Law / Belgium

Act of 3 December 2017, GBA/APD and Litigation Chamber

Loi du 3 decembre 2017 portant creation de l'Autorite de protection des donnees (numac 2017031916)

In force since .

An enforcement supervision rule binding public and private bodies.

Audit expectation
on_request
Who audits it
Regulator

What it requires

  • Pay an administrative fine imposed by the GBA/APD Litigation Chamber within thirty days of the registered-mail notice of the decision, under Act of Article 102.

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text. Also read by: Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (Belgian Data Protection Authority) (guidance, recorded ); Case C-645/19 Facebook Ireland and Others v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, judgment of the Court of Justice of (Grand Chamber) (recorded ).

Who enforces it

Settledness

As of
Case link
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62019CJ0645
Guidance link
https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/burger/acties/klacht-indienen
Case citation
Case C-645/19 Facebook Ireland and Others v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, judgment of the Court of Justice of (Grand Chamber)
Guidance body
Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (Belgian Data Protection Authority)
Open questions
Who is a third party with a personal, direct, certain, present and legitimate harm under Article 108, paragraph 3 of the Act of , entitled to appeal a Litigation Chamber decision to the Market Court?

What it makes you log

Who may demand the log

Regulator

Logging duty

The Act sets up the supervisory authority and the Litigation Chamber, lists the measures the Chamber may order and requires a fine to be paid within thirty days of notice. It imposes no log or record duty on a controller. The Inspection Service's investigative powers in Articles 64 to 90 are a general power to consult and copy computer systems, not a rule about a record.

Kind
None
As of

What this law does

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Research summary

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The Act of , enacted and in force , creates the Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorite de Protection des Donnees (GBA/APD) and its Chambre Contentieuse / Geschillenkamer (Litigation Chamber, Art. 32). Article 100 lists sixteen measures the Chamber may take, from dismissing a complaint to imposing administrative fines, suspending cross-border data flows, and transferring a file to the public prosecutor. Appeal lies to the Marktenhof.

When LexLint raises it

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