Belgian Privacy Commission Publishes Opinion On Cloud Computing

On 25 February 2016, the Belgian Privacy Commission (Commissie voor de bescherming van de persooonlijke levenssfeer/Commission de la protection de la vie privée "Privacy Commission") published an opinion on cloud computing by data controllers (Opinion 10/2016 – the "Opinion"). The Opinion offers guidelines on how to comply with the Belgian Privacy Law of 8 December 1992 (Wet tot bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer ten opzichte van de verwerking van persoonsgegevens / Loi relative à la protection de la vie privée à l'égard des traitements de données à caractère personnel) (the "Law") when using cloud computing services. The Opinion follows an earlier opinion of the Article 29 Working Party on the same subject (see, VBB on Belgian Business Law, Volume 2012, No 7, p. 7, available at www.vbb.com ).