Data protection and digital regulation developments, collected automatically from 17+ sources.
Get this as an email digestProgress on the file of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of…
There is momentum for data protection reform, with the European Commission proposing targeted amendments to facilitate compliance for small and medium-sized enterprises, and the…
As of July 1, the Danes hold the EU Presidency. They intend to work on digital simplification, including the revision of the Cybersecurity Act. In addition, the Digital Networks…
Artificial Intelligence In December 2023, the dating platform Bumble introduced so-called AI Icebreakers to the “Bumble for Friends” section of the app. Powered by OpenAI’s…
European Transparency Network Established — BfDI Assumes Chairmanship of ENTRI
Freedom of Information Under International Pressure—The Future of Freedom of Information Is Digital
G7 Data Protection Authorities Roundtable Adopts Declaration on Promoting Innovation and Child Protection Through Data Protection
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass In August 2021, noyb had filed several complaints against news sites using unlawful ‘Pay or OK’ systems with German data protection authorities…
"The motion is considered unnecessary by the government, as the legal protections it calls for are already in place." Specifically, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).…
The letter from the Dutch Parliament regarding the "Current Status of the Central Archive for Special Legal Proceedings (CABR)" (May 27, 2025), including the response from the…
Normally, I rarely draw attention to reports from written consultations in the House of Representatives, but this report deserves special attention: "Report on a written…
House of Representatives letter providing "Additional information following the debate on the law introducing the BSN [citizen service number] and digital government services for…
A bill has been submitted to amend the Law on DNA testing for convicted individuals and the Code of Criminal Procedure, concerning the introduction of precautionary collection of…
Report: "Facilitating Web Harvesting," which covers the processes of "harvesting/crawling, acquiring, preserving, and making accessible (presenting via a reader terminal) the…
Letter from the Parliament, "Answers to questions regarding the third evaluation of the Biometrics Act in the context of immigration procedures" (May 14, 2025).
Letter to Parliament, 'Answers to questions regarding the third evaluation of the Biometrics in the Aliens Chain Act' (14 May 2025).
The amendment of the DNA Research (Convicted Persons) Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with the introduction of conservatory sampling of cellular material and…
Parliamentary letter 'Additional information following the debate on the Act on the introduction of the BSN and digital government facilities BES' (19 May 2025). Including an…
Normally, I rarely draw attention to reports of written consultations in the House of Representatives, but this report deserves special attention: 'Report of a written…
The letter to Parliament concerning the 'Status of the Central Archive for Special Jurisdiction (CABR)' (27 May 2025), including the Response of the AP to the request for advice…
stated; 'The motion is deemed redundant by the cabinet as the legal protection it calls for is already provided.' Namely, the GDPR.
Report 'Facilitating web harvesting', or 'harvesting/crawling, acquiring, preserving and making accessible (presenting via a reading terminal) of the Dutch web domain, both in its…
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass Meta announced today that it also wants to introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This…
Credit Scoring The credit agency CRIF collects personal data from millions of people in Austria and assesses their creditworthiness with a score between 250 and 700. For most…
BfDI Imposes Fines on Vodafone
Artificial Intelligence Today, a German Region Court in Cologne had to decide on an interim injunction against Meta. The German Consumer Rights Organisation "Verbraucherzentrale…
National Administrative Procedures and DPA inactivity The EU’s trilogue negotiations for a Procedural Regulation that should harmonise and accelerate enforcement of the General…
Parliamentary Documents II 36278, No. 37, (Amendment to the Healthcare Quality, Complaints, and Disputes Act regarding the regulation of oversight of quality registrations in…
Berlin Group Presents Working Paper with Recommendations on Neurotechnologies
Document II 36735, number 3 (Tax Omnibus Bill 2026), see in particular paragraph 6, which contains the data protection provisions specifically related to the "Compensation for…
Chamber Documents II 36278, No. 37, (Amendment to the Act on Quality, Complaints, and Disputes in Healthcare, concerning the regulation of quality registration in healthcare and…
Chamber Documents II, 36742, No. 3. Rules concerning the financing of political parties and transparency regulations regarding their internal organization and finances, as well as…
Document II 36743, number 3 - Amendment to Book 8 of the Dutch Civil Code regarding the introduction of the electronic bill of lading. Section 3.6 discusses the implications of…
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Social Domain Oversight: "Improved data processing and reporting within the social domain is essential. Looking back on the 2021-2024…
Brief from the government, a digital transformation update for May 2025, containing a comprehensive overview of progress and commitments made by the Minister of Internal Affairs…
A government-wide position paper on the use of generative AI and a government-wide guidance document on generative AI were also recently published.
