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Data Protection Authority

Supervises GDPR compliance in Belgium.

What this authority does

Autorité de protection des données / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit replaced the Privacy Commission in 2018. Its Litigation Chamber can order compliance, impose administrative fines and hear individual complaints about how organisations handle personal data.

Services for the public

  • Data protection complaints
  • Access and erasure requests
  • DPO registration
  • Breach notifications

Before you contact this authority

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