Law note · Belgium
Act of 3 December 2017, GBA/APD and Litigation Chamber
cite Loi du 3 decembre 2017 portant creation de l'Autorite de protection des donnees (numac 2017031916)
stage In effect
since 2018-05-25
reviewed 2026-08-24
The Act of 3 December 2017, enacted 3 December 2017 and in force 25 May 2018, creates the Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit / Autorite de Protection des Donnees (GBA/APD) and its Chambre Contentieuse / Geschillenkamer (Litigation Chamber, Art. 32). Article 100, read verbatim, lists sixteen measures the Chamber may take, from dismissing a complaint to imposing administrative fines, suspending cross-border data flows, and transferring a file to the public prosecutor. Appeal lies to the Marktenhof.
What it asks of an app
- Expect the GBA/APD's Litigation Chamber to have General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 83 fining power, plus fifteen other corrective measures under Act of 3 December 2017 Article 100, over your processing of personal data of a person in Belgium.
When LexLint raises it
Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot, processes_biometrics, processes_voice, high_risk_decisions
Primary source: Act of 3 December 2017, Arts. 32, 33, 100 (direct read, verbatim)