Johan van Soest
@webhalla.bsky.social
GDPR DPO / BCM.
iapp Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
Supporting member of https://noyb.eu
Your privacy is your fundamental right.
iapp Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
Supporting member of https://noyb.eu
Your privacy is your fundamental right.
The #EU Agency for #Cybersecurity (#enisa_eu) has published their latest analysis of 4875 #incidents over a period spanning from 1/72024 to 30/6/2025. #Phishing remains primary target.
www.enisa.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Keep your #employees alert.
#Privacy #GDPR
www.enisa.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Keep your #employees alert.
#Privacy #GDPR
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The #EU Agency for #Cybersecurity (#enisa_eu) has published their latest analysis of 4875 #incidents over a period spanning from 1/72024 to 30/6/2025. #Phishing remains primary target.
www.enisa.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Keep your #employees alert.
#Privacy #GDPR
www.enisa.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Keep your #employees alert.
#Privacy #GDPR
Criminal complaint against #Clearview #AI (fined for scraping billions of photos on the internet and selling a #facial #recognition system) and its #managers is filed by @noyb_eu.
If successful the #executives could face #jail and held #personally #iable.
noyb.eu/en/criminal-...
#gdpr #privacy
If successful the #executives could face #jail and held #personally #iable.
noyb.eu/en/criminal-...
#gdpr #privacy
Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview AI
Clearview AI is known for scraping billions of photos of people around the world on the internet – and selling its facial recognition system to law enforcement and state actors
noyb.eu
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Criminal complaint against #Clearview #AI (fined for scraping billions of photos on the internet and selling a #facial #recognition system) and its #managers is filed by @noyb_eu.
If successful the #executives could face #jail and held #personally #iable.
noyb.eu/en/criminal-...
#gdpr #privacy
If successful the #executives could face #jail and held #personally #iable.
noyb.eu/en/criminal-...
#gdpr #privacy
#Danish #EU #presidency is withdrawing a controversial proposal that would require tech companies to scan #private messages for child sexual abuse material. The mass surveillance regulation would require tech companies to #scan #encrypted #content
politiken.dk/viden/art106...
#GDPR #privacy
politiken.dk/viden/art106...
#GDPR #privacy
Hummelgaard opgiver kontroversielt forslag om overvågning
Viden og Tech | Vi dækker den teknologiske verden, ai og tech-giganternes evige kamp. Læs om den digitale velfærdsstat i temaet 'Den digitale underklasse'.
politiken.dk
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#Danish #EU #presidency is withdrawing a controversial proposal that would require tech companies to scan #private messages for child sexual abuse material. The mass surveillance regulation would require tech companies to #scan #encrypted #content
politiken.dk/viden/art106...
#GDPR #privacy
politiken.dk/viden/art106...
#GDPR #privacy
#creditrating company Experian accepts the € 2.7 million #GDPR #fine imposed by the supervisory authority and ceases their #personal data #processing in The #Netherlands. The database with collected (credit) data will be completely #erased.
Dutch: www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/expe...
Dutch: www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/expe...
Experian krijgt boete van 2,7 miljoen euro voor privacyovertredingen
De AP legt Experian Nederland een boete op van 2,7 miljoen euro. Experian leverde tot 1 januari 2025 kredietbeoordelingen over mensen aan hun klanten.
www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#creditrating company Experian accepts the € 2.7 million #GDPR #fine imposed by the supervisory authority and ceases their #personal data #processing in The #Netherlands. The database with collected (credit) data will be completely #erased.
Dutch: www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/expe...
Dutch: www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/expe...
