Belgian DPA provides first status update after six months of GDPR
The Belgian DPA has released a first status update six months after the GDPR became applicable. Some interesting statistics relate […]
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Belgium finalizes GDPR implementation: A practitioner’s view
Sept. 5, 2018, Belgium published the law implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s substantive aspects in Belgium. In particular […]
Belgium Publishes Law Adapting the Belgian Legal Framework to the GDPR
On September 5, 2018, the Law of 30 July 2018 on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the […]
Belgium Publised Draft GDPR Implementation Legislation
Belgium’s Parliament published a draft law on June 12 that aims to bring the country’s data protection legislation in line […]
Eight countries to miss EU data protection deadline
The EU starts enforcing its general data protection regulation on 25 May – but Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, […]
Belgian Data Commissioner Issues GDPR White List and GDPR Black List for Processing Operations
The Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy has created a set of recommendations which outline the way in which […]
Belgian Privacy Commission Issues Recommendation on Data Protection Impact Assessment
The Belgian Privacy Commission (recently released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch) on Data Protection Impact Assessment (“DPIA”) and the […]
Brussels court: Facebook must play by the Belgian privacy and cookie rules
In a judgement of Feb. 16, the Court of First Instance of Brussels has convicted Facebook for non-compliance with the […]
Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces fine of up to €100 million
A Belgian court threatened Facebook on Friday with a fine of up to 100 million euros ($125 million) if it […]
Facebook ordered to stop collecting user data by Belgian court
Facebook has been ordered by a Belgian court to stop collecting data on users or face daily fines of €250,000 […]
How Belgium is gearing up for GDPR
With the EU General Data Protection Regulation coming into force in just over 100 days, both private companies and public […]
Belgium Adopts Law Reforming the Belgian Privacy Commission
On January 10, 2018, the Law of 3 December 2017 creating the Data Protection Authority (the “Law”) was published in […]