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On 21 February 2023, the litigation chamber of the Belgian data protection authority has ruled on the legitimacy of the geographic tracking of employees by a public authority.

In this blogpost, our TMT expert Thibau Duquin elaborates on the AI Act, the rules on generative AI such as ChatGPT, and the next steps.

The General Court has declared WhatsApp’s request to annul an EDPB binding decision inadmissible.

In a judgment of 9 February 2023 (C-453/21), the European Court of Justice has further shaped the rules surrounding the independence of a data protection officer (DPO), one of the cornerstones of the GDPR.

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.

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.

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.

On 22 February 2024, the European Commission adopted two Delegated Regulations under the Regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and four Delegated Regulations under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.

Netflix, the global streaming giant, has been fined €4.75 million by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or AP) for failing to provide customers with adequate information about how their personal data was being processed.

Marc Habermehl, Jeroen Smits, Roderik Vrolijk, David de Groot and Max de Heer contributed to Chambers: Venture Capital 2024 in chapters about Law and Practice and Trends and Developments in the Netherlands.

In deze annotatie wordt een HvJ EU-uitspraak besproken over de vraag of lidstaten rechterssalarissen discretionair mogen vaststellen en vervolgens mogen verlagen of bevriezen zonder de rechterlijke onafhankelijkheid te schenden.

De Hoge Raad stelt dat verschoningsgerechtigde gegevens “niet meer kenbaar” moeten zijn, maar de opsporingspraktijk ziet vernietigen vaak als slechts ontoegankelijk maken. Advocaat Daan Doorenbos gaat in op de impact van deze interpretaties.

On 24 May 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a report on virtual IBAN (vIBANs) in which the EBA set outs characteristics and use cases of vIBANs and comments on identified risks associated with this development in the payments market.

Our Brussels TMT team is organising five new seminars that delve into cutting-edge topics within the area of technology law, offering valuable and practical insights for your organisation.

Het oordeel van de Hoge Raad dat de klachtplicht ex artikel 6:89 BW niet van toepassing is bij schending van een concurrentiebeding sluit aan bij eerdere rechtspraak.

The Supreme Court ruled in two cases on the (in)clarity of the text on an order button for online purchases: several buttons did not make it sufficiently clear to consumers that they were entering into a payment obligation.

Since 2023, there has been a debate as to whether such a surcharge clause should be considered unfair within the meaning of European Directive 93/13/EEC. Case law on this issue and on the possible legal consequences has been divided.