The #EU_EDPB has serious #remarks about the #UK EU #GDPR #adequacy #renewal. #New UK #privacy legislation is not clear over UK #governmental (#security) #agencies access to #EU citizens privacy data and the #government can quickly change the #legislation. #read #pressrelease
link.europa.eu/yhxgkM
link.europa.eu/yhxgkM
Draft UK adequacy decisions: EDPB adopts opinions | European Data Protection Board
link.europa.eu
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The #EU_EDPB has serious #remarks about the #UK EU #GDPR #adequacy #renewal. #New UK #privacy legislation is not clear over UK #governmental (#security) #agencies access to #EU citizens privacy data and the #government can quickly change the #legislation. #read #pressrelease
link.europa.eu/yhxgkM
link.europa.eu/yhxgkM
The #Paris public prosecutor has opened an #investigation into #Apple regarding the collection of recordings by its voice assistant #Siri, the prosecutor’s office told @POLITICOEurope #privacy #gdpr
www.politico.eu/article/pari...
www.politico.eu/article/pari...
Paris prosecutor opens investigation into Apple’s voice assistant Siri
PARIS — The Paris public prosecutor has opened an investigation into Apple regarding the collection of recordings by its voice assistant Siri, the prosecutor’s office told POLITICO. The investigati…
www.politico.eu
October 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The #Paris public prosecutor has opened an #investigation into #Apple regarding the collection of recordings by its voice assistant #Siri, the prosecutor’s office told @POLITICOEurope #privacy #gdpr
www.politico.eu/article/pari...
www.politico.eu/article/pari...
#Dutch court in #Amsterdam ruled in favor of #Bits of #Freedom against Meta. The #privacy organization demanded that #Meta offers its users in apps ( #Instagram #Facebook) the option to choose a timeline that is not based on #profiling.
@bitsoffreedom #gdpr
www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2025/10/02/o...
@bitsoffreedom #gdpr
www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2025/10/02/o...
Rechter in rechtszaak Bits of Freedom: Meta moet keuze gebruiker respecteren
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.
www.bitsoffreedom.nl
October 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#Dutch court in #Amsterdam ruled in favor of #Bits of #Freedom against Meta. The #privacy organization demanded that #Meta offers its users in apps ( #Instagram #Facebook) the option to choose a timeline that is not based on #profiling.
@bitsoffreedom #gdpr
www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2025/10/02/o...
@bitsoffreedom #gdpr
www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2025/10/02/o...
The #Dutch #SupervisoryAuthority AP is concerned about #LinkedIn's #AI #training and calls on users to adjust settings before November 3rd 2025 with this link: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
Dutch advisory: autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-b...
#GDPR #privacy #ArtificialIntelligence
Dutch advisory: autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-b...
#GDPR #privacy #ArtificialIntelligence
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September 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The #Dutch #SupervisoryAuthority AP is concerned about #LinkedIn's #AI #training and calls on users to adjust settings before November 3rd 2025 with this link: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
Dutch advisory: autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-b...
#GDPR #privacy #ArtificialIntelligence
Dutch advisory: autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-b...
#GDPR #privacy #ArtificialIntelligence
If you can afford it and #privacy is important to you, this is a good #cause to consider. #NOYB #defends the public against mayor companies willing to trade in our privacy for #financial #gains.
I am a supporting NOYB member for years now. Will you join me?
#gdpr @NOYBeu #nonprofit
I am a supporting NOYB member for years now. Will you join me?
#gdpr @NOYBeu #nonprofit
⚖️ At a time when a former Meta lobbyist takes up a leading position at the Irish DPC, we need a strong civil society more than ever.
You can help noyb's work by joining us as a Supporting Member! Learn more here 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/support-us
You can help noyb's work by joining us as a Supporting Member! Learn more here 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/support-us
September 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you can afford it and #privacy is important to you, this is a good #cause to consider. #NOYB #defends the public against mayor companies willing to trade in our privacy for #financial #gains.
I am a supporting NOYB member for years now. Will you join me?
#gdpr @NOYBeu #nonprofit
I am a supporting NOYB member for years now. Will you join me?
#gdpr @NOYBeu #nonprofit
Today marks the entry into force of the #PIPC’s decision, recognizing the #EU #GDPR as #equivalent.
With the 2021 #EC adequacy decision on the Republic of #Korea, this establishes a comprehensive area of free and #safe #PersonalData flows between both jurisdictions.
#privacy
link.europa.eu/NPDtYR
With the 2021 #EC adequacy decision on the Republic of #Korea, this establishes a comprehensive area of free and #safe #PersonalData flows between both jurisdictions.
