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Belgium: Market Court issued ruling classifying the Transparency and Consent String as personal data under Interactive Advertising Bureau's Transparency and Consent Framework

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Market Court issued ruling classifying the Transparency and Consent String as personal data under Interactive Advertising Bureau's Transparency and Consent Framework

On 14 May 2025, the Belgian Market Court ruled in the case between the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) and Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe regarding the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF). The ruling followed the Court of J…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2020-10-13
under deliberation

On 13 October 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) announced the beginning of proceedi…

2022-02-02
in force

On 2 February 2022, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) issued its decision in the proceedi…

2022-03-04
under appeal

On 4 March 2022, IAB Europe announced that it is filing an appeal against the Belgian Data Protecti…

2024-03-07
in force

On 7 March 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its ruling in the case C…

2025-05-14
in force

On 14 May 2025, the Belgian Market Court ruled in the case between the Belgian Data Protection Auth…