EU court adviser: data privacy laws should apply in national security cases
The European Court of Justice should uphold its 2016 decision that personal data cannot be seized and held indiscriminately by […]
Court cases
German Constitutional Court to hold hearing on surveillance powers of the “German NSA”, the BND
The Federal Constitutional Court will hold a hearing on the BND Act on January 14th and 15th, 2020. Plaintiffs expect […]
Dutch Court Decides on Scope of GDPR Right of Access
In late December 2019, the Court of The Hague (Netherlands) published a preliminary reference procedure (see here , in Dutch). The […]
Google To Settle Lawsuit Over Google+ Data Breaches for $7.5 million
Google has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit over data breaches that exposed private information of […]
LifeLabs faces proposed class action after data breach affects up to 15M clients
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against medical services company LifeLabs over a data breach that allowed hackers […]
Man sues Ring after someone hacked security camera
A lawsuit filed by an Alabama man alleges that someone gained access to his Ring security camera and used the […]
Advocate general thinks Standard Contractual Clauses are valid for data transfers out of EU
Henrik Saugmandsgaard Oe, advocate general to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in his opinion issued yesterday […]
Advocate general will issue his view on EU data transfers tomorrow
Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, Advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union, tomorrow will issue his opinion in […]
Campaigners threaten UK parties with legal action over data processing
Open Rights Group issue urgent notice to Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems, representing three individuals. A data rights group has […]
Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s policy on collecting foreigners’ social media accounts
Free-speech advocates say in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the policy violates federal law and runs afoul of the Constitution. […]
TikTok found secretly transferring user data to China
According to a lawsuit file by a college student TikTok has been secretly transferring user data to China without gaining […]
German Constitutional Court Reshapes “Right to be Forgotten” and Expands Its Oversight of Human Rights Violations
In two recent landmark decisions issued on November 6, 2019, the German Constitutional Court presented its unique perspective on the […]