For Deloitte Legal, data protection and privacy work forms a core component of the IP and IT team’s regular workload. The group assists with practical questions regarding the applicability of data protection legislation, as well as advising on data ownership, localisation, retention, and transferability issues. Jurgen Egger and Matthias Vierstraete oversee and co-ordinate the wider practice, regularly leading on key regulatory mandates.
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Key clients
- Borealis
- Intix NV
- Beeple NV
- Nipro Digital Technologies Europe NV
- Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie (Federal Public Service Economy)
- Stad Gent
- Elia NV
- Carvago Belgium NV
Work highlights
- Assisting the Federal Public Service Economy with all data protection and privacy-related aspects with regard to the development of a central platform for consumer protection.
- Advised Elia on its digitisation processes and all legal aspects which need to be taken into consideration when moving to a cloud environment, including international data transfer issues.
- Advising Nipro Digital Technologies Europe on an international software reseller structure and the related contractual framework.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthias Vierstraete, Jurgen Egger