#privacy
link.europa.eu/NPDtYR
Joint Press Statement by Commissioner Michael McGrath and Chairperson Haksoo Ko on the entry into force of the Korean adequacy decision on the EU
Joint Press Statement: Korea DPA
link.europa.eu
September 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today marks the entry into force of the #PIPC’s decision, recognizing the #EU #GDPR as #equivalent.
With the 2021 #EC adequacy decision on the Republic of #Korea, this establishes a comprehensive area of free and #safe #PersonalData flows between both jurisdictions.
#privacy
link.europa.eu/NPDtYR
With the 2021 #EC adequacy decision on the Republic of #Korea, this establishes a comprehensive area of free and #safe #PersonalData flows between both jurisdictions.
#privacy
link.europa.eu/NPDtYR
Today the #EU #Data #Act starts to apply in the EU, giving all users #control over data generated by their #connected #devices, like #smartwatches and #cars, while unlocking opportunities for small businesses to use this data to #develop innovative after-sale #services.
#privacy
europa.eu/!pqXD47
#privacy
europa.eu/!pqXD47
EU Data Act gives users control over data from connected devices
Today the EU Data Act starts to apply in the EU, giving users control over data generated by their connected devices, like smartwatches and cars, while unlocking opportunities for small businesses to ...
europa.eu
September 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today the #EU #Data #Act starts to apply in the EU, giving all users #control over data generated by their #connected #devices, like #smartwatches and #cars, while unlocking opportunities for small businesses to use this data to #develop innovative after-sale #services.
#privacy
europa.eu/!pqXD47
#privacy
europa.eu/!pqXD47
#EDPB adopted #guidelines today on the interplay between the #EU Digital Services Act #DSA and the #GDPR. These guidelines are now open for #public #consultation via a form on their #website. In short: DSA #complements GDPR, GDPR still rules.
#privacy
europa.eu/!KRPqCw
#privacy
europa.eu/!KRPqCw
The EU’s Digital Services Act
A common set of EU rules that helps better protect users' rights online, bring clarity to digital service providers and foster innovation for online businesses.
commission.europa.eu
September 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#EDPB adopted #guidelines today on the interplay between the #EU Digital Services Act #DSA and the #GDPR. These guidelines are now open for #public #consultation via a form on their #website. In short: DSA #complements GDPR, GDPR still rules.
#privacy
europa.eu/!KRPqCw
#privacy
europa.eu/!KRPqCw
#EU has proposed a #draft #adequacy decision with #Brazil.
#privacy #gdpr
Brazilian federal laws have clarified that every person in the territory of Brazil, residing in it or not, is entitled to the protection of fundamental rights.
commission.europa.eu/document/f5a...
#privacy #gdpr
Brazilian federal laws have clarified that every person in the territory of Brazil, residing in it or not, is entitled to the protection of fundamental rights.
commission.europa.eu/document/f5a...
Draft Adequacy Decision with Brazil | European Commission
commission.europa.eu
September 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Recent #research from universities af Maryland/Singapore/Ohio warn #HRM in organizations using #AI to #evaluate #resumes. AI systems #favor resumes (over 70%!) written by (other) AI #LLM systems rather than the ones written by the humans themselves.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.00462
arxiv.org/abs/2509.00462
AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools become widely adopted, large language models (LLMs) are increasingly involved on both sides of decision-making processes, ranging from hiring to conten...
arxiv.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The #French privacy watchdog #CNIL also fined the #ecommerce giant #Shein €150 million #fine for cookie breaches.
#GDPR #privacy @NOYBeu #win #privacyrights
#GDPR #privacy @NOYBeu #win #privacyrights
📰💰 "The CNIL handed Google a €325 million fine on Wednesday for inserting advertising between Gmail users' emails and dropping tracking cookies without consent. The fine [...] follows a 2022 complaint by privacy group Noyb."
Google handed €325 million fine in France over Gmail ads and cookies
The French privacy watchdog also fined the ecommerce giant Shein €150 million fine for cookie breaches
www.euractiv.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The #French privacy watchdog #CNIL also fined the #ecommerce giant #Shein €150 million #fine for cookie breaches.
