Court cases

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June 28, 2021

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.

June 27, 2021

TikTok faces second Dutch mass claim, this time over children’s privacy

The two organisations are claiming €1.5bn from TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, for illegally collecting and trading in the children’s private information.

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June 21, 2021

Ikea fined $1.3 million over spying campaign in France

A French court ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay some 1.1 million euros ($1.3 million) in fines and damages over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers in France.

June 16, 2021

Microsoft Gets Second Shot at Banning hiQ from Scraping LinkedIn User Data

Decision throws out previous ruling in favor of hiQ Labs that prevented Microsoft’s business networking platform to forbid the company from harvesting public info from user profiles.

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June 15, 2021

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.

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June 14, 2021

Mumbai lawyer seeks damages from Air India for data breach

An Air India customer has sought Rs 15 lakh (about 20,000 USD) as damages from the airline over the recent data breach of nearly 4.5 million passengers, including him.

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June 11, 2021

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.

June 7, 2021

Dutch parents sue TikTok for €1.4 billion

A group of parents in the Netherlands is taking TikTok to court, claiming the social media platform does not do enough to protect the privacy and safety of their children.

June 2, 2021

Google reportedly made it harder to find Android privacy setting

Google reportedly made it harder to find Android privacy settings and even pressured phone makers into hiding settings.

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May 31, 2021

Judgement in immigration exemption case could cause chaos and threaten any adequacy determination for the UK

The Court of Appeal’s conclusion that the ‘Immigration Exemption’ in Schedule 2 to the DPA 2018 is not compliant with the GDPR creates two data protection headaches for Government.