IAB Europe – Violation Found (Belgium, 2021)

The decision of APD/GBA - 01/2021 has been appealed by several parties, a hearing was held in front of the Court of Markets. What language should the Belgian DPA use in a cross-border procedure concerning complaints by data subjects in different Member States? Pursuant to the agreement reached between the parties, as upheld by the Court of Markets in its ruling 2020/1351 of February 17, 2021, this interlocutory order, amends interlocutory order No. 01/2021 of January 8, 2021 in which it was decided that the proceedings would be held in French. The DPA changes the language of its proceedings and communication to Dutch (from French). A translation of the decision will be provided in French and English to the parties. The parties are free to chose their own language between Dutch, French and English. The DPA will not be responsible for the translation of the documents provided by the parties. On the 4th of February, an inspection report (of 13th July, 2020) was provided to the parties in French (cleanses of English wording) which replaces the previous version. IAB Europe will bind itself to not the report on the basis of the language laws. A Dutch translation was provided on the 11th of February. The identity of the parties is not withheld based on the earlier publicity of this case.