🔎 Last week, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch DPA) issued a fine of €30,5 million to a US AI provider for its infringements of the #GDPR. 👉 The AI provider relied upon web scraping practices to create a facial recognition database, including facial images of EU citizens. 👉 The Dutch DPA maintains a broad application of the extra-territorial scope of the GDPR. Even though the AI provider did not have an establishment in the EU or proposes its services in the EU, it should comply with the GDPR when scraping EU websites. 👉 The decision made by the AP fits perfectly within the current context of the adoption of the EU AI Act. The untargeted scraping of facial images from the internet to create facial recognition databases is considered as a critical risk and will soon become prohibited in the EU. 📝 Discover our latest article in which Karin Winters, Loïc Delanghe and Isha Upadhyaya delve deeper into this decision: 🔗https://lnkd.in/gwwjQkuC #DataProtection #AI #GDPR #PwCLegalBelgium
PwC Legal Belgium
Law Practice
Diegem, Flemish Region 5,767 followers
We believe in the power of the law to solve your most daunting challenges and to face the future head-on.
About us
PwC Legal Belgium is an independent law firm, providing the full range of business law services for both national and international clients. Connect what matters. Anticipate what's next. We believe in the power of the law to solve your most daunting challenges and to face the future head-on. Working with PwC Legal is about resolving your legal challenges by looking through a wider business lens - so you're ready to uncover tomorrow’s opportunities, today. Discover our connected expertise In today’s unpredictable business landscape, it’s more important than ever to have a legal partner who understands all aspects of your business and embraces technology to help you move ahead effectively and decisively. From predicting the impact of regulatory, economic and political shifts on your business to understanding how to future-proof your strategy, we connect your challenges with the right expertise. Together with our PwC Network of experts in Tax, M&A, Risk Assurance, People & Organisation and more, PwC Legal brings together legal insight, business understanding and technological innovation to help you chart a future-ready path to success. Across town. Across the country. Across the globe. Now that’s a connection.
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http://www.pwclegal.be
External link for PwC Legal Belgium
- Industry
- Law Practice
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Diegem, Flemish Region
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- M&A, Business contracts, Corporate structuring, Consumer regulations, Intellectual property, Real estate, Privacy and data protection, Banking and finance, and Corporate compliance
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Culliganlaan 5
Diegem, Flemish Region 1831, BE
Employees at PwC Legal Belgium
Updates
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📲 Did you know that 75% of Belgians aged 25+ follow influencers on social media? This highlights the growing influence of social media marketing and the opportunities it presents for brands to connect with their target audiences. 📝 Our lawyers, Loïc Delanghe and Isha Upadhyaya, have published an in-depth Practice Note on LexisNexis addressing the evolving legal landscape for social media influencers in Belgium. 🔗 Dive into the full article to stay ahead in the dynamic world of influencer marketing! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gfm8-fj2 #InfluencerMarketing #SocialMedia #LegalInsights #PwCLegalBelgium #LexisNexis
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👩🎓Newly graduated students who start their professional career will only accrue full legal holiday entitlements after some time. However, various systems exist to make sure that these employees can still enjoy some well-deserved time off, without having to wait too long. 📝In our latest newsletter, Pascale Moreau puts a spotlight on this topic. 🔗https://lnkd.in/gzmN_Bg #PwCLegal #EmploymentLaw #AnnualLeave #HolidayEntitlement #HR
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📅Remember to file your 2023 and 2024 training plans in the next six months! 📝The 2022 Labour Deal introduced the obligation for companies employing 20 or more employees to draw up yearly training plans, each time before 31 March of the year in question. Qualifying companies should therefore in principle already have drawn up two training plans, one for 2023 and one for 2024. Every time, these training plans must also be electronically filed, however, the Royal Decree that was supposed to set out the modalities for this was delayed, until it was eventually adopted in July and published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 2 September 2024. 🕒Qualifying companies now have six months to electronically file their 2023 and 2024 training plans with the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue, via this link: https://lnkd.in/e-wYhXBZ #PwCLegal #EmploymentLaw #Upskilling
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Curious about the intricate world of tax compliance? 🧐 📝Discover the details of a gripping legal battle where two Belgian companies stand their ground against tax authority demands. In this insightful article, our expert tax lawyers, Véronique De Brabanter and Hannah Neve, delve into critical issues in tax litigation: 🔎 Confidentiality of tax payer correspondence; 🔎 Data filtering procedures during dawn raids; 🔎 Penalty payments for non-compliance with court orders; 🔎 Provisional enforceability of these penalties. 👉 Dive into the full article "Dwangsom om belastingplichtige aan te sporen tot medewerking: voorlopig een papieren tijger?" published in De Fiscale Koerier (Fisc.Koer., 2024/12, p. 300 - 306) on #Jura or #monKEY.
