDPB report and BE DPA comments
The EDPB has published a report on the findings of its second annual coordinated enforcement action, which focused on the designation and position of Data Protection Officers (DPOs). A total of 25 data protection authorities in the EEA took part and launched coordinated actions, with encouraging results overall. The report does, however, identify challenges and lists a series of recommendations for organisations, DPOs and data protection authorities. The report is accompanied by two appendices: the statistics collected as part of…
Read moreBELGIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: a baptized person has the right to be deleted from the baptismal register
The DPA today ordered the diocese of Ghent to comply with the request of a baptized person to be deleted from the baptismal register of his parish. For the DPA, the Catholic Church has a legitimate interest in recording baptisms in a register, but this interest cannot always be invoked once the person expressly states his or her wish to leave the Church and have his or her baptismal data erased. Background of the case A baptized person applied to…
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