The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed very few fines over the past two years compared to its colleagues in neighbouring countries. Apart from two smaller fines in a non-commercial context, it imposed only one, hefty, fine on a commercial company. This one fine was recently reversed in appeal by the so-called “Market Court” …
The Coronavirus or Covid-19 virus is spreading faster than we would like… In addition to the obvious impact on public health, we also see that companies are experiencing big difficulties. Up to now, we have heard stories of delayed deliveries, intermission of work, cancelled contracts and last-minute cancelled events. The prime question that arises in …
A recent judgment of the European Court of Justice makes it clear that trademark applicants must be very careful when filing a trademark application and must properly delineate the exact scope of the goods and services for which they seek protection. There is a tendency in a trademark filing to ask for the widest possible …
Blog article on judgement by the ECJ (C-263/18) – ‘Tom Kabinet’ written by our intern Thibau Duquin Are you for or against e-books? What if you’ve read the book? Can you sell your e-book? Is there such a thing as a second-hand market for e-books? And do the rules on physical books also apply for digital …
“Hello sir, are you responsible for the energy supply in your company?” About GDPR and privacy in call centers … At Sirius Legal, we emphasize to all our GDPR clients using call centers that special attention is required for the use of telemarketing and cold calling under GDPR. This was recently confirmed by the French …
The most intriguing right that the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG or GDPR) introduced is without a doubt the “right to be forgotten”. It is on the basis of this right that you, as a data processing company, may be asked to delete or personal data or ask a third party to have such data …
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 …