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☀️As summer wraps up, HR professionals should focus on crucial employment-related updates and strategic planning for the coming months. Although, once formed, the next federal government will likely keep HR professionals busy with new employment-related measures, that is – at this stage – still a somewhat distant prospect. 📝There are, however, other items that should already be placed on the HR agenda today. In our latest newsletter, Pascale Moreau lists seven of them. 🔗https://lnkd.in/ee4E7vn9 #PwCLegal #EmploymentLaw
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🚀 PwC Legal Belgium's Els Empereur (BE), public lawyer and director, along with associate Hadrien Bosly, have co-authored a new article titled 'The Green Buildings Transition: Challenges and Opportunities in the Real Estate Sector.' This insightful piece has been published in the European Journal of Compliance and Integrity (EJC&I n°6 - 2024/02) and is now available via LexNow.io (https://www.lexnow.io/). 🏢 The article unpacks the EU's ambitious Fit-for-55 package, aiming for a 55% reduction in net emissions by 2030. Dive into the details of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII), which mandate zero-emission standards, renovations, and increased renewable energy integration. 📉 Discover how the concept of stranded assets could impact property values and what it means for non-compliant buildings. Learn about the Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) project and how it helps align properties with the Paris Agreement objectives. 🌍 Explore the crucial role of green certification systems like BREEAM and LEED, and understand the EU Taxonomy Regulation's unified framework for classifying environmentally sustainable economic activities. 💪 The article emphasizes the need for the real estate sector to adapt swiftly to these regulatory shifts, presenting both challenges and significant opportunities for long-term financial benefits and competitive market advantage. ⚖️ Do not hesitate to contact our public law team, focusing on public project legal solutions to assist you. #PwCLegal #PublicLaw #RealEstate #EPBD #REDIII
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🍀Opgelet: de sociale inspectie zal de hele maand september flitscontroles uitvoeren bij ondernemingen in de groene sectoren (de land- en tuinbouw). 🚨Hoewel flitscontroles een voornamelijk informatief en preventief karakter hebben, zullen ernstige en/of herhaaldelijke inbreuken wel degelijk geverbaliseerd worden. 📝Laat je niet verrassen en wees voorbereid met de sectorspecifieke checklists op de website van de SIOD (https://lnkd.in/eFXSSjN) of contacteer Pascale Moreau, Thomas Buyse of uw vaste contactpersoon binnen ons Employment law team bij eventuele vragen! ___ 🍀Attention: l’inspection sociale effectuera des contrôles éclairs dans les secteurs verts (l’agriculture et l’horticulture) tout au long du mois de septembre. 🚨Bien que les contrôles éclairs soient principalement de nature informative et préventive, des infractions graves et/ou répétées feront l’objet d’un procès-verbal. 📝Ne soyez pas surpris et préparez-vous à l’aide des check-lists sectorielles disponibles sur le site web de la SIRS (https://lnkd.in/eA9PH2u) ou contactez Pascale Moreau, Thomas Buyse ou votre contact habituel au sein de notre équipe Employment law en cas de questions! #PwCLegal #EmploymentLaw #SocialInspection #WorkforceRisk
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📝 PwC Legal Belgium has featured not once, but twice in the European Journal of Compliance and Integrity published by Anthemis. 🔍 Tom Villé, senior public lawyer and director, along with Justine Hendrickx, senior associate, co-authored the first article titled 'The DNSH Principle in Public Procurement: A New Approach to Sustainable Procurement.' It was published in The European Journal of Compliance and Integrity (EJ-C&I) and can be found via LexNow.io (https://www.lexnow.io/). 🌱 The article explores financing as a way to integrate sustainability into public procurement processes, emphasizing sustainability as a vital policy instrument. A key focus is the DNSH principle ("Do No Significant Harm"), which mandates that certain EU-funded projects must not significantly harm the six EU environmental objectives, driven by the EU’s goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The article details how compliance with the DNSH principle in public procurement can be enforced, from tender preparation through the execution of subsidized public contracts. Do not hesitate to contact our public law team, focusing on public project legal solutions, to assist you! ⚖️ #PwCLegal #PublicLaw #DNSH #Sustainability #ClimateNeutrality
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👏 Congratulations to our client Ecostal Group on acquiring 100% ownership of YOMATEC ! Founded in Île-de-France, Yomatec is a leading player in the B2B distribution of equipment for photovoltaic installations in France. This acquisition marks a significant milestone in creating a robust, market-leading group in France, poised to tackle industry challenges and deliver maximum value to solar power professionals across Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Our PwC Legal Belgium’s business lawyers Pierre Queritet (lead) and Héloïse Van Houtte teamed up with PwC Société d'Avocats’ Claire Pascal Oury (lead) and Joanna Wereda to support Ecostal with the legal due diligence. This collaboration also extented to Tax Lawyer Jean-Claude Akay and PwC Belgium’s Financial Due Diligence specialist Arnaud Chantraine, showcasing once again, our capability to provide comprenhesive, end-to-end due diligence solutions across borders. 👉 For more info visit: https://lnkd.in/eRBk2VDs #PwCLegal #MandA #DueDiligence #RenewableEnergy #MultidiscplinaryLawFirm