Criminal law

In a response to a question by a member of parliament the government has replied that it is currently working on a legal framework for white hat of ethical hackers. This refers to hackers that have no bad intentions, but simply want to penetrate computer networks to test their security and expose security leaks.

The Belgian justice system is starting to become notorious with the big internet companies. Last month Facebook had to accept a first defeat against de Commission for the protection of privacy and this month Yahoo too has to bite the dust by a verdict of Belgium’s Supreme Court.