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The European Commission has recently published an extensive Flagship Report in which the possibilities and opportunities, but also the (legal) challenges and consequences of blockchain and distributed ledger technology and of smart contracts are extensively investigated. We summarize the main points of the report and summarize what smart contracts are and why your lawyer should …
The European Court of Justice confirmed in a judgment of 1 October 2019 that the use of cookies always requires the prior free and informed consent of the data subject and that this consent cannot be demonstrated by a prechecked check box. Ask consent for the use of cookies or not? The Belgian “cookie law” …
(Entretien avec Bart Van den Brande, Sirius Legal, paru préalablement dans Momentum, le magazine de l’association belge des intermédiaires en services bancaires et assurances BZB-Fedafin). Le RGPD impose des règles strictes en matière de protection des données à caractère personnel et requiert une solide organisation administrative. Si nos membres croulent sous ces nouvelles obligations, le …
A year has passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May 2018. It was said that GDPR would cause a revolution in the processing of personal data and would hand back to European citizens the control and ownership over their personal data and thus, by extension, over their own person. According to some, …
Sirius Legal and Bart Van den Brande have recently been asked to become a coach for start-ups and creative entrepreneurs on the start-up platform of the Flemish government Kopiloot.be. Our collaboration with Kopiloot.be fits in perfectly with our commitment to young, creative entrepreneurs. After all, they form the heart and future of our clients, as …
The European Union has published a series of guidelines last week to guide companies and governments in developing ethical AI applications. The boom in artificial intelligence Artificial Intelligence or AI has been controlling many (legal) debates for some time. Technology has now evolved so far that smart and self-learning computer algorithms can take over many of …
At the end of March, the European Commission again imposed a monster fine of no less than 1.4 billion euros on Google. The third major fine in a row It is not the first time that Google struggles with the EU because of problems with either privacy and consumer protection or, like this time, competition law. …
The reform of Belgian company law that we are writing about in this series of articles is an ideal opportunity for you as an entrepreneur to consider whether the organization of your company is actually ideal today and whether the new company law might offer opportunities for legal framework than to organize your company better, …
Happy International Women’s Day! Today is International Women’s Day, but attention for women’s rights should of course not be limited to one day per year. At Sirius Legal, two of the fundamental building blocks of our firm, now 9 years ago, were full equality and respect for everyone, no matter age, experience, gender or job …
We already reported a few months ago about the new legislation that the European Union prepared to provide better protection for traders selling products online through marketplaces, hotels using booking platforms and app developers. The European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council have now reached a final agreement on these new rules in …