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On 2 February 2017, the House of Representatives adopted a bill providing for a new tax deduction for income from innovation. The new rules entered in…
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On 19 December 2016, the Belgian Act on “BE-Alert” or “Alert-SMS” was published in the Belgian Official Gazette (Act of 7 December 2016 inserting an A…
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The Belgian Privacy Commission recently released a report on big data, available in Dutch and French. Comments can be submitted until n…
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On 25 January 2017, the Belgian Act on the processing of passenger name records (“PNR Act”) was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The PNR Act…
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In its judgement of 9 March 2017 in case C-398/15 the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) handed down an important judgement on the scope of th…
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On 12 October 2016, the CJEU rendered its judgment in the Ranks and Vasiļevičs case. This is an interesting judgment because it is the …
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L'adéquate protection des droits des auteurs impose d’analyser des réglementations de plus en plus diverses. L'équipe d'IPNews.be s'intéresse aujourd'…
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This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…
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In its decision of 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") clarified the concept of personal data. The Court held that an…
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The difficult history behind the data retention legislation, i.e., Data Retention Directive 2006/24, at both European and national levels is quite kno…
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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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The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will come into effect on 25 May 2018. It will have significant impact on how companies handle th…
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The GDPR does not change the legal grounds for processing. However, certain interpretations and practices are now expressly included in the GDPR, as f…
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In evolving to a Single Digital Market, the use of consumer data becomes more and more important for service providers. With regard to financial insti…
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The Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) recently handed down two judgments on the repackaging of parallel imported pharmaceuticals. The…
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At the occasion of this special day, the members of the Loyens & Loeff Privacy & Data Protection Team would like to highlight the importance o…
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Iemand die met slechte bedoelingen zijn “toegangsbevoegdheid tot een informaticasysteem overschrijdt” maakt zich mogelijk strafbaar aan interne&n…
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In its judgment of 25 January 2017 in a case (C- 375/15) opposing BAWAG, an Austrian bank and VKI, an Austrian consumer organisation, the Court of Jus…
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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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On 27 October 2016, the Court of First Instance of Mechelen (the “Court”) ordered Skype Communications SARL (“Skype”) to pay a fine of EUR 30,000 foll…
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