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Official DPIA list of Belgian Data Protection Authority

01/04/2019

The official final DPIA list of the Belgian Data Protection Authority has been published in the Belgian Official Journal on 22 March 2019 and has entered into force on 1 April 2019.

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

11/03/2019

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

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Can a YouTuber qualify as “a journalist” under the GDPR?

20/02/2019

Journalists are, to a certain extent, exempted from the application of the GDPR. Should everybody who publishes messages on Facebook, tweets on twitter, photos on Instagram or videos on YouTube, be qualified as “a journalist”?

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Personal data can flow freely between the EU and Japan

24/01/2019

Timelex proudly assisted the European Commission with its assessment leading to the EU adequacy decision for Japan. The decision has a huge commercial impact for European and Japanese companies.

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10-step checklist for personal data breaches

23/01/2019

Organizations may incur very high fines for failure to comply with the obligation to report data breaches. Therefore, make sure that your organization is well prepared for a possible personal data breach.

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What to remember from Google's GDPR fine?

22/01/2019

The French supervisory authority has imposed a fine of no less than € 50 million on Google for infringing the GDPR. What should companies remember from this CNIL decision?

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Belgian DPA clarifies the concepts of controller and processor

06/03/2019

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

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Reconciling Consent in PSD2 and GDPR

17/12/2018

In this article, we look at one particular matter, namely that of explicit consent, and the guidance provided in this matter by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

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GDPR #BreakTheMyth Roundtable was a great success

17/12/2018

The previous Roundtable, organized by our partner B-Hive at the Timelex office, was a great success. In this event we discussed myths about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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