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In this blog, we briefly present the positive opinion of the European Data Protection Board on the draft decision of the European Commission on the adequate protection of personal data in the Republic of Korea.

As of 27 September 2021, the old set of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) can no longer be used in agreements.

The Belgian Data Protection Authority has published a charter on its Inspection Service (the investigating body of the DPA). The document gives information on the process of an inspection and, more globally, on how this Service works.

A recent decision by the litigation chamber of the Belgian DPA can be put into perspective with the decision of the Supreme Court of 7 October 2021 considering that the DPA has to deal with a complaint filed by a person whose data had not been processed.

In this blog, we briefly present a judgment of the Belgian Supreme Court of 7 October 2021 on the reading of the eID card to obtain a loyalty card.

In this blog, we briefly present developments on AI and facial recognition. Several institutions are calling for a moratorium on this technology.

On 18 November 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted a statement on the Digital Services Package proposed by the Commission. The Package refers to a number of legislative proposals aiming at the further use and sharing of data.

In this blog, we briefly present a Belgian legislative proposition to criminalise 'doxing'.

 

In a judgment handed down on 1 December 2021, the Market Court annulled the decision on the merits 66/2021 of 4 June 2021 of the Belgian DPA. The decision reprimanded the Belgian Ministry of Finance for not respecting the rights of the data subjects.

The EDPB adopted new guidelines on the calculation of administrative fines under GDPR. The objective is to strengthen harmonisation and transparency of the methodology used by national supervisory authorities to calculate the amount of the fines.

The European Data Protection Board adopted on 12 May 2022 Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement.

The EDPB published new guidelines on the practical implementation of amicable settlements.

The Belgian DPA fined Groupe Rossel for several breaches of the GDPR on three of its websites.

The Belgian DPA fined Roularta Media Group for several breaches of the GDPR on three of its websites.

The Council of the European Union adopted the Data Governance Act. The new regulation promotes the availability of data and builds a trustworthy environment to facilitate their use for research and the creation of innovative new services and products.

According to the CJEU, consumer protection associations are now allowed to control the GDPR implementation. 

The Grand Chamber of the CJEU confirms that EU law precludes national legislative measures which provide for the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data relating to e-communications, for the purpose of combating serious crime.

On 22 March, the EU published two new proposals of regulation on 'cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union' and on 'information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union'.