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Dutch Report Provides a Window on GDPR-Related Complaints and DPA Response
On September 9, 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch DPA) published a report on privacy complaints it received between January 2019 and June 2019. The report reviews the rate of consumer complaint activity since the enactment of the GDPR, the nature of those complaints, and how they are handled by the Dutch data authority. Overview of the Dutch DPA Report During the first half of 2019, just over 19,000 individuals and organizations contacted the Dutch DPA with concerns and questions related to the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or other privacy-related concerns. Of these, the Dutch DPA identified 15,313 inquiries as privacy complaints,…
