TMT: Data Protection
Belgium
4 years ranked
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Gerrit Vandendriessche practices ICT and general commercial law. He regularly advises on computer law, privacy and data protection, electronic communications, e-commerce, outsourcing, digital signatures and certification, software, cloud services, distant sales rules, commercial practices including (on-line) advertising, and general commercial law. He also conducts ICT-related litigation.
Gerrit is a certified Data Protection Officer.
Gerrit is President of the Legal Hub of the Belgian Association of Marketing (BAM).
Gerrit is furthermore a member of ITechLaw and the Internet Advertising Bureau. He is a guest lecturer and freelance Researcher at the Centre for Law, Science, Technology & Society studies of the University of Brussels.
Gerrit is a regular speaker at conferences with an extensive publication record in the fields of ICT and commercial law.
- VANDENDRIESSCHE, G. en SCHILLEBEECKX, A., “Het uitzonderingsregime voor de verwerking van persoonsgegevens voor onderzoek”, TPP, 2019, afl. 01, 14.
- National Data Retention Regime ‘Null and Void’", Cri, 5/2015, p. 149. (with L. Truyens).
- Chapter on “Market practices and consumer protection in part VI of the Code of Economic Law”, published in the book Le nouveau code de droit économique / Het nieuwe wetboek van economisch recht, Larcier, 2014.
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Gerrit Vandendriessche is noted for his knowledge of information technology matters and for representing clients in data protection litigation. He has experience assisting clients with GDPR compliance across a range of industries.
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Gerrit Vandendriessche is active on high-profile cases in data protection.
He is a good practitioner in the sector.
Gerrit Vandendriessche is a good litigator who is very strategic.
I appreciate that he takes the time to explain what the situation is about and he also gives clear advice, which helps us a lot in making decisions.
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