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The Belgian Parliament published a proposal to amend art. 29 of the Belgian Constitution. If adopted, art. 29 should read as follows: “The confidentiality of private communications is inviolable, except in the cases and conditions established by law”.

On 17 February 2022, the Belgian legislator adopted a law amending various provisions on electronic communications in order to introduce additional security measures for the provision of 5G mobile services.

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.

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

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

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.

The Belgian Gazette published a Royal decree completing the Belgian regulatory framework on crypto-exchange and wallet services providers. The decree enters into force on 1 May 2022.

The Belgian Data Protection Authority published an interesting decision of its Litigation chamber. The content of the decision is not completely new, but it provides (or recalls) some relevant elements for personal data practitioners.

The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications published guidelines to clarify the use of the term 'unlimited internet' by operators.

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.

Cyber incidents have become an inescapable part of today’s reality, and they are here to stay. The question is no longer if your organisation will become affected by an incident, but when.

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