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2025
FATCA: the Market Court refers 13 preliminary questions to the CJEU
The Market Court has decided to submit 13 preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the context of the FATCA case. This decision seeks to obtain essential clarification on the conformity of the agreement and on the legal framework applicable to data transfers to the United States.
2025
The Market Court rules in the IAB Europe case
Today, the Market Court (Court of Appeal) has ruled in the case between the Belgian Data Protection Authority and IAB Europe, exercising its full jurisdiction. Although decision 21/2022 is annulled for procedural reasons, the Market Court endorses the reasoning of the Belgian DPA and confirms the fine of 250,000 euros imposed. However, the Court rejects the BE DPA's conclusion that IAB Europe acts as (joint) data controller for the processing operations that take place entirely within the OpenRTB protocol.
2024
Debaptization case : The Market Court refers preliminary questions to the CJEU
The Market Court decided today to refer preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union in the appeal that the diocese of Ghent had filed against decision 169/2023 of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BE DPA).
2024
The report on the "Smart Cities" study day is now available!
On 1 March 2024, the Belgian DPA's Authorisation and Opinion Service (formerly known as the Knowledge Centre) organised an event on “Data protection in smart cities – Focus mobility : How to collect data, anonymize it, extract insights while preserving privacy and make it available to relevant stakeholders?”
2024
IAB EUROPE case: the CJEU answers the questions referred for a preliminary ruling
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published today its ruling in the case opposing the Belgian Data Protection Authority and IAB EUROPE.