June 2020

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA”) recently fined a company for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by collecting personal data using fingerprint systems. Under the GDPR, ”biometric data means personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow […]

A court ruling in the Netherlands has sparked a wave of questions because it has set a precedent in the EU’s General Data Protection (GDPR) enforcement. A grandmother who posted pictures of her three minor grandchildren on social media has been sued by their mother after refusing to delete the images, the BBC reports. The […]