Privacy

Een jaar privacy-toezicht verantwoord: Dit zegt het jaarverslag van de AP

De AP legt in haar jaarverslag verantwoording af over 2024. Het jaar kenmerkte zich door een mix van strenge handhaving én stimulerende maatregelen om naleving te bevorderen. Wat kan uw organisatie hiervan leren?

CJEU confirms “right of explanation” in battle between trade secrets and algorithmic transparency

The CJEU's recent ruling emphasizes the GDPR's demand for algorithmic transparency in automated decisions, challenging companies to explain their logic. The decision also shows the difficulty of balancing such transparency with trade secret protection.

Belgian data protection authority fines hospital after data breach for taking insufficient data protection measures

In 2021, a Belgian hospital fell victim to a ransomware attack that disrupted critical operations and compromised the personal data of 300,000 people. As a result, the Belgian data protection authority imposed a fine of €200,000 three years later.

Key takeaways and insights from the EDPB Pseudonymisation Guidelines

On 16 January, 2025, the EDPB released its guidelines on pseudonymisation. These guidelines are not yet finalized, as they remain open for public consultation until 28 February. In this blogpost, we highlight the key takeaways.

Mona Heylen

Junior Professional Support Lawyer Brussels

TMT seminar series 2024

Following our successful TMT seminar series in 2023, our TMT team is happy to announce five new seminars taking place in 2024. Please find an outline of the seminars in the article below.

Hof van Justitie: prejudiciële vragen over gegevensverwerkingen door Meta

Op 4 juli 2023 heeft het Europees Hof van Justitie een arrest gewezen in de zaak C-252/21 (Meta e.a. tegen Bundeskartellamt). Meta Platforms Ireland (hierna: Meta) exploiteert onder meer het online sociale netwerk Facebook in de Europese Unie.

Gegevensbescherming in faillissement: uitdagingen voor de curator

In faillissement dient rechtmatig omgegaan te worden met persoonsgegevens. In de praktijk leidt dat tot uitdagingen voor de curator.

EU Advocate General balances data protection rights against trade secrets in algorithmic credit scoring case

On 16 march 2023, Advocate General Pikamäe issued his opinion on the scope of data subject rights in the context of algorithmic credit scoring.

Three months after the UBO-case – Where do we stand and what’s next?

This article looks at the aftermath of the UBO case invalidating the general access to UBO data, and looks at what lies ahead for companies and member states, and specifically at Belgium's recent regulatory action.

Promotie Minke Reijneveld

Minke Reijneveld promoveert op ‘Gegevensbescherming in faillissement’.

Data Privacy Day 2023: highlighting the most impactful ECJ judgments from the past year

In recent years, the ECJ has issued landmark judgments with far-yielding consequences for data controllers and data processors. To celebrate Data Privacy Day 2023, we highlighted the most impactful judgments of the ECJ from the past year.

Promotie Janita Hofman

Janita Hofman, advocaat bij Stibbe, promoveerde op 16 november 2022 aan de Radboud Universiteit te Nijmegen met haar proefschrift “De beveiliging van persoonsgegevens. Over de juridische invulling van art. 5 lid 1 onder f en 32 AVG”.

Belgian Court of Cassation balances right to privacy with right to information

In a recent judgement of 18 October 2022, the Belgian Court of Cassation has weighed the fundamental right to privacy against the equally fundamental right to information and freedom of expression.

Launch of Metaverse blog series

Stibbe launches a new blog series focusing on the legal challenges of the Metaverse. In our upcoming blog posts, we will discuss the legal challenges of NFTs, crypto-assets, Metaverse platforms, crypto exchanges, DAO, and many more.