EU case could call entire framework for international data transfers into question
The EU’s highest court is being asked to consider whether one of the main methods used by businesses to move […]
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The 11 key considerations in Schrems II, in laymen’s terms
The lengthy Schrems II case decided by the Irish High Court in October 2017 left open which questions would be […]
Germany seeks CJEU answer whether telecommunications law applies to webmail service providers
The Higher Administrative Court for North Rhine-Westphalia (‘the Court’) announced, on 26 February 2018, that it had filed a request […]
PNR Agreements between Fundamental Rights and National Security
On July 26, 2017, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued Opinion 1/15 (the Opinion of the Advocate General on […]
Jehovah′s Witness note-taking challenged at EU′s top court
Notes on door-to-door visits made by members of Jehovah’s Witnesses breach EU data privacy law, according to the advocate general […]
Court of Justice Dismisses Privacy Class Action Against Facebook but Allows Max Schrems to Sue in Austria
In yet another round of Schrems versus Facebook, on January 25, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union […]
Are exam answers personal data?
In December 2017 the Second Chamber of the Court of Justice reached a decision in the well-known case of Peter […]
Judge will take time to seek answers from EU court over Max Schrems Facebook privacy fight
The Irish High Court will take time to decide what questions to put before the European Court of Justice in […]
Exam scripts are partly personal data
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its judgment in Case C-434/16 Nowak on 20 December 2017, […]
Failed exam candidate gets right to written paper in ECJ ruling
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a written exam paper amounts to personal data and can be […]
Right to be forgotten and global delisting: some news from Spain
In a recent ruling, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional – the high court that referred the Google Spain case to the […]
Advocate General Rejects Facebook’s Claim of Sole Irish Jurisdiction in EU
On October 24, 2017, an opinion issued by the EU’s Advocate General Bot rejected Facebook’s assertion that its EU data […]