10 Dec Zina joins the Watsonlaw team!
Zina joined the Watsonlaw team as a legal assistant in September. She brings over two and a half years of experience as a working student and paralegal and is currently...
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28 May Watsonlaw congratulates Acheron with securing one of the first MiCA licenses in the Netherlands and the EU
Posted at 11:18h
in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Marlinde Nannings, News, Willem-Jan Smits
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Watsonlaw is proud to announce that it has successfully assisted Acheron in obtaining a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets...
05 Sep MiCA Implementation Act
Posted at 08:00h
in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Marlinde Nannings, MiCA, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits
Following the entry into force of the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA), on 14 July 2023 the Dutch legislator has started a consultation on the proposal for the MiCA implementation...
28 Aug Compensation for non-monetary damages in case of unlawful processing of personal data
Posted at 11:03h
in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Commercial Contracts, Eline Janssen, Inge Lakwijk, Privacy
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) awards humans (data subjects) protection from violation of their privacy by misuse of their personal data. In this sense, the GDPR is a way...
29 Jun Paper on blockchain technology and privacy
Posted at 08:00h
in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Marlinde Nannings, Publicaties, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits
In everyday parlance it is often said that transactions executed with blockchain technology are ‘anonymous’. But how anonymous is data ‘on the blockchain’ really? What we call anonymous in everyday...
27 Jun MiCA timeline
Posted at 08:00h
in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Marlinde Nannings, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits
1. Introduction After reaching a provisional political agreement on the final text on 30 June 2022, the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA) was formally voted on and adopted in the plenary...
05 Jun GDPR exists five years, fines for privacy breaches are significant
The GDPR will soon celebrate its first lustrum. Since 25 May 2018, organisation in the Netherlands have been obliged to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is...
01 Jun Research paper CBDC
Posted at 08:00h
in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Marlinde Nannings, Publicaties, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits
Digitalisering in het betalingsverkeer heeft voor een ongekende dynamiek gezorgd. Contant geld wordt steeds minder gebruikt en de coronacrisis heeft dit een extra duwtje in de rug gegeven. Deze ontwikkelingen...
30 May Anti-Money Laundering Authority Regulation
Posted at 08:00h
in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Marlinde Nannings, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits
1. Introduction: Establishing the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has been referred to as the centrepiece of the new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) package by the EU Commission. Broadly speaking, it will promote...
23 May Anti-Money Laundering Regulation & Directive 6
Posted at 08:00h
in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Marlinde Nannings, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits
1. Introduction: The recast of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD) and new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) serve the primary purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) package to increase and facilitate cooperation...