“Geen enkele sector ontsnapt vroeg of laat aan digitale transformatie!” Het is een credo dat vele trendwatchers en strategen reeds tot in den treure herhaalden de afgelopen 5 jaar.

Healthcare is changing. This volume explores patient autonomy and data protection laws in light of developments in modern healthcare systems, particularly ICT in healthcare and personalised medicine. A must-read for every professional active in the field of data protection law, health law, policy development or IT-driven innovation.

In this comprehensive book, scholars critically examine how AI systems may impact Belgian law. It contains contributions on consumer protection, contract law, liability, data protection, procedural law, insurance, health, intellectual property, arbitration, lethal autonomous weapons, tax law, employment law and ethics.

Dit Essentieel wetboek bundelt ICT-gerelateerde wet- en regelgeving rond digitale economie, verbintenissen, intellectuele rechten, privacy en gegevensverwerking, cybersecurity en cybercriminaliteit.

Deze uitgave biedt juridische professionals een kritisch inzicht in een van de potentieel meest disruptieve toepassingen van dit decennium. Het gaat op bevattelijke wijze dieper in op de concepten blockchain en smart contracts, op de impact op het financieel recht, het vennootschapsrecht, het verzekeringsrecht, het auteursrecht, het consumentenrecht en het notariaat en op de gevolgen voor het internationaal privaatrecht.

This book is a liber amicorum of the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP). It is published on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIR) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) to which it is since 2014 the successor. To celebrate this jubilee, it was decided to publish a book containing contributions from former and current researchers of our centre.

This book combines theoretical discussions of the concepts at stake and case studies following the relevant developments of ICT and data-driven technologies. Part I sets the scene by considering definitions of security. Part II questions whether and, if so, to what extent the law has been able to regulate the use of ICT and datadriven technologies as a means to maintain, protect or raise security, in search of a balance between security ...

The book draws a novel approach to data privacy (or data protection) regulations by presenting a solution to the problem of lack of individual control over personal data. It combines economic, technical, and legal perspectives to show how to reinforce individual autonomy and, at the same time, to increase the competitiveness of data economy.

Practically every organisation in the world processes personal data. European data protection law imposes a series of requirements designed to protect individuals against the risks that result from the processing of their data. It also distinguishes among different types of actors involved in the processing and sets out different obligations for each type of actor. The most important distinction in this regard is the distinction between 'contr...