‘Right to be forgotten’ by Google should apply only in EU, says court opinion
The “right to be forgotten”, which enables claimants to request the removal of links to irrelevant or outdated online information […]
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Facebook’s court appeal over data transfer case set for January
Facebook’s unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) concerning the validity […]
Police access to personal data retained by ISPs is a matter of proportionality
On October 2nd 2018, the Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) held a decision confirming the conditions of access […]
Facebook Supreme Court appeal to be heard in December
Facebook has got a provisional date of December 19th for its unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral […]
EU Court Endorses Minor Privacy Intrusion for Petty Crime
On Tuesday, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice concluded that invasions of privacy are justified not just […]
Google fights against global ‘right to be forgotten’ in search
Lawyers for Google faced Europe’s top judges on Tuesday to argue against upholding the rights of European citizens to have […]
‘Right to be forgotten’ could threaten global free speech
The “right to be forgotten” online is in danger of being transformed into a tool of global censorship through a […]
German government pushing courts to submit data retention cases to CJEU
The German government is urging judges at the German Constitutional Court to submit a series of constitutional complaints filed against […]
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 […]
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 […]