Irish Court Finds Data Retention Law Violates Human Rights
The Irish High Court has ruled that Ireland’s retention of telephone data violates European Law and the European Convention on […]
Court cases
Germany: First court decision on claims for immaterial damages under GDPR
The Local Court ( Amtsgericht ) Diez (in a final decision dated 7 November 18, case number 8 C 130/18) […]
Companies ‘can sack workers for refusing to use fingerprint scanners’
Fair Work Commission rejects case by Queensland sawmill worker who said scanning system was a breach of his privacy Businesses […]
Facebook May Face 100M Euro Lawsuit Over Privacy Breach
A French nongovernmental organization wants Facebook Inc. to pay 100 million euros ($113 million) and fix any problems stemming from […]
U.S. Court Allows Video Deposition Over EU Deponent’s Privacy Objections
A U.S. court has recently ruled that an EU citizen’s privacy rights and the GDPR do not trump a U.S. […]
UK Court of Appeal reverses High Court decision on data subject access requests
In June 2018, in B v General Medical Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1497, a majority of the Court of Appeal […]
How real is the threat of data protection group litigation in the UK?
In the run up to the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, there were various dystopian predictions […]
Neighbors Take Tate Modern to Court Over Privacy
The 10-floor viewing terrace of the Tate Modern art gallery in London has a 360-degree view of the city, including […]
Facebook’s court appeal over data transfer case set for January
Facebook’s unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) concerning the validity […]
Japan superfans lose fight for 1966 Beatles tour footage
Group of Japanese Beatles fans have lost their bid to get police to hand over historic footage of the band’s […]
Lloyd v Google – putting the brakes on English data breach litigation?
A judgment handed down today by the English High Court will be welcomed by UK data controllers. Lloyd v Google […]
Police access to personal data retained by ISPs is a matter of proportionality
On October 2nd 2018, the Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) held a decision confirming the conditions of access […]