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Notable privacy and internet-freedom events from the past four years, most recent first. Tap any entry for more.
Dutch DPA Fines Clearview AI 30.5 Million Euros
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Clearview AI 30.5 million euros for building an illegal facial recognition database, ruling that the company had created an unlawful collection of biometric data.
Police Data Exposed in Dutch National Breach
A breach at the Dutch national police exposed the work contact details of some 63,000 police employees and chain partners including prosecutors; Dutch police, advised by intelligence services, later said it was very likely the work of a state-sponsored actor.
Dutch DPA Fines Uber Over Driver Data Transfer
The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed a 290 million euro fine on Uber for improperly transferring European driver personal data to the United States without adequate safeguards.
Netherlands Debates Intelligence Services Expansion
The Dutch Senate approved a temporary law expanding AIVD and MIVD cyber intelligence powers to address threats from countries with offensive cyber programs, amid civil liberties concerns.
Netherlands Restricts Chipmaking Equipment Exports
The Dutch cabinet announced country-neutral export licensing requirements for advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, effective 1 September 2023; though China is not named in the regulation, the move was widely read as aligning with US-led restrictions and bears directly on ASML.
Dutch DPA Demands Answers from OpenAI on ChatGPT
The Dutch Data Protection Authority wrote to OpenAI demanding clarification on how ChatGPT collects and uses personal data scraped from the internet and whether user prompts are used to train the model, warning about inaccurate generated statements about real people.
Dutch DPA Fines Tax Administration Over Fraud Blacklist
The Dutch DPA imposed a then-record 3.7 million euro fine over the Tax Administration's FSV fraud blacklist, finding it had no legal basis, held often-inaccurate data, and flagged people as suspected fraudsters on grounds including nationality - the surveillance machinery behind the childcare benefits scandal.
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