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, …
Technology in our society has changed rapidly in recent years. Concepts such as Big Data, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Bitcoins and all kinds of “smart” applications, including Smart City Projects, control the debates at technology events and conferences. This technological evolution, according to some even revolution, poses a lot of legal …
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 …
France’s data protection regulator, the CNIL, issued a €50 million fine against Google for failing to comply with its GDPR obligations. This is the biggest GDPR fine yet to be issued by a European regulator.The CNIL justified the fine on the basis that Google had failed to provide enough information to users about its data …
One of the interesting novelties that the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG or GDPR) has brought with it is the “right to be forgotten” or “right to oblivion” of article 17, paragraph 2 GDPR. The right to forget gives data subjects the possibility to have their personal data removed not only by a data controller …
Disruptive online service providers hardly fit into the legal framework that has been developed for decades within the classical economy. The repeated law cases in Belgium and other countries against for instance companies such as Uber show for this. The success of food delivery services such as Deliveroo also provide the necessary legal discussions, in this case from a labour …
Many companies have started to explore the possibilities of robotic(s) and robotic tailoring. Recently Start Today in Japan and 3D-aboutme in the Netherlands introduced robotic tailoring into the online retail sector. These technologies offer many possibilities for companies but also cause some legal restraints mostly with regards to consumer protection and data protection. Background In …