Kris SomersDec 24, 20212 min2021 - the year in privacy risk reviewThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requires most publicly traded companies to annually disclose in their Form 10-K submissions...
Kris SomersNov 20, 20213 minRevisiting an old warOn February 24th 2021, a proposal of law was submitted to the Belgian House of Representatives to enact a new Civil Code. High time...
Kris SomersAug 31, 20211 minJurisCom Founder joins CIPM ranksA few months following his CIPP/E accreditation, JurisCom founder Kris Somers has earned the ANSI-accredited designation of Certified...
Kris SomersJul 5, 20213 minThe devil in the detailSo you started to implement the new standard contractual clauses (SCC) for international data transfers into your new agreements and you...
Kris SomersJun 5, 20212 minNew SCC - beyond the data transfersThe new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) that the European Commission adopted on June 4 in relation to international data transfers...
Kris SomersMay 25, 20213 minThree years of GDPR: looking back and forwardThree 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 SomersApr 15, 20214 minUpdated SCC: a new suit for your international data transfersUPDATE: On 4 June 2021, the European Commission issued the modernised standard contractual clauses under the GDPR for data transfers from...
Kris SomersMar 19, 20212 minHow the virus is affecting international data transfersWhile the privacy world is waiting with baited breath for the European Commission's new standard contractual clauses (SCC) to get out of...
Kris SomersMar 14, 20211 minJurisCom founder certifies as privacy professionalHappy to report that I have succesfully completed the accreditation course for Certified International Privacy Professionals (CIPP/E). As...
Kris SomersFeb 7, 20213 minBrexit 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 SomersDec 12, 20204 minThe (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 SomersOct 10, 20202 minWhat 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 SomersOct 5, 20202 minA 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 SomersSep 17, 20202 minCan 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 SomersSep 5, 20201 min"Hart tegen Corona"Terwijl Covid19 ons dagelijks leven blijft beheersen, herstellen de zwaarst getroffen patiënten van de eerste Coronagolf moeizaam van hun...
Kris SomersAug 16, 20202 minGDPR - a fine balancing actArticles 12-15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) list the obligations of a data controller to provide the data subject,...
Kris SomersJul 31, 20202 minEconomic 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 SomersJul 24, 20202 minSchrems II - back to square one?Who said that a sequel never beats the original? While that may be a truism in Hollywood, it surely does not necessarily translate to...
Kris SomersJul 17, 20203 minA battle of formsLet's say you are a B2B seller of IT services. You conclude your business mostly online these days, on the basis of orders that your...
Kris SomersJul 10, 20201 minTo compete or not to competeThat is the question. Or at least it was for the managers of a mid-size Belgian company who, after their departure from said company,...