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Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

Nous sommes ravis de constater votre enthousiasme pour la 8ème édition des Universités d’été qui aura lieu les 20 et 21 août 2024 au magnifique Château-ferme de Courrière. Avec déj…

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L’avenir numérique s’éclaire

Le 12 juin 2024, les 11.000 avocats flamands, et les 8.300 avocats francophones et germanophones ont uni leur destin numérique dans la société DPA (Digital Platform for Attorneys),…

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New Partner at Deloitte Legal

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of DeloitteLegal’s newest partner in Belgium: Matthias Vierstraete.

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Enforcement of the EU AI Act: The EU AI Office

On 21 May 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the Regulation la…

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Adoption of the AI Act: What does it entail?

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Jurisdiction, territoriality and data protection: the Belgian Google case

This article deals with the private international law aspects in the Belgian Google case. With its decision of 14 July 2020, the Belgian Data Protecti…

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Merkenconflict “Vooruit”: you snooze, you lose

Zoals je ongetwijfeld al hebt gehoord, heeft de Sp.a haar oog laten vallen op ‘Vooruit’ als nieuwe naam. Een merkenconflict dat al heel wat aandacht k…

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Stuurt uw onderneming persoonsgegevens veilig naar de Verenigde Staten?

In onze geconnecteerde wereld komen de persoonsgegevens waarmee uw onderneming werkt veel sneller in het buitenland terecht dan u denkt en dat is niet…

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Enforcement of IP rights at the EU borders

In the new Commission Implementing Regulation 2020/1209 of 13 August 2020, the Commission makes the detention of an EORI number a mandatory prerequisi…

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New controller-processor guidelines: beware of impact on data processing agreements

Armed with useful flowcharts to help organisations determine their role, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidelines on the…

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Online payment authentication requirements further strengthened from 22 September 2020

As part of the second European Payment Services Directive (i.e. Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal marke…

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Recht op inzage onder GDPR geldt ook voor e-mails

Ongeveer een jaar geleden schreven we op onze blogpagina al een bijdrage over een uitspraak van het Italiaanse Hof van Cassatie, dat had geoordee…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Transparency & Privacy Policy - common mistakes

When drafting a privacy policy or privacy statement, there is one golden rule: describe what you actually do. Transparency is key!

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Alarm in Privacyland : The EU-US Privacy Shield declared unlawful

The Court of Justice declared the EU-US Privacy Shield unlawful in its judgement of 16 July 2020. According to the Court, the Privacy Shield does not …

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Data Subject Rights

This week’s topic: Data Subject Rights In several recent decisions, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) prov…

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Artificial Intelligence and product liability – on a path to a new regulation?

AI brings a myriad of opportunities to solve complex problems and improve productivity across all sectors of the economy. However, the successful impl…

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The electronic signature: which validity?

With the COVID-19 crisis and the rise of teleworking, certain practices have evolved as the use of electronic signatures, which may soon become the ru…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Data Protection @ Work (Part 2/2)

Each week in July and August, our focus will be on a different topic that has been scrutinized by the Belgian Data Protection Authority. With a f…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Data Protection @ Work (Part 1/2)

This week’s topic: Data Protection @ Work (Part 1/2) In these difficult times, finding the right balance between protecting employee health, on the o…

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A-G’s opinion on SABAM’s tariffs for festivals

In our blogpost of 30 April 2019, we discussed the legal dispute between festival and concert organisers, on the one hand, and SABAM, on the…

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New Belgian DPA decision: broader "controller" concept & extensive access rights?

In a decision of 29 July that it published today, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) examined the issue of who is …

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Fines imposed on digital services providers

Each week in July and August, our focus will be on a different topic that has been scrutinized by the Belgian Data Protection Authority. With a f…

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Persoonsgegevens doorgeven naar de VS na het Schrems-II arrest?

Het is de Oostenrijker Max Schrems alweer gelukt om zijn slag thuis te halen in één van de vele privacyrechtzaken die hij al jaren met regelmaat voert…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Processing of photographs and (surveillance) video’s

Each week in July and August, our focus will be on a different topic that has been scrutinized by the Belgian Data Protection Authority. With a f…

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Youtube pas responsable ?

Selon l’avocat général, les exploitants de plateformes en ligne, telles que YouTube et Uploaded, ne sont pas directement responsables de la mise en li…

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