Final report on the implementation of the LAA (National Approach to Address Quality). Don't let the dull-sounding name deter you from taking a look at this report. Improving…
Brief from the government, May 19, 2025: The national steering group for intervention teams is being reorganized and will henceforth be known as the "National Collaboration…
The Government-wide position on the deployment of generative AI and the Government-wide guideline for Generative AI have also been recently published.
Parliamentary documents II 36735, no. 3 (Tax Omnibus Act 2026), see inter alia paragraph 6, which contains the data protection law section specifically concerning the 'Survivors'…
Parliamentary Papers II, 36742, no. 3. Rules concerning the financing of political parties and transparency rules regarding their internal organization and finances, as well as…
Parliamentary Papers II 36743, no. 3 - Amendment of Book 8 of the Civil Code in connection with the introduction of the electronic bill of lading. Paragraph 3.6 discusses the…
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Social Domain Supervision, Collaboration and signaling within the social domain must improve, Review of Multi-Year Program 2021-2024.…
Evaluation report on the Once-Only Principle Act.
Final Report Implementation Test LAA (National Approach to Address Quality). Do not let the dull title be a reason not to examine the report. Part of the approach to improve…
Government letter, Collective letter on digitalization May 2025, containing a wide array of 'status updates' and commitments by the State Secretary for the Ministry of the…
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass Meta has announced it will use EU personal data from Instagram and Facebook users to train its new AI systems from 27 May onwards. Instead of…
Forced Consent & Consent Bypass On 14 April, Meta announced that it would use the personal data of European users for artificial intelligence (AI) training in the future. Starting…
Online & Mobile tracking Today, noyb filed a complaint against the French video game developer and publisher Ubisoft (known for Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia). The…
Would you like to know how many GDPR requests were received by the Inspectorate of Education? In 2024, there were 15. Please see the annual report (page 24) for more information.
Staffing expansion strategy presentation, for the information of the Ministry of Defence - see page 31 of the presentation "It is essential that the (interpretation) of the legal…
Amendment to the Act on Quality, Complaints, and Disputes in Healthcare, concerning the regulation of oversight of quality registrations in healthcare and the legal basis for…
Amendment of the Healthcare Quality, Complaints and Disputes Act in connection with the regulation of control over quality registrations in healthcare and the legal grounds for…
Personnel scaling strategy presentation in connection with Defence - see p.
Would you like to know how many GDPR requests the Education Inspectorate received? In 2024, there were 15. See the annual report here (p.
National Administrative Procedures and DPA inactivity As of 2018, the GDPR is supposed to ensure that Europeans enjoy privacy rights throughout the entire EU. However, when…
The BfDI is available to coordinate oversight efforts
BfDI Presents Its 33rd Annual Report
House of Representatives Documents II 2024–2025, 36 719, no. 2: Initiative note from members Ceder and Six Dijkstra regarding online children's rights. Three specific proposals…
Ministerial Steering Group on Business Climate, Regulatory Burden, and Feasibility. This group also considers the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). KPMG has also produced…
The report "Monitoring of Inclusive Education in Vocational Education - Measurement 2024" also provides several examples that demonstrate that teachers and institutions alike…
As previously announced in the "Competitive Compass" (page 12), it appears that, similar to another section of Omnibus III, the rules of the GDPR (General Data Protection…
Concise government statement, opt-out from the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and other commitments. Please note that this is not an opt-out from the EHDS itself, but rather an…
In the report "Monitor tailored education MBO. 2024 Measurement", several examples are provided showing that teachers among themselves, and institutions among themselves,…
Parliamentary Papers II 2024–2025, 36 719, no. 2 Initiative memorandum from members Ceder and Six Dijkstra on online children's rights. Three specific proposals draw attention:…
Ministerial Steering Group on the Business Climate, Regulatory Burden, and Feasibility. This also takes into account the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). KPMG has also…
Government letter, EHDS opt-out and other commitments. Please note, this does not concern an opt-out from the EHDS itself, but the opt-out provided for within the EHDS.
