Born in Wilrijk in 1973; Admitted to the Brussels bar in 1997. Education: Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (Lic. Jur. (LLB equivalent) 1996); University of Granada, Spain (Erasmus Exchange Programme, 1996); University of Namur, Belgium (Special Master's Degree in Information Technologies and Communication Law, 1997) Languages: Dutch, French, English and Spanish |

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Practice Areas: Commercial Law, Information and Telecommunications Technology Law, Advertising Law, Trade Practices
Professional activities:
Publications:
- Speaker at the ITECHlaw European Conference in Brussels , 5-6 November 2009
- Author of “Use of Viral Marketing Techniques”, published in Computer Law Review 2009, 1, 27 – 28
- Author of "Vaccin tegen virale marketing" ("vaccine against viral marketing"), published in Computer Law (Computerrecht, volume 6, 2008, p.306-309)
- Speaker at the ITECHlaw European Conference in Barcelona , 6-7 November 2008
- Contributor to "Getting the deal through e-Commerce in 27 jurisdictions worldwide, 2009" (to be published in 2009)
- Author of "Op zoek naar Internet zoekmotoren" ("Searching for Internet search engines"), published in Computer Law (Computerrecht, volume 3, 2008, p.6)
- Author of the "ICT Wetboek" ("ICT Lawbook"), more information at www.mijnwetboek.be
- Guest lecturer in ICT law at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium (VUB)
- Contributor to "e-Commerce Legal Developments Survey 2007/2008", published by the ITECHlaw e-Commerce law committee, accessible here
- Speaker at the ITECHlaw European Conference in London, 1-2 November, 2007, on "EU e-commerce developments"
- Author of "A few legal comments on spamdexing", October 24, 2007, accessible here
- Author of "Internet zoekmotoren en online kranten: page not found ?" ("Internet search engines and online newspapers: page not found ?"), published in the Review for Belgian Commercial Law (T.B.H., 2007, p. 377)
- Author of "Enkele juridische kanttekeningen bij spamdexing" ("A few legal comments on spamdexing"), published in the Yearbook of Trade Practices & Competition 2006 (Jaarboek Handelspraktijken & Mededinging, 2006, p. 624)
- Author of "Over opt-in, opt-out en de verwerker als verantwoordelijke voor de verwerking" ("Regarding opt-in, opt-out and the data processor as data controller"), published in the Yearbook of Trade Practices & Competition 2004 (Jaarboek Handelspraktijken & Mededinging, 2004, p. 615)
- Author of "De banksector en de privacywet: mariage impossible ?" ("Banks and data protection rules : an impossible marriage ?"), published in the Yearbook of Trade Practices & Competition 2003 (Jaarboek Handelspraktijken & Mededinging, 2003, p. 679)
- Contributor from 2000 to 2002 to The Link, a monthly electronic ICT law newsletter
Contact: gerrit.vandendriessche@altius.com |