#GDPR #privacy @NOYBeu #win #privacyrights
#GDPR #privacy @NOYBeu #win #privacyrights
#European #General #Court ( #cjeu) dismisses #Latombe challenge and #upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework ( #dpf). The expulsion of U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Democrats could play a role in the future.
@the_iapp #GDPR #privacy #usa #eu #transfer #pii
iapp.org/news/a/europ...
@the_iapp #GDPR #privacy #usa #eu #transfer #pii
iapp.org/news/a/europ...
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iapp.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
@NOYBeu complained #YouTube #violated the #EU’s #GDPR by not granting users #access to #data stored on them or information about how data is used.
Noyb called the authority’s decision a “win” but regretted that it took the regulator “5,5 years”.
noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...
#privacy #rights
Noyb called the authority’s decision a “win” but regretted that it took the regulator “5,5 years”.
noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...
#privacy #rights
noyb WIN: YouTube ordered to honour user’s right of access
The Austrian DPA has ordered YouTube to send the complainant all personal data it processes about him
noyb.eu
August 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
September 3rd 2025, the EU General #Court will deliver its #ruling on a case by Philippe Latombe, challenging the validity of #adequacy decision for the #EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
@the_iapp provides a free webinar 4/9/25
#GDPR #privacy #cloudAct #fisa702
www.linkedin.com/events/73665...
@the_iapp provides a free webinar 4/9/25
#GDPR #privacy #cloudAct #fisa702
www.linkedin.com/events/73665...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Approximately 70,000 women are filing a class action #lawsuit against the test processing laboratory Clinical Diagnostics after a #databreach in which #personal and #medical data ended up in the hands of hacker group #NOVA.
Source (Dutch):
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/is-j...
#gdpr #privacy #dataleak
Source (Dutch):
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/is-j...
#gdpr #privacy #dataleak
Is jouw data gelekt bij het bevolkingsonderzoek? Zo doe je mee aan een massaclaim
Zijn jouw privégegevens gelekt bij de hack van laboratorium Clinical Diagnostics en wil je graag een schadevergoeding? Twee advocatenkantoren onderzoeken of hier een j...
radar.avrotros.nl
August 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Approximately 70,000 women are filing a class action #lawsuit against the test processing laboratory Clinical Diagnostics after a #databreach in which #personal and #medical data ended up in the hands of hacker group #NOVA.
Source (Dutch):
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/is-j...
#gdpr #privacy #dataleak
Source (Dutch):
radar.avrotros.nl/artikel/is-j...
#gdpr #privacy #dataleak
The #Dutch National Coordinator for #Counterterrorism and #Security (#NCTV) is preparing #businesses for 3 scenarios:
- 72-hour #power #outage
- Digital #attack with internet and phone outages
- The #Netherlands switches to a #war #economy after an Article 5 attack on #NATO
#bcm #continuity
- 72-hour #power #outage
- Digital #attack with internet and phone outages
- The #Netherlands switches to a #war #economy after an Article 5 attack on #NATO
#bcm #continuity
Terugkeer van voedselbonnen en oorlogsoefeningen: zo bereidt Nederland zich voor op een crisis
Voedselbonnen komen terug, de overheid wil burgers en diensten kunnen ’vorderen’ voor specifieke taken. Grote weerbaarheidsoefeningen zijn noodzakelijk en duizenden bedrijven bereiden zich voor op uitval van stroom en internet. De Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid zet met ministeries en veiligheidsregio’s alles op alles om het land gereed te krijgen voor als het ooit écht fout gaat.
www.telegraaf.nl
August 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The #Dutch National Coordinator for #Counterterrorism and #Security (#NCTV) is preparing #businesses for 3 scenarios:
- 72-hour #power #outage
- Digital #attack with internet and phone outages
- The #Netherlands switches to a #war #economy after an Article 5 attack on #NATO
#bcm #continuity
- 72-hour #power #outage
- Digital #attack with internet and phone outages
- The #Netherlands switches to a #war #economy after an Article 5 attack on #NATO
#bcm #continuity
#EDPB members agreed on new initiatives to facilitate #easier #GDPR compliance, to enhance the #dialogue with a broad range of #stakeholders, to strengthen #consistency and to develop cross-regulatory cooperation in the new digital regulatory landscape.
