EU Court Nixes Easy Access to Driving Records
In another win for privacy advocates, Europe’s top court ruled that Latvia is breaching EU data protection rules by making people’s driving records easily accessible.
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European Privacy Ruling Could Mean More Scrutiny of Companies
Europe’s top court is set to rule on whether national regulators can reach across borders.
EU takes legal action against Germany after tussle between courts
Brussels says German court ruling contradicting ECJ sets ‘dangerous precedent’ for integrity of EU law.
Belgian Constitutional Court Annuls Data Retention Framework for Electronic Communications Data
Belgian Constitutional Court annulled the framework set forth by the Law of 29 May 2016 requiring telecommunications providers to retain electronic communications data in bulk.
French top court justifies telecom data retention
The Council of State rules that the existing threat to national security currently justifies the generalized retention of data.
Competition challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ of users sparks referral to Europe’s top court
A German court that’s considering Facebook’s appeal against a pioneering pro-privacy order by the country’s competition authority to stop combining user data without consent has said it will refer questions to Europe’s top court.
Schrems vs. Facebook: Dispute over advertising consent could soon end up before the ECJ
The data protection activist wants to bring the dispute over explicit consent to data processing for advertising and tracking to the European Supreme Court.
France seeks to bypass EU top court on data retention
Paris invoked a rarely used argument to ask the country’s highest administrative court not to follow the Luxembourg ruling.
CJEU rules electronic communication location data must only be used in investigations of ’serious crime’
Location data drawn from electronic communications must only be used by law enforcement investigations involving ‘serious crimes’ and to prevent ‘serious threats to public security’, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled.
A New Day for GDPR Damages Claims in Germany?
Claims for non-material damages – have been relatively low. However, a more recent decision issued by the Federal Constitutional Court indicates courts may soon be willing to entertain higher damages claims.
CJEU fines Spain €15 million for failure to implement Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ordered Spain to pay the European Commission 15.5 million euros and a potential daily fine thereafter for failing to transpose the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/680).
Federal Constitutional Court: CJEU must clarify whether GDPR provides materiality threshold
The decision means the Court of Justice of the European Union will need to clarify the framework for EU General Data Protection Regulation damages claims.