Are companies always responsible if their employees cause a data breach under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? According to a recent decision by the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the answer appears to be yes, or at least in most case [...]
At the end of last year, in the context of setting the 2023 budget, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autorité de protection des données/ Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit or APD) has highlighted the main topics that will be the focus of this year’s [...]
The Organisation (defendant) designated their Head of Compliance, Risk and Audit as their Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DPA ruled that in doing so, the Organisation violated art. 38(6) GDPR which requires that any tasks of the data protection officer [...]
The APD/GBA (Belgian DPA) in April 2020 decided upon a complaint made in September 2018 with the authority.[1] The affected person claimed that he was filmed by CCTV of a store while walking outside on the sidewalk. The DPA investigated the complaint and re [...]
