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Timelex recognized as top tier law firm in Legal 500 EMEA 2021 rankings

19/04/2021
News & announcements

We are proud to announce that Timelex has been recognised in the Legal 500 EMEA 2021 ranking as a top tier and leading law firm in Belgium for IT, privacy & data protection (GDPR), intellectual property, fintech, and media & entertainment.

Operation-sky

Police cracks cryptophones in Operation Sky: could this happen to my smartphone as well?

25/03/2021
Cybercrime

The police operation Sky was a great success, but also raises questions about the protection of privacy when using a smartphone. Does the law provide enough safeguards to protect the confidentiality of a smartphone?

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Geert Somers appointed as expert on data use for official statistics

04/03/2021
News & announcements

Timelex partner Geert Somers gets appointment as legal member of the Eurostat Expert Group on facilitating the use of new data sources for official statistics.

GDPR Guidelines

EDPB clarifies the interplay between GDPR and PSD2

15/02/2021
Privacy & data protection

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published its final guidelines on the interplay between the GDPR and the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Already in 2018, Member of the European Parliament Sophie in ‘t Veld asked to clarify a few aspects of the relationship between these two legal frameworks.  This has now resulted in the adoption of more elaborate guidelines.

FORMOBILE

Study results: the treatment of mobile forensic evidence throughout the EU

19/01/2021
Cybercrime

The study, which involved national experts from 30 countries, aims to find out to what extent mobile forensics are allowed under the different national criminal procedure rules, what safeguards and guarantees for data protection and human rights (especially fair trial) are present and when mobile evidence is (in)admissible before the Court.

GDPR-inbreuk

GDPR infringements might lead to block .be-websites

07/12/2020
Privacy & data protection

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) and DNS Belgium have concluded a cooperation protocol that allows .be websites to be taken offline for GDPR infringements. 

Doorgifte persoonsgegevens

Checklist for transferring personal data after Schrems II

25/11/2020
E-government

What are the main takeaways from the EDPB guidance and draft SCCs? The CJEU ruling from 16 July 2020 in the Schrems II case created a lot of uncertainty for organisations transferring personal data outside the EEA. But how should this requirement be fulfilled in practice?

Magdalena Kogut-Czarkowska

Timelex is happy to welcome Magdalena Kogut-Czarkowska

16/11/2020
News & announcements

As of 16 November 2020, Timelex is further strengthened by our newest team member, Magdalena Kogut-Czarkowska. Magdalena is a data protection, IT and intellectual property law expert. She is ranked by Legal 500 EMEA as a “rising star” and “next generation lawyer”.

EU

EU to regulate markets in crypto-assets

10/11/2020
Information technology

On 24 September 2020, the EU launched its digital finance package, including a number of strategies and legislative proposals. In this blogpost, we will focus particularly on two proposals regarding crypto-assets and distributed ledger technology.

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