190 results Constitutional Court: fingerprints on the Belgian eID do not infringe the rights of privacy and to data protection 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. Belgian DPA’s 600.000 EUR fine record against Google for GDPR infringements In a decision dated 14 July 2020, the Belgian DPA imposed a record administrative fine of 600.000 EUR against Google Belgium for non-compliance with the GDPR. Find my address… if you can: Constantin Film Verleih v. Youtube and Google On 9 July 2020, the CJEU clarified the scope of the right of information in the context of IP rights infringement proceedings. Stibbe advises Adevinta on Marktplaats acquisition Stibbe has advised Adevinta on the acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group for a value of approximately USD 9.2 billion. eBay Classifieds Group operates a portfolio of leading marketplace brands in 13 countries, including Marktplaats in the Netherlands. Stibbe advises Aquiline Capital Partners Stibbe advised Aquiline Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in New York investing in financial services enterprises, as lead counsel on the acquisition of the Quintes group together with existing management. The CJEU declares the EU-US Privacy Shield invalid: blurry future for international personal data transfers The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just declared the Privacy Shield Decision invalid, in its entirety. Dutch fintech Action Plan - stimulating growth in the Dutch fintech sector On 3 July 2020, the Dutch Minister of Finance and the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs published an action plan to support the Dutch Fintech sector. One year of Schrems II: a state of affairs for international data transfers 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. Digital Law Up(to)date: A first evaluation of the GDPR two years after implementation 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. Digital Law Up(to)date: European Commission publishes results of the public consultation on the Data Act 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. Digital Law Up(to)date: EDPB adopts statement on EU Digital Services Package 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. Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs Asset Management Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs Asset Management on the sale of its portfolio company Caldic to Advent International. Stibbe StartsUP programme open to new applicants With our unique start-up programme we continue to support innovative companies that may face a variety of legal challenges in their early stages. European Strategy for Data: Analysis of the proposed regulation of data governance 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. Digital Law Up(to)date: Dismissal of a complaint by the DPA for not processing the complainant's data A recent decision by the litigation chamber of the Belgian DPA can be put into perspective with the decision of the Supreme Court of 7 October 2021 considering that the DPA has to deal with a complaint filed by a person whose data had not been processed. Digital Law Up(to)date: GDPR, eID and customer loyalty card before the Supreme Court In this blog, we briefly present a judgment of the Belgian Supreme Court of 7 October 2021 on the reading of the eID card to obtain a loyalty card. Digital Law Up(to)date: 'Doxing' could become part of our criminal code In this blog, we briefly present a Belgian legislative proposition to criminalise 'doxing'. Digital Law Up(to)date: AI and facial recognition, towards a moratorium? In this blog, we briefly present developments on AI and facial recognition. Several institutions are calling for a moratorium on this technology. Pagination Previous page Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page
Constitutional Court: fingerprints on the Belgian eID do not infringe the rights of privacy and to data protection 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.
Belgian DPA’s 600.000 EUR fine record against Google for GDPR infringements In a decision dated 14 July 2020, the Belgian DPA imposed a record administrative fine of 600.000 EUR against Google Belgium for non-compliance with the GDPR.
Find my address… if you can: Constantin Film Verleih v. Youtube and Google On 9 July 2020, the CJEU clarified the scope of the right of information in the context of IP rights infringement proceedings.
Stibbe advises Adevinta on Marktplaats acquisition Stibbe has advised Adevinta on the acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group for a value of approximately USD 9.2 billion. eBay Classifieds Group operates a portfolio of leading marketplace brands in 13 countries, including Marktplaats in the Netherlands.
Stibbe advises Aquiline Capital Partners Stibbe advised Aquiline Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in New York investing in financial services enterprises, as lead counsel on the acquisition of the Quintes group together with existing management.
The CJEU declares the EU-US Privacy Shield invalid: blurry future for international personal data transfers The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just declared the Privacy Shield Decision invalid, in its entirety.
Dutch fintech Action Plan - stimulating growth in the Dutch fintech sector On 3 July 2020, the Dutch Minister of Finance and the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs published an action plan to support the Dutch Fintech sector.
One year of Schrems II: a state of affairs for international data transfers 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.
Digital Law Up(to)date: A first evaluation of the GDPR two years after implementation 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.
Digital Law Up(to)date: European Commission publishes results of the public consultation on the Data Act 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.
Digital Law Up(to)date: EDPB adopts statement on EU Digital Services Package 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.
Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs Asset Management Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs Asset Management on the sale of its portfolio company Caldic to Advent International.
Stibbe StartsUP programme open to new applicants With our unique start-up programme we continue to support innovative companies that may face a variety of legal challenges in their early stages.
European Strategy for Data: Analysis of the proposed regulation of data governance 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.
Digital Law Up(to)date: Dismissal of a complaint by the DPA for not processing the complainant's data A recent decision by the litigation chamber of the Belgian DPA can be put into perspective with the decision of the Supreme Court of 7 October 2021 considering that the DPA has to deal with a complaint filed by a person whose data had not been processed.
Digital Law Up(to)date: GDPR, eID and customer loyalty card before the Supreme Court In this blog, we briefly present a judgment of the Belgian Supreme Court of 7 October 2021 on the reading of the eID card to obtain a loyalty card.
Digital Law Up(to)date: 'Doxing' could become part of our criminal code In this blog, we briefly present a Belgian legislative proposition to criminalise 'doxing'.
Digital Law Up(to)date: AI and facial recognition, towards a moratorium? In this blog, we briefly present developments on AI and facial recognition. Several institutions are calling for a moratorium on this technology.