As already announced in the Competitive Compass (p. 12), it now appears that as part of Omnibus III, the GDPR rules for SMEs will also be simplified. Article 30 GDPR (the…
Data Subject Rights In most countries, the government knows when you were born, your social security number, where you live, how much you earn and how much your house is worth.…
The BfDI Calls for More—Not Less—Freedom of Information and Transparency
Government response regarding the viability of the EU-US agreements on data privacy and the potential consequences for the transfer of sensitive personal data from Europe to US…
Soon, individuals may be able to receive a lump sum payment of up to 10% of their pension/retirement capital upon retirement, which will result in permanently lower future…
Regarding the Data Protection Regulation, it should be noted that: "The Data Protection Authority (AP) is designated as the supervisory body for the section concerning the…
Questions and answers from members of the BBB parliamentary group regarding the proposed expansion of the communication secrecy provisions in the Telecommunications Act to include…
"Based on the information in the official's letter to your Chamber, the situation is that the official was to participate in an exercise that would take place in the data center…
"In terms of information management (including digital accessibility, document transparency, and GDPR compliance), the staffing levels are a major bottleneck, and have not kept…
Parliamentary Documents II, 2024–2025, 36 639, No. 6. Amendment of various laws concerning the introduction of the citizen service number and the services of the digital…
For some time now, various issues have been identified in the (proactive) services provided by the government. While some of these issues have been addressed, many remain…
Questions and answers from members of the BBB group regarding the extension of the secrecy of communications in the Telecommunications Act to non-public networks and the…
Parliamentary documents II, 2024–2025, 36 639, no. 6. Amendment of various acts in connection with the introduction of the citizen service number and the facilities of the digital…
herein, brief mention is also made of data processing within educational institutions (p.
regarding the Data Regulation, it is noted: "The AP is designated as the supervisory authority for the part concerning the requesting of data by government authorities in…
Upon retirement, people will soon be able to have a maximum of 10% of their pension/annuity capital paid out as a lump sum, resulting in lower lifelong benefits. Nibud…
"The case, as can be inferred from the official's letter to Your Chamber, is that they were to participate in an exercise taking place at the data center of the private company.…
"Regarding information management (including digital accessibility, public disclosure of documents, GDPR legislation), staffing is the bottleneck, as it has not grown in tandem…
For some time, various bottlenecks have been observed in (proactive) government service delivery. In this context, some have been addressed, but many remain outstanding.…
Artificial Intelligence OpenAI’s highly popular chatbot, ChatGPT, regularly gives false information about people without offering any way to correct it. In many cases, these…
Three recommendations from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten - AP) combined: (regarding the handling of data breaches; a task to improve…
Status update from the Tax Authority: In preparation for a parliamentary debate on the Tax Authority (March 13, 2025), a comprehensive set of information has been made public,…
Advice on Data Foundations & Analytics (October 2024) from the Analytics Advisory Committee, which specifically addresses: "The question is whether collecting additional…
Documents related to the decision regarding the disclosure of personal data by the Ministry of Defence to trade unions during reorganizations.
One of the use cases aims to: "Scale up the use of drone operations for surveillance and incident response, with the goal of increasing the speed, safety, and efficiency of…
Report on the Risk Analysis Model (RAM) at the Dutch Tax Administration, Benefits Administration, and Customs (Part 2) "This is the second part of the report concerning the…
Parliamentary letter regarding the appreciation of the motion by member Six Dijkstra on investigating the local operation of AI models within the government "I endorse the…
Amendment Act on the restriction of access to UBO registers, Parliamentary Papers II 2024-25, no. 36584 nos.
On 16 April 2024, the House adopted motions requesting the government to provide more aid and support to adoptees and to ensure that adoption files are properly accessible. The…
One of the use cases has the objective: "Scaling up the deployment of drone operations for surveillance and incidents, with the aim of increasing the speed, safety, and efficiency…
The implementation of the legislative amendment varied significantly between organizations, with complexity primarily depending on existing reporting facilities and the need for…
NCTV memorandum on the status of (information) security following ADR investigation "The NCTV processes personal data within the currently applicable frameworks of the GDPR. This,…
Review of systems comparable to RAM "This report inventories the extent to which there is insight into whether systems of the Tax and Customs Administration that are comparable to…
Outcomes of External investigation into the Risk Analysis Model (RAM) at the Tax and Customs Administration, the Benefits Service and Customs. Report on the investigation of the…
Data Foundations & Analytics Advice (Oct. 2024) from the Analytics Advisory Committee, which explicitly addressed: "The question is whether collecting additional (special…
State of affairs regarding the Tax and Customs Administration. In preparation for a committee debate concerning the Tax and Customs Administration (13 March 2025), a series of…
Data Subject Rights Nowadays, more and more banks set their interest rates automatically, and without any human intervention. But even the smallest inaccuracies can cost consumers…
Response to parliamentary questions regarding the sharing of personal data through the use of Google Analytics on werkenvoornederland.nl and specific application procedures. The…
Parliamentary Papers II 2024-2025, 36663, no. 7. Letter from the temporary Committee on Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Review regarding an advisory report on the…
Parliamentary Papers II 2024-2025, 35968, no. 30, (Repeal of the Public Records Act 1995 and replacement by a new Public Records Act (Public Records Act 20..)), Further amended…
Parliamentary Papers II 2024-2025, 36584, 18 (Amendment Act on limiting access to UBO registers), Motion by Member Flach et al.