Gerrit Vandendriessche
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : TMT: Data Protection
Band 3
About
Provided by Gerrit Vandendriessche
Practice Areas
Gerrit Vandendriessche practices ICT and general commercial law. He regularly advises on computer law, privacy and data protection, electronic communications, e-commerce, outsourcing, digital signatures and certification, software, cloud services, distant sales rules, commercial practices including (on-line) advertising, and general commercial law. He also conducts ICT-related litigation.
Gerrit is a certified Data Protection Officer.
Professional Memberships
Gerrit is President of the Legal Hub of the Belgian Association of Marketing (BAM).
Gerrit is furthermore a member of ITechLaw and the Internet Advertising Bureau. He is a guest lecturer and freelance Researcher at the Centre for Law, Science, Technology & Society studies of the University of Brussels.
Publications
Gerrit is a regular speaker at conferences with an extensive publication record in the fields of ICT and commercial law.
- VANDENDRIESSCHE, G. en SCHILLEBEECKX, A., “Het uitzonderingsregime voor de verwerking van persoonsgegevens voor onderzoek”, TPP, 2019, afl. 01, 14.
- National Data Retention Regime ‘Null and Void’", Cri, 5/2015, p. 149. (with L. Truyens).
- Chapter on “Market practices and consumer protection in part VI of the Code of Economic Law”, published in the book Le nouveau code de droit économique / Het nieuwe wetboek van economisch recht, Larcier, 2014.
Chambers Review
Europe
Gerrit Vandendriessche of ALTIUS is noted for his knowledge of information technology matters, advising clients on fibre networks and outsourcing disputes. He has experience assisting clients with GDPR compliance across a range of industries.