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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.
It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!
Whether due to negligence (e.g. a lost USB stick or laptop) or malicious intent (e.g. by cybercriminals or disgruntled employees), data breaches can c…
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Compared to the current legal framework, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) contains stricter obligations with regard to data security,…
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Since 2013 revelations about U.S. mass surveillance, the transfers of personal data between the EU and the U.S. have encountered regular legal threats…
Read MoreDe sociale media en in het bijzonder Facebook lagen de laatste maanden meermaals onder vuur. Het centrale punt van kritiek is de wijze waarop sociale …
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The Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the pr…
Read MoreThe new EU data protection rules have been published in the Official Journal of the EU. The new rules take the form of a regulation that will be …
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One of the obligations imposed on personal data processing entities by the general data protection regulation (“GDPR”) is to implement appropriate tec…
Read MoreVorige maand heeft het Hof van Justitie van de EU (HJEU) een interessante praktische prejudiciële vraag beantwoord over de aansprakelijkheid van voorm…
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On April 8, 2016, the Council of the EU adopted the final text of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On April 14, the EU Parliament approv…
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Also this week, the article 29 Working Party rendered a negative opinion on the EU-US Privacy Shield (see our previous newsletter for more d…
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This April 13, the Article 29 Working Party (WP 29, which includes the EU national data protection authorities) expressed its concerns regarding the P…
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On 6 October 2015, the CJEU invalidated the U.S. Safe Harbor. The EU Commission then published a draft adequacy decision on 29 February, putting in p…
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2016 is een jaar vol veranderingen voor het Europees en nationale merkenrecht. Op 23 maart 2016 is de nieuwe merkenverordening in werking getreden (Ve…
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Het Luikse hof van beroep heeft in een recent arrest van 16 februari 2016 (bron Juristenkrant) het gebruik van Facebookfoto’s toegelaten als…
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Lawmakers and experts have voiced doubts about the value of new rules proposed by the European Commission to protect the privacy of EU citizens' data …
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On 13 January 2016, the President of the Dutch-speaking section of the Brussels Commercial Court (the “Court”) ordered supermarket chain Aldi and brew…
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Het zal u maar overkomen, u spendeert jaarlijks ettelijke bedragen aan communicatie en het zorgvuldig opbouwen van uw reputatie evenals die van uw bed…
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While some people never stopped believing that the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") would one day become a reality, others had started to d…
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Further to the invalidation of the Safe Harbor by the European Court of Justice on 6 October 2015, the legal uncertainty on personal data tr…
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The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (“BEREC”) has published the final version of its Report on OTT services. This rep…
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