EDPS publishes opinion on communication data as personal data

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published, on 11 September 2019, the pleading notes before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the joint hearing for case C-623/17 Privacy International, joint cases C-511/18 and C-512/18 La Quadrature du Net and Others, and case C-520/18 Ordre des Barreaux Francophones et Germanophone and Others.

Notes address question whether the IP addresses or other data relating to electronic communications are capable of providing information on the content of communications, what information concerning the private lives of the concerned persons can be obtained from IP addresses or other data relating to electronic communications, as well as whether, and to what extent, it would be possible to limit the retention and the access to electronic communication data while enabling the objectives set out in Article 15(1) of the ePrivacy Directive.

Source: Pleading notes of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)