Dozens of people have been able to access the medical files of a television reality show star who tried to commit suicide, according to television current affairs show EenVandaag. Routine checks revealed that...

The secret services watchdog CTIVD is concerned about the impact that new legislation giving the security services much wider powers will have on privacy when foreign agencies are involved. A report by the watchdog...

The Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam accidentally leaked data belonging to a group of patients. It concerned the email addresses of 46 children who were treated at Sophia Children's Hospital and their parents. The...

The 28 EU heads of state issued a warning shot on 22 March over allegations that 50 million Facebook users’ data was harvested without their consent to influence political campaigns. “Social networks and digital...

From next year, people will be able to "manage" their own medical records on their computer or mobile phone and decide who should have access to what information, Health Minister Bruno Bruins has told de Volkskrant....

Germany aims to pass new laws on social media after revelations that Facebook data was used to manipulate voters. "In future we will clearly have to monitor companies like Facebook more strictly and punish data...

Twenty-eight signatories – among them Liberties – sent an open letter to EU governments expressing their concerns over slow progress in the ePrivacy reform currently being finalised by the Council. The European...

An exit poll published on Wednesday night showed that roughly 48 percent of the Dutch population turned out to vote in a referendum on a law that would give intelligence services the authority to collect and access a...

The Dutch government has been using a risk profiling system that collects and analyzes citizens' data on a massive scale, all without their knowledge.

A proposal for a new EU criminal records system for third-country nationals will move ahead after a key committee clarifies its position.