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Law / Act1

Standard / Framework1

Court Case4

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Court Case✓ Official

Unknown Case Number

Lawyer appeared before the Anvers. Fabricated: Case Law Outcome: Monetary Sanction.

Court: AnversParty: Lawyer

Fine: 25000 EUR

25 December 2025Judicial & Law EnforcementGenerative AILiability & Accountability

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Court Case✓ Official

Roll Q/25/0025

Lawyer appeared before the Gent. Fabricated: Case Law | Submission cited 'Cass. 25 november 2021, AR C.20.0193.F'; court verified via Google AI-mode and found the cited cassation decision/rolnummer does not exist and the provided ECLI was incorrect. Outcome: Hearing on possible sanction.

Court: GentParty: Lawyer

15 December 2025Judicial & Law EnforcementGenerative AILiability & Accountability

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Court Case✓ Official

Family Law Case

Lawyer appeared before the Ghent CA. Fabricated: Case Law Outcome: Reprimand.

Court: Ghent CAParty: Lawyer

1 October 2025Judicial & Law EnforcementGenerative AILiability & Accountability

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Court Case✓ Official

Family law Case

Lawyer appeared before the Gent. False Quotes: Legal Norm | Conclusion quotes Articles 871 and 877 Ger.W. in incorrect or non‑existent wording; court supplied correct formulations and found the cited language inaccurate. Outcome: Disregarded all fictitious/unfindable sources, admonished counsel.

Court: GentParty: Lawyer

18 September 2025Judicial & Law EnforcementGenerative AILiability & Accountability

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Other

Belgian DPA investigates DeepSeek

It is reported that the Belgian Data Protection Authority (GBA) has launcehd an investigation into the Chinese AI model DeepSeek for potential breaches of European data protection regulations (GDPR), following a complaint from consumer organisation Testaankoop.

31 January 2025Data Privacy & Protection

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Law / Act

Belgium Data Protection Agency publishes report on GDPR and AI Act

Belgium Data Protection Agency (DPA) has published a report explaining the intersection between the GDPR and the AI Act and how organisations can align AI systems with data protection principles. The report emphasises transparency, accountability, and fairness in AI, particularly for high-risk AI systems; as well as outlines how human oversight and technical measures can ensure compliant and ethical AI use.

22 September 2024Data Privacy & ProtectionGenerative AI

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Standard / Framework

Data protection authorities adopted joint statement on building trustworthy data governance frameworks to encourage development of innovative and privacy-protecting AI

Twenty (20) data protection authorities, including from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Spain, and UK adopted the joint statement on building trustworthy data governance frameworks to encourage development of innovative and privacy-protecting AI. The statement recognises the opportunities and risks of AI, including discrimination, misinformation, and hallucination from inappropriate data use, and stresses embedding privacy by design, strong governance, and transparency. The statement commits to clarifying lawful grounds for AI training data and exchanging information on proportionate safety measures. It also focuses on monitoring technical and societal impacts with contributions from non-governmental organisations, public authorities, academia, and businesses, and reducing legal uncertainties through regulatory sandboxes and best practice sharing.

17 September 2025Data Privacy & ProtectionSandbox

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