How to Protect Your Personal Data: An Interview with Stef van der Ziel

We sat down with Stef van der Ziel, Founder and CEO of Jet-Stream and Streaminar (and long-time Leaseweb customer), to discuss all things privacy: what it means, why you should care, and what you can do to increase your personal data protection now.    Tell us about your background. How do you know so much about personal data protection? I began producing live streams on the Internet in the early 1990s and have […]

What you need to know about spam (part 2)

Last time, we talked about how spammers gather email addresses and then make money from them. This time we’re looking at a few more things you may not know about spam. How to prevent your promo emails being marked as spam You have a web shop with a lot of customers who would benefit from […]

Helping combat child abuse: Hotline Meldpunt Kinderporno joins the Leaseweb Community Outreach Program

Leaseweb set up the Community Outreach program in 2010, aiming to bring together non-profit organizations who combat online abuse of all shapes and sizes. Whenever a new organization joins our Community Outreach program, we’ll introduce them to inform people about what they do – and why they do it. The latest party joining our program […]

Are you compliant with the new Dutch Law on Data Breach Notifications?

On January 1, 2016, the new Dutch Law on Data Breach Notifications came into effect. Organizations – both companies and government agencies – are now required to immediately report any serious data breach to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Authoriteit Persoonsgegevens). And, if it is likely that the data breach will have an adverse effect […]