Justitie

Keep your smartphones secure: "OK is not always OK!"

Having a smartphone in your pocket is now the most common thing there is, among both young and old. The number of applications as well as the uses we are making of them on a daily basis are multiplying. This is where criminals and fraudsters come in: they are increasingly developing viruses specifically designed to target mobile devices and go on the attack.

But prevention is possible, and simple: only download applications from official app stores.

You can also secure your smartphone by following these tips:

Beware of invoice fraud!

Have you ever paid an invoice, but some time later received a reminder to pay it? Then you were possibly a victim of invoice fraud. This fraud involves scammers falsifying invoices by intercepting a genuine paper or electronic invoice and changing the account number.

The Economic Inspectorate has found that the number of reports about invoice fraud has increased and so wants to warn consumers and businesses. For example, there was recently a wave of scams with false GDPR invoices (fr).

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Organisation

Everyone comes into contact with the law at some stage: you have a disagreement with your neighbour, your employer or the authorities, you cannot deal with it yourself and mediation offers no solution. Or you may become the victim of theft or violence. Or the judiciary may call you as a witness or for jury service in a court case.

In this section, you can read about all the players who are involved in the law.

Privacy

Everyone is entitled to have their private and family life respected, except under the circumstances and conditions determined by the law. 

The European legislation goes a step further: your home and correspondence are also private.

No public authority can interfere in what you

  • do in your private life
  • do in your own house
  • write in your letters or e-mails
  • say on the telephone

Of course there are some exceptions: the government may interfere

Victims

You are the victim of an offence. What can you and must you do? And what are your rights and duties as a victim?

If you are the victim of a crime, you can firstly enter a complaint at a police station. A police official will record your complaint in a statement.

Naturally you can also make a claim for damages. The fact that you are a victim does not automatically mean that you are entitled to compensation: you must also bring a civil action. For this you must be able to demonstrate that you have suffered a loss.

Safety and prevention

Naturally, we all want to feel safe, everywhere and at all times. So you protect your house, your car, your valuable possessions, and, last but not least, yourself. But is that enough?

Society is constantly changing and new technologies bring new safety measures with them. Electronic data, for example, need different protection than a paper archive.

Public events

If you want to organise an event, you are responsible not only for your own safety, but also for the safety of those who visit your event.