GDPR court decisions still only a trickle: there might be a deluge yet
Court decisions relating to privacy since GDPR came into force have not exactly been pouring out. But some key decisions […]
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EU court rules religious communities are data controllers
Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) ruled, on July 10, that religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is […]
Lack of access to personal data does not unmake a joint controller
The Court of Justice of the EU decided in Case C-210/16 Wirtschaftsakademie that Facebook and the administrator of a fan […]
Top EU Court Embraces Anonymity for Litigants
Starting with July 1 the European Court of Justice (CJEU) no longer plans to identify people who are the subject […]
UK urged to accept CJEU jurisdiction on data protection
The UK government should accept the jurisdiction of the EU’s highest court to rule on matters of data protection post-Brexit, […]
EU Nations ‘Still Breaking The Law On Mass Surveillance’
Campaign groups, NGOs and academics have teamed up to file a series of complaints with the EU over bulk surveillance […]
EU court could settle ICANN data gathering dispute
The internet’s global domain name organisation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has appealed a recent ruling […]
CJEU ruling causes “difficulty for fan page operators in fulfilling all data protection obligations”
7 June 2018 The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) issued, on 5 June 2018, its ruling (‘the […]
Brief case-law companion for the GDPR professional
This collection of quotes from relevant case-law has been compiled with the purpose of being useful to all those working […]
Police can request communications data even if crime is not ‘serious’
EU law permits communications data laws to be enforced by the police and other authorities even when they crimes they […]
EU Member States plan to ignore EU Court data retention rulings
EU Member States are exploring all possible options to keep, and in fact expand, their current data retention regimes. The […]
Irish court rejects Facebook bid to delay EU data privacy case
Ireland’s High Court has refused a request by Facebook to delay referral to Europe’s top court of a landmark privacy […]