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
05.02.2018 BE law Stibbe assists AB Inbev in regulatory data protection matters Experience - Stibbe assists AB Inbev in a global data protection project. Read more Carol Evrard Associate Brussels
02.02.2018 BE law Stibbe advises ALD Automotive on the implementation of GDPR Experience - Stibbe advices ALD Automotive, market leader in Belgium for full service leasing, car rental and fleet management, on the implementation of GDPR. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen
29.05.2015 Stibbe advises Tribune Media Company Experience - Advising Tribune Media Company and its subsidiary Gracenote, the world’s leading provider of entertainment data, on its acquisition of Infostrada Sports. Read more Team: Eva Das, Rein van Helden, Michael Molenaars, Boris Cammelbeeck, Floris ten Have, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker
07.04.2015 NL law Stibbe advises Amsterdam RAI Experience - Advising Amsterdam RAI, the largest Dutch congress and convention center, on e-commerce and privacy related matters. Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
07.04.2015 NL law Stibbe advises an international fast moving consumer goods company Experience - Advising an international fast moving consumer goods company on IT and privacy related matters, such as the use of cloud computing and the transfer of personal data outside of the European Economic Area. Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
18.02.2015 BE law Stibbe advises on Belgium's first PPP road charging project Experience - Assisting a consortium composed of Belgacom, T-Systems International GmbH, Strabag AG, and Efkon AG in preparing its eventually-successful bid, in the negotiations and subsequent closing of the contract for the realization of the Electronic Toll Collection System (ETCS) PPP project in the three Belgian regions. Read more
18.02.2014 NL law Stibbe advises Dutch Police Experience - Advising on the processing of personal data in various IT systems and separately, on several licensing and procurement issues. Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
01.12.2013 BE law Stibbe represents Google in a landmark copyright litigation Experience - Representing Google in a high-profile copyright litigation against Copiepresse before the Belgian courts. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
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
19.02.2019 BE law Belgian law of 25 November 2018 on various provisions relating to the National Register Articles - The Belgian law of 25 November 2018 containing various provisions relating to the National Register and the population registers, published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 13 December 2018, has amended the law of 8 August 1983 regulating the National Register and the use of the national identity number Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen
24.01.2019 EU law European Data Protection Board provides welcoming guidance on the territorial scope of the GDPR Articles - “If personal data of a Korean employee working for a U.S. company is processed in the HR department in London, does the GDPR apply?” “Is the GPDR applicable to a Dutch customer visiting the website of a Canadian company?” Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Sarah De Wulf
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 BE law Ignace Vernimme and Michiel Van Roey speak on IP rights during Agoria's Research & Standardization Event Speaking slot - On Thursday 25 October, Agoria's Regulatory and Standardization Expertise Center organizes its 5th information day about regulations and standards for topics including international trade, privacy and contract law, transport, Internet of Things and blockchain, eHealth, ... at regional, national and European level. Read more Team: Ignace Vernimme, Michiel Van Roey
01.02.2019 EU law Carol Evrard on Global Legal Fragmentation and Interoperability at the CPDP Conference in Brussels. Speaking slot - Stibbe Brussels' TMT associate, Carol Evrard, will chair a panel on Global Legal Fragmentation and Interoperability at the annual international Computers, Privacy and Data Protection ("CPDP") conference (30 January - 1 February 2019) in Brussels. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carol Evrard
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
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
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
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
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 Amsterdam