EU court ruling could impact how sensitive data is shared
The EU’s top court said data that indirectly reveals sexual orientation falls under GDPR, which could greatly impact how this data is handled by tech companies and advertisers.
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) issued a ruling on 1 August on a Lithuanian case concerning national anti-corruption legislation.
As part of this case, the CJEU assessed whether data that can indirectly reveal the sexual orientation of a person falls under privacy law protection. The question was centred around the publication of the name of a spouse.
Privacy law experts have said the ruling is significant and could lead to broad changes in how data is processed and shared for a variety of companies.
Source: ‘Groundbreaking’ EU court ruling could impact how sensitive data is shared
