Judica Krikke and Jeroen Kortmann speak at Annual Congress of Privacy

Articles - Met haar standpunt ten aanzien van het meten van temperaturen van werknemers, geeft de Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) verduidelijking over de reikwijdte van haar toezicht. Deze nuancering houdt in dat, als er geen sprake is van verwerking van persoonsgegevens, de AVG niet geldt en de AP dus niet handhavend kan optreden.

Short Reads - It was announced on 7 July that the UBO register will go live on 27 September 2020. The Act on the implementation of the UBO register ("Implementation Act") and the corresponding decree of entry into force have each been published today in the Bulletin of Acts and Decrees. The Act will (partially) enter into force on 8 July 2020, and concerns the obligation for legal entities to collect and maintain information about their UBOs and the obligation for foundations to maintain benefits of 25 percent or less.

Short Reads - Earlier this year, the District Court in The Hague ruled that the Dutch State is liable vis-à-vis the victims and surviving relatives of a 1992 plane crash in Faro, Portugal. The State was found liable because it is responsible for the information provided by the Dutch Aviation Safety Board (a government agency) to the victims and surviving relatives. This information, on the causes of the crash was deemed by the court to be incorrect and incomplete.

Articles - On 17 March 2020, the Dutch cabinet announced the first emergency package of support measures to alleviate the economic consequences of the corona crisis. This emergency package inter alia comprised the First Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure for the purpose of Work Retention (“NOW-1”) and the Temporary Bridging Measure for Self-Employed Persons (“Tozo-1”).