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27/05/20

2ème amende de 50.000 € infligée par l’Autorité de protections des données

Deuxième amende de 50.000 € infligée par l’APD ! Après avoir sanctionné Proximus en raison d’un conflit d’intérêt concernant son DPO, c’est à présent …

27/05/20

Mieux armé contre le « revenge porn » !

Ce 18 mai 2020, la loi du 4 mai 2020  visant à combattre la diffusion non consensuelle d’images et d’enregistrements à caractère sexuel…

25/05/20

Belgium: what has GDPR year 2 taught us, and what will come next?

Today is GDPR Day – two years ago, the GDPR became applicable. When 25 May 2018 came about, the world did not end, nor were there dawn raids by data p…

25/05/20

Belgium Web: Belgian Data Protection Authority provides new guidance on cookies

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (“BDPA”) has highlighted privacy in the digital environment (including cookies) as one of its top priorities in …

22/05/20

Caméras de vidéosurveillance : la date limite du 25 mai approche !

La « loi caméras » réglemente l’usage de la vidéosurveillance afin d’assurer qu’elle n’empiète pas de façon excessive sur la vie privée des …

20/05/20

Belgium: two new EUR fines for tell-a-friend and health-related GDPR violations

On 19 May 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority published two new decisions of the BDPA's Litigation Chamber, each handing down a fine for …

19/05/20

Belgian Data Protection Authority: no fine for a correctly notified data breach

On 4 June 2018, the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of a telecom company reported a data breach to the Belgian Data Protection Authority. However, the D…

19/05/20

COVID-19 – IP Offices take measures to face the pandemic – Update 19 May

The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing worldwide. In an effort to control its expansion, public authorities have taken restrictive measures that impact …

18/05/20

COVID-19 bestrijden met een app? De mogelijkheden en valkuilen

De eerste piek van besmettingen met het nieuwe coronavirus (COVID-19) lijkt voorlopig voorbij. Veel organisaties werken aan een terugkeer naar het ‘no…

15/05/20

B2B Relations in the Events Industry in Europe and COVID-19 Pandemic: The Stakeholders’ View

We started this series of alerts by sharing our view on the legal consequences of COVID-19 on B2B relations in the events industry. Our first two…

15/05/20

Deadline approaching for notifying CCTV cameras to Belgian police

The transition period for notifying your surveillance closed-circuit television cameras (“CCTV cameras”) to the Belgian police ends on 25 May 2020. Me…

15/05/20

Belgian Data Protection Authority scrutinised by Brussels Markets Court

In February 2020, the Markets Court (a division of Brussels’ Court of Appeal) annulled the decision by which the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BD…

14/05/20

Connected Vehicles and GDPR – A Status Update after the Public Consultation

Many vehicles that were launched in the last few years contain sensors, cameras, a GPS and other data capturing technologies. Very often, the data cap…

13/05/20

COVID-19 – IP Offices take measures to face the pandemic – Update 12 May

Update 12 May 2020  |  The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing worldwide. In an effort to control its expansion, public authorities have t…

12/05/20

Cookies: een update.

08/05/20

Legislative initiatives on compulsory licensing in light of Covid-19

With more than 50 clinical trials underway for covid-19 related therapies, the question as to how and at what price such therapies will ultimately be …

07/05/20

You may need a new DPO, according to the Belgian Data Protection Authority

Through recent decisions, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) has examined the role of the Data Protection Officer …

06/05/20

COVID-19 – IP Offices take measures to face the pandemic – Update 5 May

Update 5 May 2020  |  The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing worldwide. In an effort to control its expansion, public authorities have ta…

29/04/20

COVID-19 – IP Offices take measures to face the pandemic – Update 28 April

Update 28 April 2020  |  The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing worldwide. In an effort to control its expansion, public authorities have…

28/04/20

Pour combattre le Covid- 19, l’Etat peut-il mettre en place un système de traçage à grande échelle des individ…

Dans le contexte actuel de pandémie lié au Covid-19, il est de plus en plus question d’instaurer un système de traçage numérique des déplacements des …