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 …
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 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” …
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 …