Belgium:
Belgian Data Protection Authority To Replace Belgian Privacy Commission
13 March 2018
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On January 10, the Belgian Official Gazette published
(source document in French and Dutch) the law establishing the Belgian Data
Protection Authority, which will supplant the Privacy Commission.
The law adapts the Belgian institutional framework to the GDPR
because the current Belgian Privacy Commission has limited
prosecutorial powers and no direct sanctioning powers.
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