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…
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…
Several years ago, I had hardly heard of the term “Compliance”. The subject seemed pretty abstract and even boring to me, at first sight. Since then, I have discovered that there is so much more to Compliance than just “following the rules”. I have seen many examples of (very) boring Compliance communications, but I have…
A friend of mine, who is a business owner, recently emailed me, and I could read the panick in his email. He bumped into a website from a competing company, with a domain name that was almost identical to his own domain name. To make it worse, the competitor offered similar services, and used the…