GDPR Enforcement in Belgium: Trends & Risks

Published

Jan 06 2022

Written By

As a partner and IP/IT specialist here at Bird & Bird in Brussels, I lead our Belgian Data Protection, Tech & Comms and Media practices, advising our clients on legal issues in privacy, data, e-commerce, digital marketing, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, AI, 3D printing, cookies, electronic signatures, intermediary liability and automated objects. I also co-head the Bird & Bird international special interest group on Copyright due my large experience in copyright matters with the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Lisa Gius

Associate
Belgium

I am an associate in the Privacy and Tech & Comms teams in Belgium. My work covers topics ranging from data protection and the EU's new digital legislation to cybersecurity, regulatory advice on telecommunications and the review of IT contracts.

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Technology & Communications

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Belgium

Three years into the GDPR, we see that the number of decisions and sanctions from the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) is significantly on the rise. The same goes for the number of appeals lodged against those decisions. As a consequence, we are now able to identify some initial GDPR enforcement-related risks and trends.

Our Belgian Privacy & Data Protection team has conducted an analysis of all decisions on the merits taken and published by the BDPA on its website between 2018 and 2021. The number of examined decisions currently stands at 86.

Download the publication to for insights into GDPR enforcement by the BDPA, appeals in the Brussels Court of Appeal and the trends and risks based on these initial decisions.

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