On December 4, a roundtable discussion took place in the Lower House Committee on Digital Affairs in response to the Data Protection Collective Bill. Among those invited to that discussion was an association of Dutch data traders, which expressed legislative wishes in a position paper. Other private participants in the conversation also did so.
Privacy First Foundation saw reason to send the committee its own paper, with both a reaction to one part of the bill and some of its own proposals to improve the protection of personal data in the Netherlands.
Regulation of large-scale data trading to prevent personal data from getting into the wrong hands.
Tighten oversight of data trading and large-scale processing of financial personal data by Dutch government agencies.
Improving legal protection for citizens, following the section of the bill dealing with the power of banks to suspend and block payment transactions. Privacy First proposes, among other things, that there should be a financial ombudsman who can handle complaints and signals from bank customers and conduct investigations.
Improve the process of verifying people's identities, including the use of biometrics, so as to reduce the risk of identity fraud.
Tightening the rules on (semi-)public registers, such as the Commercial Register, UBO Register and Land Registry, so that people are protected from criminals and others with not so good intentions.
Supplement the unfair trade practices rules with the possibility that a company can sue its competitor for non-compliance with the AVG.
announcement of the Roundtable Discussion Collective Data Protection Act https://www.tweedekamer.nl/debat_en_vergadering/commissievergaderingen/details?id=2024A07395
