Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam awarded €75,000 in court
A remote employee of a U.S. business who was fired for refusing to leave his webcam on while he was working was awarded roughly 75,000 euros by a Dutch court.
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Court overturns VoetbalTV’s 575,000 euro fine
The highest administrative court in the Netherlands overturned Dutch Data Protection Authority’s EUR 575,000 fine issued to VoetbalTV.
Brussels thinks the Dutch privacy watchdog is too strict
The European Commission says that the Dutch Data Protection Authority is hindering free enterprise in the EU.
Forwarding Piracy Warnings Violates Privacy Law, Dutch Court Rules
Dutch ISP Ziggo doesn’t have to forward a piracy warning to a subscriber who stands accused of offering 200 e-books in an open directory.
Dutch public sector gets green light to use Google Workspace
Data Protection Impact Assessment merely a ‘standard step’.
Audit of 9 government algorithms finds 6 do not meet basic requirements
The Netherlands Court of Audit found that 3 out of 9 algorithms it audited 6 did not met all the basic requirements and exposed the government to various risks.
Dutch DPA fines the tax authorities €3.7 million
The Dutch DPA fined the tax authorities €3.7 million because of the years of illegal processing of personal data in the blacklist.
When are you switching on E2EE, Dutch govt asks Microsoft
You need to switch on E2EE in group meetings, watch out for US Cloud Act, warns impact assessment.
Dutch Tax authorities fined 2.75 million euro for discriminatory and illegal data processing
For years the Tax and Customs Administration has processed the (dual) nationality of applicants for childcare allowance in an unlawful, discriminatory and therefore improper manner.
Dutch watchdog slams tax office fraud list as privacy breach
A Dutch data protection watchdog issued a damning report Friday about the country’s tax office, saying it breached privacy law for years by keeping a list of potential fraudsters.
Experts concerned about Netherlands working with China in DNA research
Three top Dutch laboratories have been working together with Chinese scientists to develop sensitive DNA techniques for years.
The Netherlands publishes non-paper on upcoming Data Act
The Hague considers it an urgent need to ensure that individuals and smaller companies have access to and can capitalise on their data.