Belgian DPA’s Litigation Chamber publishes procedural rules (Lydian)

Authors: Bastiaan Bruyndonckx, Olivia Santantonio and Liese Kuyken (Lydian) Publication date: 28/01/2021 As we found out last year, data protection remains on the rise. In the meantime, many data subjects found their way to the Belgian supervisory authority, the Data Protection Authority (the DPA) and the Belgian guardian of the fundamental principles of data protection became…

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Gerechtsprocedures kunnen (vooralsnog) terug op papier – ook voor advocaten! (Publius)

Auteur: Dirk Van Heuven (Publius) Publicatiedatum: 13/12/2019 Op de website van de Raad van State wordt volgende toelichting gegeven: ‘Verplichting gebruik digitaal platform (DPA) door advocaten vernietigd Justitie stelt een (gratis) elektronisch communicatiesysteem ter beschikking voor de communicatie tussen zogenaamde actoren van Justitie (rechtbanken, advocaten, notarissen,…). Een koninklijk besluit en een ministerieel besluit verplichten de advocaten die…

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’I want my data!’- Recent Developments in the Right to Access One’s Personal Data (Stibbe)

Author: Cyril Fischer (Stibbe) Publication date: 22/08/2019 The Belgian Data Protection Authority has recently adopted a broad view of the right to access one’s personal data. The Belgian Data Protection Authority (‘Belgian DPA’) has recently rendered a decision on an individual’s request to access his personal data. After a brief discussion of this decision (Section 1), we put…

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Proceedings Before the Data Protection Authority (NautaDutilh)

Authors: Heidi Waem and Louisa Vandepitte (NautaDutilh) Date of publication: 24/01/2018 On 10 January 2018, the Act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the “Act”) was published in the Belgian State Gazette. Further to our previous newsletter on the composition and powers of the Data Protection Authority (the “Authority”), this newsletter provides more information about…

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