Websites Using Facebook “Like” Button Are Responsible for User Privacy
The Court of Justice for the European Union has ruled websites embedding the Facebook “like” button are responsible for user […]
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CJEU’s hearing on Schrems II has both sides worried ruling could be sweeping
On July 9 the Court of justice of European Union had its session in so called Schrems II case. The […]
SCHREMS 2.0 – the demise of Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield?
On July 9th, Europe’s highest court – the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – is set to […]
Privacy Shield and Standard Contractual Clauses will be assessed by European Courts
On the first and second of the July, the General Court of the European Union (which is part of the […]
Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from […]
Brussels Court of Appeal refers Facebook case to CJEU
Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced, on 8 May 2019, that the Brussels Court of Appeal issued its judgment in […]
Ireland’s Supreme Court to rule on Facebook data transfer appeal
The Supreme Court will rule by June 6th on Facebook’s appeal over a High Court decision to refer key issues […]
EU Advocate General Issues Opinion on Consent for Cookies and Intersection with the GDPR
On March 21, 2019, Advocate General Szpunar released his opinion in the Planet49 case, currently pending before the Court of […]
CJEU to clarify scope of copyright infringement data requests
The EU’s highest court has been asked to clarify what information copyright holders have a legal right to obtain from […]
European Court confirms journalism exception for citizen-journalists, but not in France?
Under European data protection law, journalists enjoy some regulatory exemptions when processing personal data for journalistic purposes, balancing the right […]
Irish DPA asks Supreme Court to uphold ruling in Facebook case
Facebook wants to alter High Court findings on issues concerning the validity of EU-US data transfer channels because it “doesn’t […]
EU court advised to limit scope of ‘right to be forgotten’
Search engines should not be forced to alter their search results for users outside of the EU when complying with […]