05.02.2018 BE law Stibbe advises Proximus on a broad variety of matters Experience - We advise Proximus, a listed company and longstanding client, on a broad variety of matters, including innovative partnerships, regulatory compliance, M&A and finance projects, and dispute resolution. Read more Bruno Lombaert Partner Brussels
01.12.2013 BE law Stibbe assists a major telecom operator on cyber attack on its company systems Experience - Assisting a major telecom operator in connection with a large-scale cyber attack on its company systems. Read more Team: Hans Van Bavel, Erik Valgaeren
05.02.2013 LU law Stibbe advises financial sector IT services supplier on legal aspects of its data center activities Experience - Advising a financial sector supplier of cashless transaction technologies and IT services on various contractual and regulatory issues, including those related to data center activities. Read more Gérald Origer Executive Partner Luxembourg
01.01.2010 BE law Stibbe assists Isabel Experience - Assisting Isabel, an international banking automation and electronic invoicing services provider, on its business model of trust services and compliance with various regulatory bodies. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
04.04.2019 EU law Erik Valgaeren is panelist during the EDPS-ENISA conference on risk in personal data breaches in Brussels. Speaking slot - Erik Valgaeren, TMT-partner in our Brussels'office, is panelist at the EDPS-ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) conference, which is organised in Brussels on 4th April, 2019. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
01.02.2019 EU law Companies unprepared for increasing cyber risks Articles - Companies increasingly face cybercrime incidents. Stibbe offers tailor-made solutions. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Hans Van Bavel, Charlotte Conings, Charlotte Evenepoel
20.11.2018 NL law Seminar 'Personal data from a broader perspective: overlap inside and outside the privacy domain' Seminar - On 20 November 2018, Stibbe will host a seminar on privacy. Several Stibbe lawyers will discuss personal data from a broader perspective and the overlap that can occur inside and outside the legal privacy domain. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Tom Barkhuysen, Jeroen Kortmann, Branda Katan, Astrid Helstone, Rein Wesseling, Rogier Raas, Steven Hijink, Floris ten Have, Christien Saris
12.10.2018 NL law Tim Berners-Lee's Solid proposal: the future of data traffic? Short Reads - The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) aims to strengthen the rights of individuals in respect of their personal data. Although this aim has been achieved to a certain extent, the fundamental framework of the way personal data is processed remains unchanged. Companies are still able to use large amounts of user data, in many cases without even obtaining their consent. Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has announced his plans for a decentralised web, in which users remain in control of their personal data. Read more Team: Frederiek Fernhout, Joe Jay de Haas
28.03.2019 EU law Data Protection & Employment Law: Can They Be Reconciled? Articles - At the GDPR 360° seminar, Carol Evrard, Erik Valgaeren, Jérôme Aubertin and Cyril Fischer discussed some of the numerous interrelations between data protection and employment law. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Jérôme Aubertin, Carol Evrard, Cyril Fischer
18.12.2018 NL law De betekenis van de AVG voor geautomatiseerde besluitvorming door de overheid Articles - In deze bijdrage wordt verkend hoe geautomatiseerde besluitvorming door de overheid zich verhoudt tot het verbod op geautomatiseerde besluitvorming zoals neergelegd in artikel 22 Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming. Read more Team: Niels Jak, Steven Bastiaans
19.11.2018 NL law Embracing the Digital Shift Articles - For the launch of its Digital Law Blog, Stibbe builds on the recent EDPS lessons to discuss both the importance of technology and the need to reflect on it within the legal framework Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Cyril Fischer
23.08.2018 EU law ECJ: Facebook fan page administrator is a joint data controller Short Reads - On 5 June 2018, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") decided on several preliminary questions that were raised in an administrative proceeding between the German Data Protection Authority ("GDPA") and Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein GmbH ("Wirtschaftsakademie"), a German educational services provider that offers its services through a Facebook fan page. In its decision, the ECJ held, among other things, that Wirtschaftsakademie qualifies as a data controller ex Article 2 under d Directive 95/46/EC[1] ("Privacy Directive"). Read more Joe Jay de Haas Professional Support Lawyer Amsterdam
27.03.2019 NL law Ook WhatsApp- en sms-berichten op privételefoons vallen onder Wet openbaarheid van bestuur Short Reads - De Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State heeft in een uitspraak van 20 maart 2019 (ECLI:NL:RVS:2019:899) bevestigd dat ook WhatsApp- en sms-berichten onder de reikwijdte van de Wet openbaarheid van bestuur (Wob) vallen. Dat geldt niet alleen voor WhatsApp- en sms-berichten die staan op werktelefoons, maar ook voor berichten die staan op privételefoons van bestuurders of ambtenaren. Daarmee gaat de Afdeling terecht verder dan de rechtbank (ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2017:5979) in eerste aanleg, die van oordeel was dat de Wob niet van toepassing is op berichten op privételefoons. Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Niels Jak
07.12.2018 BE law GDPR-roundtable on practical questions encountered during implementation Roundtable - After the success of the roundtable sessions we held before the GDPR took effect (in May this year), our TMT team is enthusiastic about the session of 7 December, focusing on the lessons we have learned from working on multiple GDPR-matters in the past year. We will tackle some practical questions that we have encountered and that are not or cannot be readily answered by the new regulation. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carol Evrard, Sarah De Wulf
13.11.2018 EU law Freedom no. 5: new regulation on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU Short Reads - On 9 November, the European Council approved a regulation aiming to secure the free flow of non-personal data in the EU (the "Regulation"). This is another step towards the adoption of the Regulation, which aims to remove obstacles to the free movement of non-personal data in the EU. Read more Team: Joe Jay de Haas, Karlijn van den Heuvel
03.07.2018 NL law FAQ: wat zijn de gevolgen van de AVG voor geautomatiseerde besluitvorming door de overheid? Short Reads - Burgers en bedrijven worden regelmatig geconfronteerd met besluiten van de overheid die (deels) gebaseerd zijn op algoritmes. Dergelijke geautomatiseerde besluitvorming, zonder menselijke tussenkomst, komt bijvoorbeeld voor bij het toekennen van toeslagen, zoals kinderbijslag of studiefinanciering. Read more Team: Niels Jak, Steven Bastiaans