Thomas Dubuisson
CMS Belgium
Articles
Using social plug-ins on your website? You and the social network will be jointly liable for the data processing
Belgium, European Union - July 30 2019 On 29 July 2019, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) confirmed that a website owner that has embedded a third-party social plug-in, such as...
First Belgian GDPR sanction: DPA fines mayor EUR 2,000
Belgium, European Union - May 31 2019 On 28 May 2019, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced (available in French and Dutch) the imposition of the first General Data...
EU Advocate General gives Internet cookie opinion that could impact data privacy regs
European Union - April 2 2019 Advocate General Maciej Szpunar, a senior legal adviser to the EUs Court of Justice (CJEU), delivered an opinion (Case C67317) in a case concerning...
Belgium's privacy watchdog publishes guidance on the notions of controller and processor
Belgium - January 17 2019 Recently, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) published guidance on controller and processor concepts (see original documents in French and...
New Belgian data protection law has come into force
Belgium - September 10 2018 The Belgian Law of 30 July 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data ("Law of 30 July 2018") entered...
