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Right to be forgotten in personal insurance

16/05/2019
Privacy & data protection

Early April, a variant of the right to be forgotten was introduced in insurance law. This was achieved by means of the Act of 4 April 2019 amending the Act of 4 April 2014 on insurances, which introduces a right to be forgotten for certain personal insurances.

whistleblowers

EU strengthens the protection of whistleblowers

13/05/2019
News & announcements

In 2018, the European Commission published a 'Proposal for a Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law', which was approved by the European Parliament on 17 April 2019.

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Facebook case referred to the EU Court of Justice

10/05/2019
Privacy & data protection

On 8 May 2019, the Court of Appeal of Brussels ruled in the case of the Belgian Data Protection Authority v. Facebook following the pleadings of 27 and 28 March 2019.

EU Data Controller Processor

Should the main establishment of a controller in the Union always be a controller as well?

06/05/2019
Privacy & data protection

International companies headquartered outside the EU but established in several European Member States are facing the question how to determine their main establishment in the Union. In the Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor’s lead supervisory authority (WP 244 of the Article 29 Working Party, endorsed by the EDPB) this question has been left open to a large extent.

Legal 500 Chambers

Excellent reviews by Legal 500 and Chambers

15/04/2019
News & announcements

Timelex has again received very good reviews in 2018. This is evident from the rankings that are compiled annually by the leading Legal 500 and Chambers.

The extraterritorial scope of the GDPR

The extraterritorial scope of the GDPR: Quo Vadis?

02/04/2019
Privacy & data protection

On 23 November 2018 the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its ‘Guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR’. With these guidelines, the EDPB responds to many doubts of companies located outside the EU as to whether they are subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well.

EBA Guidelines

EBA guidelines on outsourcing arrangements: 7 key aspects

13/03/2019
Information technology

On 25 February 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published new Guidelines on Outsourcing arrangements (the ‘Guidelines’) applicable to banks, investment firms, payment and electronic money institutions (hereinafter: financial institutions).

Amazon Kindle

AG: online chatbox and callback system can replace fax and telephone

11/03/2019
Privacy & data protection

If you place an order on the Amazon e-commerce platform, you will not receive a fax number prior to ordering and the phone number is difficult to access. According to a German consumer organisation, this is in breach of the information obligations under German consumer legislation

Data processing

Belgian DPA clarifies the concepts of controller and processor

06/03/2019
Privacy & data protection

The (Belgian) Data Protection Authority (DPA) recently published an opinion on the concepts of data controller and data processor.

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