Press releases
2016
International review of the GPEN looks at privacy of Internet of Things
The Sweep of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) on how Internet of Things devices use personal data, and how users are kept informed, has been started on 11 April 2016.
2015
The judgment in the Facebook case
In a judgement of 9 November 2015, the President of the Court of First Instance in Brussels, Belgium, ordered Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland Limited and Facebook Belgium SPRL in summary proceedings to cease registering via cookies and social plug-ins which websites internet users from Belgium who do not have a Facebook account visit.
2015
On 13 May the Belgian Authority adopted a first recommendation of principle on Facebook
It has observed that Facebook "processes" the personal data of its members, users as well as of all internet users who come into contact with Facebook. Facebook does this secretively: no consent is asked for this "tracking and tracing" and the use of cookies. No targeted information is provided. The available information is vague and authorizes just about anything.
2014
Issued by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party regarding search engines
On Wednesday 26 November, the European data protection authorities assembled in the Article 29 Working Party have adopted guidelines on the implementation of the judgment of the Court of justice of the European Union. These guidelines contain the common interpretation of the ruling as well as the common criteria to be used by the dataprotection authorities when addressing complaints.