Meester Gerrit Vandendriessche

www.altius.com

° Wilrijk, 1973

PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial
ICT

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)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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)

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