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 …
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 …