Digital welfare fraud detection and the Dutch SyRI judgment
A ruling by a Dutch court in 2020 struck down the state’s digital welfare fraud detection system because it lacked protections to individual privacy.
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Dutch education IT crisis averted as Google agrees to ‘major privacy improvements’
‘Google has agreed to become more transparent’ – over optimistic?
Dutch DPA Fines TikTok 725,000 EUR for Transparency Violations
Dutch DPA imposed a €725,000 fine on TikTok for violating the privacy of young children namely for the company’s alleged lack of transparency.
Spreading personal data to become a criminal offence in Netherlands
The Netherlands is to make ‘doxing’ – sharing personal details such as addresses and telephone numbers on the internet without permission – a criminal offence.
Supreme Court rules Ziggo does not have to hand over details of ‘illegal downloaders’
Internet company Ziggo does not have to hand over the details of people who ‘illegally downloaded’ a film, according to a Supreme Court ruling.
Dutch court will hear another Facebook privacy lawsuit
Privacy litigation that’s being brought against Facebook by two not-for-profits in the Netherlands can go ahead, an Amsterdam court has ruled. The case will be heard in October.
TikTok faces second Dutch mass claim, this time over children’s privacy
The two organisations are claiming €1.5bn from TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, for illegally collecting and trading in the children’s private information.
Dutch parents sue TikTok for €1.4 billion
A group of parents in the Netherlands is taking TikTok to court, claiming the social media platform does not do enough to protect the privacy and safety of their children.
Half a million Dutch home workers monitored via software
For 13% of homeworkers, the employer uses software to monitor whether they are at work.
Enschede council fined for snooping on citizens via their phones
The Dutch privacy watchdog has fined Enschede local council for tracking its residents using their mobile phones
Court tells Uber to reinstate five UK drivers sacked by automated process
Ruling in Amsterdam overturns company’s decision to exclude operators for alleged sharing of account details.
Uber has been ordered to reinstate five British drivers who were struck off from its ride-hailing app by robot technology.
Dutch privacy watchdog fines Booking.com €475K
Hotel booking site Booking.com got hit with a €475,000 fine for being late to report a data breach, the company’s lead EU privacy regulator announced Wednesday.