Law note · Belgium
Act of 30 July 2018 Title 6 Chapter II, Criminal Sanctions
Title 6, Chapter II, read verbatim article by article, is Belgium's criminal chapter for data-protection violations, distinct from the Act of 3 December 2017's supervisory structure: Article 222 fines a controller, processor, employee, agent, or competent authority 250 to 15,000 EUR on fourteen enumerated grounds including processing without a legal basis and obstructing the supervisory authority; Article 224 fines a member or staffer of the supervisory authority 200 to 10,000 EUR for breaching confidentiality; Article 227 fines 100 to 20,000 EUR on five grounds including using assault, violence, or threats to compel a person's processing authorization; and Article 229 governs the overlap between administrative and criminal routes.
What it asks of an app
- Expect a criminal fine of up to 20,000 EUR to attach personally to a controller, processor, employee, or agent for the fourteen grounds Act Article 222 enumerates, including processing personal data of a person in Belgium without a legal basis.
When LexLint raises it
Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot, processes_biometrics, processes_voice
Primary source: Moniteur belge, 5 September 2018, Title 6, Chapter II, Arts. 222-230 (direct read, verbatim)