Blog articles by Bob Cordemeyer

Fine of €475,000 for Booking.com reporting data breach 22 days to late. According to a press release of April 6 the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) imposed a [...]

If systems such as Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 are no longer supported by Microsoft, this may result in inadequate security, which could then be seen as an infringement of article 32 [...]

The Dutch DPA imposed a fine of 525,000 euros for the unlawful sale of personal data by the Dutch national tennis association the KNLTB. In 2018, the KNLTB unlawfully provided personal data of a [...]

The Greek HDPA (Hellenic Data Protection Authority) imposed a fine of € 150.000,- on PWC Greece. The employees of PWC were “forced” to sign a Statement of Acceptance of Terms of Personal Data and [...]

This first fine under the GDPR is imposed on the Dutch Haga Hospital for having an insufficient internal security of patient records as stated by the DPA on July 19, 2019. The DPA started an [...]

In a statement of July 8, 2019 the ICO has issued a notice of its intention to fine British Airways £183.39 million for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) following an [...]

In this report of January 22, 2019 The EDPB (European Data Protection Board) assessed once again whether the safeguards provided under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield are workable and effective and [...]

An interesting decision of the French Data Protection Authority (“ DPA”) CNIL.( See CNIL.fr) The French CNIL is de first supervisory authority imposing a huge penalty based on the GDPR! In the [...]

During the annual EuroCloud Europe CPC (Cloud Privacy Check) conference November 18, 2018 in Vienna, the 30 members (Cordemeyer & Slager is representing the Netherlands) decided to publish [...]

Government agencies and public organisations have the obligation to appoint a DPA, regardless the type of data they process. Organisations whose core activities include following individuals or [...]

Uber fined after ‘serious breach’ allowing hackers to download worldwide 54 million customer data. Full names, email addresses and phone numbers were obtained during the October and [...]

On 25 May 2018 your organization must be ‘GDPR-proof’, in other words: you must comply with even more requirements in the area of privacy than currently apply. Each undertaking that collects or [...]

Most likely every organisation will be faced, some time, with loss, theft or misuse of personal data (data leaks). This might be the result of hacking or of your own mistakes or negligence. The [...]

On 10 December the Advertising Code Social Media (Reclamecode Social Media – RSM) was adopted. This Code is meant to offer the business and industry sector points of reference for the use [...]

Current developments ‘Cloud Computing’, ‘Big Data’, ‘the internet of things’ and computer-related crime greatly influence the development of privacy law. Numerous new products may entail [...]

Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten – in cooperation with Cox + Partners – proudly presents the book ‘legal and tax topics for doing business in the Netherlands’ You can download [...]