Is Ireland breaching EU rules by underfunding data regulator?
Ireland provided the Data Protection Commission with significantly less funding than it needs at a time when it is struggling […]
Court cases
£100 million data breach claim against Equifax
North West based data breach and cybersecurity specialist Hayes Connor Solicitors is the first in the UK to serve a […]
Facebook can be ordered to remove content worldwide
The E.U. Court of Justice ruled that Facebook and other platforms will need to remove information or block access to […]
Debt Collection Agency to Pay $267 Million in Robocall Lawsuit
On September 10, 2019, California federal judge entered a $267 million judgment against a debt collection agency, Rash Curtis & […]
Pre-Checked Cookie Consent Invalid, EU Court Rules
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) this morning ruled that storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent. […]
Google wins landmark right to be forgotten case
Europe’s top court has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. It means […]
Police in North Rhine-Westphalia can no longer publish photos of protests
The judge says it could discourage protesters from joining in and thus infringe on the fundamental right to assembly. The […]
Judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed
A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties […]
Startup HiQ Labs may collect data from people’s LinkedIn profiles, court rules
Company called HiQ Labs wins court OK to scrape profiles on LinkedIn for data about people’s lives and connections. LinkedIn […]
Top European Court to Review National Data Retention Laws
The Court of Justice for the European Union will hear challenges to the data retention laws of the UK, Belgium, […]
German court decides that GDPR consent can be tied to receiving advertising
On June 27, 2019, the High Court of Frankfurt decided that a consent for data processing tied to a consent […]
Spanish court determines that energy consumption data is personal data
Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that energy consumption data is protected by the Law on Data Protection as they are […]