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Celebrating GDPR's Fifth Anniversary: Five Key Challenges for Privacy Professionals
Today (May 25, 2023) marks the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). When it was...
Kris Somers
May 25, 20233 min read
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A summer without Facebook?
So last week, the Irish privacy watchdog, acting on its own initiative, informed its counterparts of plans to halt Facebook parent...
Kris Somers
Jul 21, 20222 min read
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The new rules on dual distribution: what information can you (still) share?
The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the new accompanying Vertical Guidelines (VGL) entered into force on 1 June 2022...
Kris Somers
Jul 15, 20223 min read
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2021 - the year in privacy risk review
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requires most publicly traded companies to annually disclose in their Form 10-K submissions...
Kris Somers
Dec 24, 20212 min read
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Revisiting an old war
On February 24th 2021, a proposal of law was submitted to the Belgian House of Representatives to enact a new Civil Code. High time...
Kris Somers
Nov 20, 20213 min read
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JurisCom Founder joins CIPM ranks
A few months following his CIPP/E accreditation, JurisCom founder Kris Somers has earned the ANSI-accredited designation of Certified...
Kris Somers
Aug 31, 20211 min read
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The devil in the detail
So you started to implement the new standard contractual clauses (SCC) for international data transfers into your new agreements and you...
Kris Somers
Jul 5, 20213 min read
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New SCC - beyond the data transfers
The new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) that the European Commission adopted on June 4 in relation to international data transfers...
Kris Somers
Jun 5, 20212 min read
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Three years of GDPR: looking back and forward
Three years may seem like ages to anyone in the corporate world, but to legal professionals it is as short a season as it is to parents...
Kris Somers
May 25, 20213 min read
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Updated SCC: a new suit for your international data transfers
UPDATE: On 4 June 2021, the European Commission issued the modernised standard contractual clauses under the GDPR for data transfers from...
Kris Somers
Apr 15, 20214 min read
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How the virus is affecting international data transfers
While the privacy world is waiting with baited breath for the European Commission's new standard contractual clauses (SCC) to get out of...
Kris Somers
Mar 19, 20212 min read
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JurisCom founder certifies as privacy professional
Happy to report that I have succesfully completed the accreditation course for Certified International Privacy Professionals (CIPP/E). As...
Kris Somers
Mar 14, 20211 min read
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Brexit and GDPR: quo vadis?
When the UK left the EU on 1 January 2021, it essentially became a third country. Logically, this would then mean that it should be...
Kris Somers
Feb 7, 20213 min read
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The (draft) updated SCCs: A new hope for international data transfers?
The recent Schrems 2 ruling by the European Court of Justice has caused many a data protection officer some sleepless nights. In...
Kris Somers
Dec 12, 20204 min read
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What about your inbox when you are in the outbox?
What happens to your e-mails when you (voluntarily or involuntarily) leave your job? In its decision of September 29, 2020, the Belgian...
Kris Somers
Oct 10, 20202 min read
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A New Hope for Standard Contractual Clauses?
In the wake of the seminal Schrems 2 ruling by the European Court of Justice (see JurisCom contribution here), the European Commission is...
Kris Somers
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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Can a director be an employee?
"Yes and no" is a close second to "it depends" on many a lawyer's list of favourite replies to legal questions. And sometimes, "yes and...
Kris Somers
Sep 17, 20202 min read
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"Hart tegen Corona"
Terwijl Covid19 ons dagelijks leven blijft beheersen, herstellen de zwaarst getroffen patiënten van de eerste Coronagolf moeizaam van hun...
Kris Somers
Sep 5, 20201 min read
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GDPR - a fine balancing act
Articles 12-15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) list the obligations of a data controller to provide the data subject,...
Kris Somers
Aug 16, 20202 min read
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Economic dependence: a Trojan horse in B2B relationships?
With the (postponed) introduction of the theory of economic dependence in December 2020, Belgium joins the ranks of an increasing number...
Kris Somers
Jul 31, 20202 min read
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