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Eliëtte Vaal to Speak at ITechLaw Conference
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October 31, 2025

Eliëtte Vaal will moderate a session at ITechLaw.

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Care farm required to remove personal data of a resident's parents

Joep Bakker wrote a blog for Data&Privacyweb on a ruling by the District Court of Oost-Brabant (Rechtbank Oost-Brabant 12 December 2022, ECLI:NL:RBOBR:2022:5442) concerning a deletion request. (Dutch only)

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Investigations and Enforcement by the Dutch Data Protection Authority

On 28 January 2022, an IAPP KnowlegdeNet event on the investigation and enforcement practice of the Dutch Data Protection Authority was moderated by Vonne Laan.

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How to Deal with the One-Stop-Shop

The 10th annual edition of the IAPP Europe Data Protection Conference in Brussels featured a session with Eliëtte Vaal and Vonne Laan of The Data Lawyers, on the One-Stop-Shop Mechanism (OSS) under the GDPR. The application of the OSS in practice has been met with some resistance and its scope seems unclear. This session aimed to bring more conceptual clarity and practical guidance.

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Fines and enforcement in the EU: lessons learned

Vonne Laan was invited to speak at the annual CDPO topical affairs and networking day (CDPO Actualiteiten- en netwerkdag) for Dutch Certified Data Protection Officers on 5 November 2021 in Utrecht.

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Data&Privacyweb bookshop launched with complimentary Boom Basics Privacy Law

Data&Privacyweb celebrated the launch of their online bookshop by giving away free copies of the Boom Basics Privacy Law, authored by Vonne Laan of The Data Lawyers. The bookshop dedicates itself to offering the most exhaustive book collection available on privacy and IT to its customers.

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First fines imposed for breaching stricter privacy rules on international transfers

The privacy rules on transfers of personal data have become stricter after the Schrems II ruling and the subsequent Recommendations by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). Implementing these stricter rules in practice has turned out to be a complicated process for many organisations. However, as Kimberly Friesen explains in a recent blog for Data & Privacyweb, it seems unwise to not take any action. Several European supervisory authorities have already imposed fines for breaching these rules. (Dutch only)

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Working in the cloud: legal tips and tricks to minimize risks

Mariska Kool was invited to speak during the Cloud Security Congres on 11 October. This daylong event organized by AG Connect focused on the main aspects as well as important developments within the field of cloud security. (Event was held in Dutch.)

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Privacy and the stronger party in private law

Vonne Laan and Joep Bakker have written a Capita Selecta on privacy law for Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht (Dutch only). In the article they show how intertwined privacy requirements have become with daily legal practice.

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Profiling and automated decision-making in light of recent proceedings against Uber

The Dutch chapter of the IAPP KnowledgeNet held a lively panel discussion on 27 September last on profiling and automated decision-making (in Dutch). Vonne Laan hosted the event and moderated the discussion between panel members.

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Workshop on the role and responsibilities of the DPO at the Kennismarkt Data&Privacyweb 2021

Eliëtte Vaal gave a workshop on the role and responsibilities of the Data Protection Officer during the Kennismarkt Data&Privacyweb 2021.

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Introductory lecture privacy law at Windesheim

On 20 September 2021, Kimberly Friesen provided the introductory lecture on privacy law for the students of the University of Applied Sciences Windesheim.

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Lecture on Algorithms, AI and Privacy Law

For the lecture series Next Step Privacy Compliance, organized by the IIR (Institute for International Research), Vonne Laan gave a presentation on 14 September 2021 on Algorithms, AI and Privacy Law.

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Do we need a Data Processing Agreement?

Vonne Laan and Eliëtte Vaal wrote an article on how to determine the privacy position of parties and what type of data protection agreement is required (Dutch only).

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Privacy by design: Key take-aways for GDPR compliance

The Privacy Engineering Group - Netherlands held an online session on July 6 called "Privacy by design: key take-aways for GDPR compliance". Vonne laan was invited as a speaker.

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Role and responsibilities of the DPO

Eliëtte Vaal was a speaker at the IAPP KnowledgeNet Chapter meeting on the role and position of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at Local Municipalities.

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