Privacy law: year-end update 2016
2016 accounted for a real turning point in privacy legislation. In 2016, the mandatory requirement to report data breaches came into force, the General Data
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2016 accounted for a real turning point in privacy legislation. In 2016, the mandatory requirement to report data breaches came into force, the General Data
European legislation on privacy and processing of personal data will be rigorously revised. After the creation of the European framework in the Privacy Directive 95/46/EG
Many companies have not yet given sufficient thought to transferring personal data to countries outside of the EER, even though unlawful transfers can result in
The new law on the dismissal of employees (the “WWZ”) has been in place for almost half a year. Ovidius has analysed all court judgements
Did you know that dismissal requests based on poor performance are rejected in almost two out of three cases?* Often, this is due to the
With effect from 1 January 2016, a number of rules in Dutch employment law have changed. The most important changes are: Flexible Working Act On
Recently, the Dutch Senate has agreed to thelegislative proposal ‘deregulation of the assessment of employment relationships’. As a result: as from 1 May 2016, contractors
Almost half of the dismissal requests submitted by employers based on a disturbed employment relationship is rejected.* Any such request will only be granted if
Almost 40% of the dismissal requests submitted by employers based on culpable behaviour of the employee, is rejected.* Compared to other grounds for dismissal, that
Virtually every organisation processes personal data. As of 1 January 2016, the requirement to report data breaches applies to every one of these organisations. This
