Belgium: Data Protection

The EU Commission has unveiled a comprehensive proposal for the EU KIDS Act, introducing graduated age restrictions on children's social media access and extensive design limitations for online services. If enacted, the regulation would prohibit children under 15 from opening social media accounts on platforms with "risky features," while imposing strict functionality requirements and age assurance obligations across the digital ecosystem.

De Europese datastrategie introduceert nieuwe interoperabiliteitsverplichtingen voor gegevensverwerkingsdiensten en gegevensbemiddelaars. Deze verplichtingen, vastgelegd in de Dataverordening en Datagovernanceverordening, vullen het GDPR-recht op overdraagbaarheid aan en vereisen concrete aanpassingen in contracten, procedures en technische implementaties om naadloze gegevensuitwisseling te waarborgen.

The European Union's data strategy introduces comprehensive interoperability obligations through the GDPR, Data Act, and Data Governance Act, fundamentally transforming how organizations handle data portability, switching between service providers, and data intermediation services. Organizations providing data processing services and those operating as data intermediaries face new compliance requirements, registration procedures, and operational standards that demand immediate attention and strategic implem

The European Commission has issued comprehensive interpretive guidelines on high-risk AI system classification under Articles 6(1) and 6(2) of the EU AI Act, while simultaneously postponing key compliance deadlines through the AI Omnibus package.

The European Union has struck a provisional deal to streamline its AI Act, delaying high-risk AI obligations until late 2027 and 2028 whilst introducing new prohibitions on AI-generated sexual content.

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on reforms to the EU AI Act, introducing extended compliance deadlines and clarifications for high-risk AI systems.

On 3 September 2025, the EU General Court (T-553/23, Latombe v Commission) dismissed an action challenging the European Commission's adequacy decision 2023/1795 of July 2023 on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

From this Friday, September 12th 2025, the European Data Act will officially apply.

the Law of July 30, 2018 on the Protection of Individuals regarding the Processing of Personal Data, which ensures the local law implementation...