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Justine Van den Bon

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Overview

Justine Van den Bon focuses on Belgian business law, as well as all aspects of Belgian and EU competition law. Justine also advises on data protection law.
 
Prior to joining Van Bael & Bellis, Justine worked as an associate in a boutique law firm based in Brussels focusing on European Law.

Languages

Dutch, English, French

Education

  • College of Europe, Bruges, LL.M. in European Legal Studies, cum laude, 2016 
  • University of Leuven, Master of Laws, cum laude, 2015

Bar Admission

Brussels

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    • 14/10/2020
    • News

    CJEU on Access and Retention of Traffic and Location Data for National Security

    On 6 October 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down judgments in three cases on the compatibility of the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector with methods for combating terrorism (Case C-623/17, Privacy International, as well as Joined cases C-511/18, La Quadrature du Net and Others, C-512/18, French Data Network and Others, and Case C-520/18, Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone and Others). These judgments may require Member States to review their legislation to balance national security with the fundamental rights of its citizens. In addition, these judgments could have an impact on EU-UK data flows post-Brexit… Please click below to read our note on these CJEU judgments.

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    • 07/07/2020
    • Articles

    European Commission Reviews First Two Years of GDPR: A Success Story with Room for Improvement

    On 24 June 2020, the European Commission has published its first report on the General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR) which has applied in the EU since May 2018. Overall, the Commission considers the GDPR to be a success story, but, at the same time, it identifies certain areas where there is room for improvement and the challenges that lie ahead. In particular, the Commission notes that the efficient and coordinated enforcement of the GDPR among all Member States is of paramount importance. Moreover, the application of the GDPR to new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, requires continuous monitoring. According to the Commission, the Covid-19 crisis has proved that the use of new technologies and data protection go hand in hand. Please click below for a note summarising the Commission’s report.

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    • 06/04/2020
    • Articles

    Belgian DPA Publishes Direct Marketing Recommendation

    In its first general recommendation of 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority published useful guidance for direct marketing activities. Direct marketing is marked as a “priority sector” in the recently presented strategic plan of the Data Protection Authority. In this context, the recent recommendation provides welcome clarifications for the challenging task of aligning direct marketing with the protection of personal data. The recommendation discusses the roles of the various players in the direct marketing field, defines key concepts and provides an overview of how the GDPR’s data protection principles can be applied to direct marketing. The Data Protection Authority illustrates its recommendation with practical examples and recent decisions by supervisory authorities in various EU Member States.

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