Privacy

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.

Stibbeblog | Digital Law

Purely commercial interest also a legitimate interest? Council of State leaves the question unanswered.

On 27 July 2022, the Council of State confirmed that the Dutch Data Protection Authority wrongly imposed a €575,000 fine on VoetbalTV.

Zuiver commercieel belang ook gerechtvaardigd belang: Raad van State laat zich er niet over uit

Op 27 juli 2022 heeft de Raad van State bevestigd dat de Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens onterecht een boete van € 575.000 aan VoetbalTV heeft opgelegd.

Thibau Duquin

Junior Associate Brussels

Webinar: Next generation of international data transfers

On 28 January 2021, our TMT lawyers Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen and Jan Joos host a webinar on the latest developments regarding international transfers of personal data. The webinar is organised by IBJ/IJE.

Webinar: The next generation of international data transfers

On 18 March 2021, Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen and Jan Joos host a webinar on 'The next generation of international data transfers' organised by DPO-pro.