www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
#privacy
www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
#privacy
www.edpb.europa.eu
July 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#EDPB members agreed on new initiatives to facilitate #easier #GDPR compliance, to enhance the #dialogue with a broad range of #stakeholders, to strengthen #consistency and to develop cross-regulatory cooperation in the new digital regulatory landscape.
www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
#privacy
www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
#privacy
Is your new #product or #website accessible for all #handicapped users after June 28th 2025 when the provisions of the #European #AccessibilityAct enter into force? Are physical buttons easy accessible? Has the webshop enough contrast and is scalable?
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
European accessibility act
The European accessibility act is a directive that aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for accessible products and services, by removing barriers created by divergent rules in Membe...
commission.europa.eu
June 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Is your new #product or #website accessible for all #handicapped users after June 28th 2025 when the provisions of the #European #AccessibilityAct enter into force? Are physical buttons easy accessible? Has the webshop enough contrast and is scalable?
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
The ict-news letter from Petri has a great publication about the upcoming new product #Microsoft 365 #local. Yes, run #365 from your own #DataCenter, on your own #servers, under your own #jurisdiction.
petri.com/microsoft-36...
#GDPR #privacy #fisa702 #cloudact #azure-local
petri.com/microsoft-36...
#GDPR #privacy #fisa702 #cloudact #azure-local
Microsoft 365 Local: What You Need to Know Before Adoption
Imagine having the power of Microsoft 365's cloud services right within your own datacenter, offering you unparalleled control and security. That's what
petri.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The ict-news letter from Petri has a great publication about the upcoming new product #Microsoft 365 #local. Yes, run #365 from your own #DataCenter, on your own #servers, under your own #jurisdiction.
petri.com/microsoft-36...
#GDPR #privacy #fisa702 #cloudact #azure-local
petri.com/microsoft-36...
#GDPR #privacy #fisa702 #cloudact #azure-local
Yes the #Australian #Privacy #Awareness #Week starts with the kickoff speech by the #OAIC #PAW2025 #PrivacyAwarenessWeek
Theme: privacy is everyone’s #business
When will Australia be #gdpr adequate?
Theme: privacy is everyone’s #business
When will Australia be #gdpr adequate?
Next week it is Australian #privacy #awareness week.
#Privacy - it's everyone's #business
Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event to promote and raise awareness of the importance of protecting #personal #information.
www.oaic.gov.au/__data/asset...
Source: #oaic
#Privacy - it's everyone's #business
Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event to promote and raise awareness of the importance of protecting #personal #information.
www.oaic.gov.au/__data/asset...
Source: #oaic
June 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Yes the #Australian #Privacy #Awareness #Week starts with the kickoff speech by the #OAIC #PAW2025 #PrivacyAwarenessWeek
Theme: privacy is everyone’s #business
When will Australia be #gdpr adequate?
Theme: privacy is everyone’s #business
When will Australia be #gdpr adequate?
Next week it is Australian #privacy #awareness week.
#Privacy - it's everyone's #business
Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event to promote and raise awareness of the importance of protecting #personal #information.
www.oaic.gov.au/__data/asset...
Source: #oaic
#Privacy - it's everyone's #business
Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event to promote and raise awareness of the importance of protecting #personal #information.
www.oaic.gov.au/__data/asset...
Source: #oaic
June 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Next week it is Australian #privacy #awareness week.
#Privacy - it's everyone's #business
Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event to promote and raise awareness of the importance of protecting #personal #information.
www.oaic.gov.au/__data/asset...
Source: #oaic
#Privacy - it's everyone's #business
Privacy Awareness Week is an annual event to promote and raise awareness of the importance of protecting #personal #information.
www.oaic.gov.au/__data/asset...
Source: #oaic