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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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Claims for damages under the GDPR in the Netherlands

Eliëtte Vaal wrote an article posing the question whether a judgement of the court of Amsterdam of September 2019 opens the door for class actions based on GDPR infringement in the Netherlands. 

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The CNIL about privacy issues related to blockchain

The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) – the French Data Protection Authority – published guidelines on how the data protection rules should be applied to blockchain technology. Next to possible issues, the CNIL also provides pointers on how blockchains can be built in a privacy compliant manner. This article provides an overview of these pointers with some additions and critical notes. 

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Give prompt payers of privacy fines an “early bird discount”

In this article Vonne Laan argues that giving an “early bird discount” to prompt payers of privacy fines in the Netherlands, would alleviate and facilitate the congested enforcement department of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens). It’s an opinion piece written for a Dutch newspaper (het Financieel Dagblad).

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Requirements Privacy statement: Is your privacy statement privacy proof?

Eliëtte Vaal explains in a vlog the basic requirements for a privacy policy under the GDPR. 

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English translation Dutch GDPR Implementation Act

Eliëtte Vaal contributed to the non-official translation of the Dutch Implementation Act of the General Data Protection Act.

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Governments need to limit collection of personal data

Eliëtte Vaal wrote a summery of the last report of the Data Protection Authority about data processing by local governments in the Dutch social system here (Dutch only). 

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ILO newsletter – Dutch Copyright Contract Law

Eliëtte Vaal provided contributions to the International Law Office (ILO), inter alia about (i) Dutch copyright contract law and (ii) hyperlinking to infringing content.

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IP Guarantees and warranties

Eliëtte Vaal contributed to the book “Garanties in de rechtspraktijk” about warranties and IP.

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EU distance selling rules to protect consumers are not practical for online sellers

In this article Eliëtte Vaal argues that consumer law obligations based on EU distance sale laws are superfluous. It’s an opinion piece written for a Dutch newspaper (het Financieel Dagblad).

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Screening of Total Trust – film about privacy

Martijn Poulus joined a Q&A session to discuss ‘Total Trust’, a film about digital control and privacy.

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