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Caméras de vidéosurveillance : la date limite du 25 mai approche !
22/05/2020

La « loi caméras » réglemente l’usage de la vidéosurveillance afin d’assurer qu’elle n’empiète pas de façon excessive sur la vie privée des citoyens. En 2018, cette loi a été modifiée et modernisée. Parmi les nouveautés figure notamment l’obligation d’informer les services de police du placement d’une caméra à des fins de contrôle et de surveillance. Pour les dispositifs installés avant le 25 mai 2018, l’Autorité de protection des données a prévu une période de 2 ans dans laquelle les entreprises doivent se conformer au nouveau régime.

Deadline approaching for notifying CCTV cameras to Belgian police
15/05/2020

The transition period for notifying your surveillance closed-circuit television cameras (“CCTV cameras”) to the Belgian police ends on 25 May 2020. Meanwhile, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has published its final guidelines on processing personal data (including facial images) through video devices.

Connected Vehicles and GDPR – A Status Update after the Public Consultation
14/05/2020

Many vehicles that were launched in the last few years contain sensors, cameras, a GPS and other data capturing technologies. Very often, the data captured are transmitted to receivers outside of the vehicle to enable service providers (such as vehicle repairers, insurers and telecom operators) to provide services to the driver.

Autonomous Vehicles in Belgium. Is our legal system ready?
27/04/2020

We have been hearing about autonomous vehicles (“AVs”) for quite a while. However, as time goes by, the use of AVs is getting closer to becoming a reality. In various countries, car manufacturers are now carrying out tests on open or closed parts of public roads

Facebook et son rôle dans la chasse aux commentaires dénigrants
18/11/2019

Dans quelle mesure, un juge national peut-il contraindre Facebook d’identifier, parmi les données qu’elle stocke, les posts équivalents à un commentaire dénigrant ? Telle est la question préjudicielle posée à la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne dans le dossier Eva Glawisching-PIesczek/Facebook Ireland Limited.

SkypeOut is subject to the Electronic Communications Act
25/10/2019

A user of SkypeOut can make calls from a terminal connected to the internet to a fixed or mobile telephone line using the Voice over IP technique. The Court of Justice ruled in its judgment dated 5 June 2019 (C-142/18) that SkypeOut is an electronic communications service.

La donnée “non-personnelle” (anonyme) existe-t-elle ?
08/08/2019

Des chercheurs annoncent avoir mis au point un algorithme qui remet (une fois de plus) en cause le principe même de l’anonymat. Une donnée anonyme est-elle une simple vue de l’esprit ? L’enjeu est fondamental car le GDPR ne s’applique que s’il y a un traitement de … données à caractère personnel.

Gmail : not a telecom operator under EU law
29/07/2019

According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Article 2(c) of Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) “must be interpreted as meaning that a web-based email service which does not itself provide

The two sides of the ECS coin
11/07/2019

The concept of ‘electronic communications service’ (“ECS”) defined in Article 2(c) of Directive 2002/21/EC (“Framework Directive”) has been interpreted in two decisions of the ECJ in June 2019: C‑142/18 Skype communications and C-193/18 Google LLC.

Skype: a telecom operator according to the ECJ
27/06/2019

The article 9(1) of the Law of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications (‘LEC’), transposing into Belgian law the Directive 2002/21/EC of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (‘Framework Directive’), provides for a notification obligation for the electronic communications services providers before starting their activity.

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Caméras de vidéosurveillance : la date limite du 25 mai approche !
22/05/2020

Deadline approaching for notifying CCTV cameras to Belgian police
15/05/2020

Connected Vehicles and GDPR – A Status Update after the Public Consultation
14/05/2020

Autonomous Vehicles in Belgium. Is our legal system ready?
27/04/2020

Facebook et son rôle dans la chasse aux commentaires dénigrants
18/11/2019

SkypeOut is subject to the Electronic Communications Act
25/10/2019

La donnée “non-personnelle” (anonyme) existe-t-elle ?
08/08/2019

Gmail : not a telecom operator under EU law
29/07/2019

The two sides of the ECS coin
11/07/2019

Skype: a telecom operator according to the ECJ
27/06/2019

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Caméras de vidéosurveillance : la date limite du 25 mai approche ! 22/05/2020

Deadline approaching for notifying CCTV cameras to Belgian police 15/05/2020

Connected Vehicles and GDPR – A Status Update after the Public Consultation 14/05/2020

Autonomous Vehicles in Belgium. Is our legal system ready? 27/04/2020

Facebook et son rôle dans la chasse aux commentaires dénigrants 18/11/2019

SkypeOut is subject to the Electronic Communications Act 25/10/2019

La donnée “non-personnelle” (anonyme) existe-t-elle ? 08/08/2019

Gmail : not a telecom operator under EU law 29/07/2019

The two sides of the ECS coin 11/07/2019

Skype: a telecom operator according to the ECJ 27/06/2019

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LexGO Network

Caméras de vidéosurveillance : la date limite du 25 mai approche !
22/05/2020

Deadline approaching for notifying CCTV cameras to Belgian police
15/05/2020

Connected Vehicles and GDPR – A Status Update after the Public Consultation
14/05/2020

Autonomous Vehicles in Belgium. Is our legal system ready?
27/04/2020

Facebook et son rôle dans la chasse aux commentaires dénigrants
18/11/2019

SkypeOut is subject to the Electronic Communications Act
25/10/2019

La donnée “non-personnelle” (anonyme) existe-t-elle ?
08/08/2019

Gmail : not a telecom operator under EU law
29/07/2019

The two sides of the ECS coin
11/07/2019

Skype: a telecom operator according to the ECJ
27/06/2019