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” …
Over the past year we have regularly reported on the many data protection laws that follow the example of GDPR all over the world. Brazil now has its own “GDPR legislation”, just like Japan, China, Russia and California … In the United States, California was the first state with better data protection for its citizens. …
(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 …
I got 99 problems, but a pitch ain’t one. UBA, ACC and UMA jointly signed a charter on 7 May 2019 that can serve as a guide in the organization of competitions, or the so-called pitches. Sirius Legal supports this initiative, which is needed in a (creative) sector in which few formal rules apply and in …
World Password Day is a celebration to promote better password habits. Passwords are critical gatekeepers to our digital identities, allowing us to access online shopping, dating, banking, social media, private work and life communications. World Password Day is being celibrated a few years now, and aims at raising awareness of the importance of choosing good passwords for …
It is now more than a year since the United States CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act). This law gives the US authorities the authority to request data from US service providers, wherever in the world this data is stored. The CLOUD Act amends the former Stored Communications Act, which did not …
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 …