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The Belgian Constitutional Court has validated the law of 1 September 2016, removing the possibility to buy a prepaid mobile phone card anonymously.

De Europese Commissie zet in op meer staatssteun voor innovatieve ondernemingen en duurzaamheid. Dit blijkt uit de voorgestelde wijziging van de Algemene groepsvrijstellingsverordening waarover tot 8 december a.s. een consultatie loopt.

On 25 November 2020, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation on data governance and a related Q&A. On 1 October 2021, the Council of the European Union agreed position on the Data Governance Act.

Back in 2014, Stephen Hawking said, "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."

International data transfers have been the subject of intense debates ever since the Court of Justice issued its landmark judgement of Schrems I, on 6 October 2015.

In a judgment dated 22 June 2021, the CJEU clarifies the liability framework of online platform operators when content protected by copyright is uploaded by platform users.

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has delivered its opinion on two draft cooperation agreements (one legislative agreement and one implementing agreement) relating in particular to the extension of the scope of the Covid Safe Ticket (CST).

A recent decision of the Belgian Council of State shines a first light on the enforcement of the Schrems II ruling of the European Court of Justice in Belgium.

In this blog, we present two interesting matters in the field of digital law: (1) The supply of a copy of software together with a licence to use it can constitute a "sale of goods”; and (2) WhatsApp in turmoil for its privacy policy and terms of use.

In this blog, we briefly present a recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on the liability for content posted by a third party on a Facebook wall.

In this blog, we briefly present three interesting matters in the field of digital law: (1) Parliamentary initiatives to tackle cyber attacks; (2) 'Zero tariff' options and open internet access do not mix; (3) Council of State, GDPR and encryption.

Op 12 juni 2020 is een wet gepubliceerd om ongewenste overnames in de telecommunicatiesector tegen te gaan: de Wet ongewenste zeggenschap telecommunicatie. Deze wet (die de vorm heeft van een nieuw hoofdstuk in de Telecommunicatiewet) moet volgens de memo

This blog analyses the Star Taxi App case law in the light of the Uber case law and the Airbnb case law. The three judgments have in common the question of the qualification of services as Information Society Services.

On 14 January 2021, the Constitutional Court validated a legislative measure requiring the inclusion of fingerprints on Belgian eID. According to the Court, it is not contrary to the right to privacy and the right to protection of personal data.

On 15 June 2021, the CJEU delivered an important judgment on the one-stop-shop mechanism.

The book, entitled 'Legal Aspects of the video-game industry', provides a first answer to the most important legal questions that might arise in the lifecycle of a video-game company.

The Grand Chamber of the CJEU confirms that EU law precludes national legislative measures which provide for the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data relating to e-communications, for the purpose of combating serious crime.

The CJEU stated that the private copy exception (copyright) applies to cloud computing.