Duty LXD-1275
Processes biometric data, in Belgium
Each law's tag says when it binds: since in force proposed proposed
Act of 30 July 2018 Articles 8-10, Special-Category Processing Groundssince 2 lines
Loi du 30 juillet 2018, Arts. 8-10 · Read the law's page
- Designate the specific staff with access to genetic, biometric, or health data of a person in Belgium, keep that list available to the GBA/APD, and bind those staff to confidentiality, per Act Article 9.
- Do not treat a photo, video, or audio recording as processable merely because it is public; Belgium's own lawful-basis ground for manifestly public data is keyed to an affirmative act by the data subject, not a scope exclusion.
EU AI Act — Articles 5 and 50 (Prohibited AI Practices; Bot Disclosure and Synthetic-Content Labeling)since 5 lines
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Arts. 5, 50 — directly applicable in Belgium as EU Member State
- Do not place on the market, put into service, or use an AI system for social scoring.
- Do not use real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces for law enforcement purposes, outside narrow exceptions that ordinarily need prior authorization.when it serves a public body
- Do not place on the market, put into service, or use an AI system that exploits individuals' vulnerabilities.
- Inform users, at the outset of an interaction, that they are interacting with an AI chatbot or voice-based interaction system.
- Mark generative AI system outputs in a machine-readable format.
Avant-projet de loi (Council of Ministers, 18 July 2026), partial transposition of Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective productsproposed1 line
Avant-projet de loi modifiant les dispositions du Code civil relatives à la responsabilité du fait des produits défectueux, et insérant l’article 877/1 dans le Code judiciaire · Read the law's page
- Answer for a defective product under the Civil Code provisions on liability for defective products, which the draft amends; the draft also inserts Article 877/1 into the Judicial Code.