Gerrit Vandendriessche

Born in Wilrijk, 1973; Admitted, 1997, Brussels

Education: University of Leuven (Lic. Jur., 1996); University of Granada, Spain (Erasmus Exchange Programme, 1996); University of Namur (Special Master's Degree in Information Technologies and Communication Law, 1997)

Languages: Dutch, French, English and Spanish

Professional activities:

• Guest lecturer and freelance Researcher at the Centre for Law, Science, Technology & Society Studies (LSTS) of the Free University of Brussels, Belgium (VUB)
• Member of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
• Representative for Belgium in the ITechLaw e-Commerce law committee
• Member of the Belgian Computer Security Computer Club (BELCLIV)
• Member of the BDMA Legal Task Force
• Member of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB)
• Co-founder and secretary of BETECH
• Speaker at various seminars and conferences.

Market recognition:

• Belgian Legal Award for TMT/ICT/IP in 2007, 2008,2009
• Legal 500
• Chambers Global and Chambers Europe
• European Lawyer
• Who'sWhoLegal: internet,e-commerce and data protection
• Recommended by PLC Which Lawyer, 2011

Recent publications:

• “Copyright & "Search Engines", Cri 2011/05, p. 154
• “Legal Tip: reclameronselaars let op uw tellen” www.dmix.be, accessible here
• “Legal tip: verwerking van persoonsgegevens” www.dmix.be, accessible here
• "Legal tip: reclame per geadresseerde brief” www.dmix.be, accessible here
• "Belgian Chapter" in E-commerce in 25 jurisdictions worldwide in the series Getting the deal through, 2012, accessible here
• "Legal tip: toestemming voor reclame per e-mail" eDMix strategic Newsletter, 6 April 2011, accessible here
• "Toestemming voor reclame per e-mail kan per e-mail" ("Consent for advertisement by e-mail is possible through e-mail'), Computerr. 2010/04, 200
• "Belgian Chapter" in E-commerce in 27 jurisdictions worldwide in the series Getting the deal through, 2009/2010/2011, 2011 accessible here
• Wetboek Recht van de Nieuwe Technologie (Lawbook New technologies/co-author) www.mijnwetboek.be
• ICT Wetboek (ICT Lawbook) www.mijnwetboek.be
• “Use of Viral Marketing Techniques”, CRi 2009/01, 27
• "Vaccin tegen virale marketing" ("Vaccine against viral marketing"), Computerr. 2008/06, 306
• "Op zoek naar Internet zoekmotoren" ("Searching for Internet search engines"), Computerr. 2008/03, 6
• "e-Commerce Legal Developments Survey 2007/2008" (contributor), ITechLaw e-Commerce law committee, accessible here
• "A few legal comments on spamdexing", October 24, 2007, accessible here
• "Internet zoekmotoren en online kranten: page not found?" ("Internet search engines and online newspapers: page not found?"), T.B.H. 2007/04, 394