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There is a lot coming at companies with regard to sustainability matters these days. This could also affect company directors’ responsibilities and liability. In this article, we will discuss some points of attention and share our practical observations.

Een verdachte kan niet gedwongen worden tot actieve medewerking aan zijn eigen vervolging. Dit uitgangspunt, dat voortvloeit uit artikel 6 EVRM, wordt het nemo tenetur-beginsel genoemd.

On 13 April 2023, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report on convergence in Cyber Incident Reporting (CIR).

Vandaag een jaar geleden trad de Wet open overheid in werking. Dit is de opvolger van de Wet openbaarheid bestuur. Met de komst van de Woo is beoogd de overheid transparanter te maken en overheidsinformatie die berust bij bestuursorganen toegankelijker.

Ook rechtspersonen kunnen in het verdachtenbankje belanden. Welke rechten hebben zij dan? Hoe kunnen zij die verwezenlijken? Wie zwijgt of spreekt namens de rechtspersoon? Wat is de positie van de bestuurders?

On 5 January 2022, the EDPS issued a reprimand to the European Parliament for non-compliance with several provisions of the GDPR for EU Institutions and ordered it to update its data protection notices of an internal corona testing website.

The Litigation Chamber of the Belgian DPA confirms that, in the absence of an existing legal basis, it is not possible for an employer, in this case a hospital, to make the recruitment of a person conditional on the fact that he/she has been vaccinated.

Belgium finally published a law transposing the directive 2018/1972 of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code.

On 17 December 2021, the European Commission published its final version of the implementing decision on the adequate protection of personal data in the Republic of Korea.

On 6 December 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority published a recommendation on the processing of biometric data.
 

The European Commission wants to regulate the relationship between digital platforms and their workers. The main objective of the Commission is to improve the working conditions of people working through digital labour platforms.

On 25 March 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Commission evaluation report on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation two years after its application.

On 6 December 2021, the European Commission published the results of the public consultation on its Data Act. This legislative initiative aims at facilitating data access and use, and reviews the rules on the legal protection of databases.

On 25 November 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the display in the electronic inbox of advertising messages in a form similar to real email constitutes an unsolicited communications.

On 18 November 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted a statement on the Digital Services Package proposed by the Commission. The Package refers to a number of legislative proposals aiming at the further use and sharing of data.