Following the recent entry into force of the Network and Information Securi…
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Can the GDPR's Main Players still fulfil their Roles Effectively in an Era Characterised by Developments such as the Blockchain and the Internet of Th…
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As you know, the EU recently adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (hereafter "GDPR") in which data security plays a prominent role…
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Following a series of guidance published by fellow national DPAs, the Belgian Privacy Commission launched a 13 step GDPR-readiness roadmap to help com…
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Sur la base de postulats restrictifs, une étude de l’International Association of Privacy Professional estime à 28.000 le nombre de délégués…
Read MoreOn 8 September, the Court of Justice (“CJEU”) in the GS Media BV v. Sanoma Media a.o. case (C-160-15), within the framework of a preliminary…
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Depuis quelques jours, nous disposons d'un brouillon d'un projet de directive européenne en matière de droit d'auteur. Le texte de 23 pages, écrit en …
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Een functionaris voor gegevensbescherming (de officiële term), oftewel een data protection officer, is een functie of rol binnen een or…
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As you may recall, in January 2016, on the occasion of the international “Data Protection Day”, we sent a news update reflecting on the high…
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De Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (of: GDPR) is een verordening waarmee de Europese Commissie de veiligheid van data wil bevordere…
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This update aims to provide you with a practical overview of the most relevant changes resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a…
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This is not a trivial question because the supervisory authority designated in each Member State will now be entitled to impose more stringent adminis…
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Today, many cybersecurity incidents remain unreported to the Belgian authorities and to the public. With the entry into force of the EU General Data P…
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The German company Behringwerke granted the company Genetech a worldwide non-exclusive licence to use a patented human cytomegalovirus enhancer. Never…
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On 7 July 2016, the Court of Justice ruled on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Paris Appeal Court. The question arose in the context of a d…
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Photographs are not only worth a thousand words; especially when 18,755 photographs are protected by U.S. copyright law. With the Internet, it’s easy …
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Naast de commerciële risico’s verbonden aan virtuele realiteit en augmented reality – zijn er wel genoeg praktische toepassingen en/of games om d…
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Everyone knows that judicial proceedings are often time-consuming and costly, and involve considerable lawyers’ fees. In Belgium, the capped ‘procedur…
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The EU-US Privacy Shield adequacy decision has been adopted by the European Commission on 12 July 2016. This decision replaces the old Safe Harbor Reg…
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It’s the Pokémon-mania! The Pokémon Go game is taking the world by storm. This unbelievably huge game can now claim the title of most popular mobile g…
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As from 1st August 2016 companies will be able to sign up to a new transatlantic data-transfer framework that will enable them to legally transfer per…
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