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On 17 February 2022, the Belgian legislator adopted a law amending various provisions on electronic communications in order to introduce additional security measures for the provision of 5G mobile services.

The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications published guidelines to clarify the use of the term 'unlimited internet' by operators.

The European Commission published a European Chips Act to confront semiconductors shortages and strengthen the technological leadership of the European Union.

The Belgian Gazette published a Royal decree completing the Belgian regulatory framework on crypto-exchange and wallet services providers. The decree enters into force on 1 May 2022.

De Europese Commissie heeft op 23 februari 2022 de Europese dataverordening (“Data Act”) voorgesteld, die het delen van data beoogt te bevorderen. Steeds meer gegevens worden door mensen en machines gegenereerd, bewaard en hergebruikt.

Hoewel het recht op gelijke beloning op grond van geslacht al langere tijd is verankerd in anti-discriminatiewetgeving, blijft er een verschil in beloning bestaan tussen vrouwen en mannen. Dit onderwerp staat daarom hoog op de agenda van de wetgever.

De Zesde tijdelijke noodmaatregel overbrugging voor behoud van werkgelegenheid (NOW-6) is recent gepubliceerd. Werkgever kunnen sinds kort aanvragen indienen voor deze waarschijnlijk laatste tranche van de NOW.

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its draft Data Act, i.e. a proposal for a regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data. The text is part of the European strategy for data launched by the Commission in 2020.

On 15 February 2022, the European Data Protection Supervisor published Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware. In fact, this document directly targets the Pegasus spyware developed by an Israeli company. 

The Belgian Data Protection Authority published an interesting decision of its Litigation chamber. The content of the decision is not completely new, but it provides (or recalls) some relevant elements for personal data practitioners.

On 11 February 2022, the Belgian Official Gazette published a new law modifying the Belgian anti-money laundering law. The objective of the text is to introduce new provisions to regulate crypto-exchange and wallet service providers.

De uitspraak van de rechtbank Limburg van 15 november 2021 is de eerste NOW-uitspraak waarin een beroep op afwijking van de NOW gegrond is verklaard.

The Belgian DPA fined an NGO and a researcher both active in the fight against disinformation for violating GDPR provisions.

On 2 February 2022, the Belgian Data Protection Authority considered that the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) developed by Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB) violates the GDPR.

In a judgment handed down on 1 December 2021, the Market Court annulled the decision on the merits 66/2021 of 4 June 2021 of the Belgian DPA. The decision reprimanded the Belgian Ministry of Finance for not respecting the rights of the data subjects.

Eind 2021 deed de rechtbank Zeeland-West-Brabant een interessante uitspraak over een NOW-subsidievaststellingsbesluit.

The Datenschutzbehörde, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA), found that the use of the free version of Google Analytics violated some provisions of the GDPR, and specifically the rules on international data transfers.

On 5 January 2022, the EDPS issued a reprimand to the European Parliament for non-compliance with several provisions of the GDPR for EU Institutions and ordered it to update its data protection notices of an internal corona testing website.