New year, new technologies, new legal aspects If you want to apply a new technology for your business, then you also need to know the legal consequences of these technologies. In this blogpost, I share with you my personal Top 3 legal trends in technology for 2019: Using Voice to buy products, or ‘Voice Commerce’…
Is it allowed to do medical checks on employees? I read that Amazon and Apple are opening their own health clinics for their employees. This lead me to address the following question: Is it allowed under privacy law to perform medical checks on employees, such as a drug test or alcohol test? Why companies perform…
Why is Privacy important in mergers and acquisitions? In many mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the subject of privacy did not or hardly ever play a role. Privacy has become a hot topic in M&A since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and after some privacy scandals after acquisitions. This article explains why…
Waarom is Privacy van belang in fusies en overnames? In veel fusies en overnames (ook wel ‘mergers and acquisitions’, of M&A genoemd) speelde het onderwerp “privacy” voorheen niet of nauwelijks een rol. Privacy is sinds de invoering van de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG, of in het Engels: GDPR) en na enkele privacy-schandalen in overnames, ook een ‘hot…
Het Big Data tijdperk Tegenwoordig zijn steeds meer apparaten en producten verbonden met het internet en op afstand te bedienen, zoals televisies, horloges, thermostaten, wasmachines en zelfs lampen. Door analyses en toepassingen van grote dataverzamelingen (“Big Data”) kunnen nieuwe inzichten worden verkregen over het gebruik van deze producten, maar ook over de gebruikers ervan. Dit…
The age of Big Bata In this digital age, more and more products are connected to the Internet and can be remotely controlled, such as televisions, thermostats, washing machines and even lightbulbs. Through analysis of large data collections (‘’Big Data’’), new insights can be gained about the use of these products, but also about the…
Mag je je werknemers medisch laten checken? Recentelijk hebben we gelezen dat Amazon en Apple hun eigen gezondheidsklinieken voor hun werknemers openen. Dit leidt tot de vraag, die wij ook regelmatig van cliënten krijgen: is het toegestaan om werknemers medisch te laten checken? Waarom bedrijven medische checks uitvoeren Bij sommige Amerikaanse bedrijven, zoals Amazon, is…
Case: is it allowed to using fingerprints of employees? A client of mine wanted to use fingerprint technology to identify its employees, instead of their current ID badges. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more common to use fingerprints for devices such as mobile telephones and laptops. But have you ever wondered whether it is…
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective on 25 May 2018, I receive many questions from clients about what is still allowed under the GDPR. In this blogpost, the question is: How to sell customer data under the GDPR? Why sell customer data? In merger & acquisition deals (M&A) between companies, customer data (CRM…
GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, is a new privacy law and will be applicable in all European countries as of 25 May 2018. Under the GDPR, there are very high penalties, up to 20 million Euros or 4% of your worldwide turnover. Do you know what to do exactly, and where to start with…