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ARTICLE · 25 MAY 1995

Administrative law - Privacy - The New Wiretapping Law

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On February 3, 1995, the Law on the protection of privacy against wiretapping, monitoring and recording of private communications (June 30, 1994) entered into force.

The Law penalises with imprisonment of 6 to 12 months and/or a fine of at present 40,000 BEF to 2 million BEF, amongst other things, the intentional listening in, wiretapping or recording of private communications during their transmission, by any person not participating in such communication and using any device thereto. A person knowingly using or disclosing the contents of such communications illegally obtained or recorded is subject to imprisonment of 6 to 24 months and/or a fine of at present between 100,000 BEF and 4 million BEF.

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