GDPR court decisions still only a trickle: there might be a deluge yet
Court decisions relating to privacy since GDPR came into force have not exactly been pouring out. But some key decisions […]
Court cases
French court orders Twitter to change smallprint after privacy case
A Paris court on Thursday ordered Twitter to change its smallprint, according to a consumer group which accused the tech […]
ICANN loses injunction bid in dispute over WHOIS data in Germany
A German appeal’s court has rejected a bid from the internet’s global domain name organisation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned […]
Facebook sued over Brexit campaign data breach
Campaign group Fair Vote U.K. announced Saturday that it is preparing a lawsuit against Facebook on behalf of users whose […]
The political implications of a French court decision on data subject rights
An emergency judgment rendered by the Grenoble High Court on 4th July 2018 gave a clear illustration as to the […]
Supreme Court to hear Facebook appeal over data transfers referral
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an unprecedented appeal by Facebook over a High Court judge’s decision to refer […]
Facebook Biometric Suit Moves Forward
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently ruled that a certified class action on behalf of […]
Singer Cliff Richard wins BBC privacy case at High Court
The singer Sir Cliff Richard is awarded £210,000 in damages after the BBC breached his privacy with its reporting of […]
UK High Court decision on RTBF in relation to past criminal offenses
On April 13, the High Court of England and Wales handed down judgment in the joined cases of NT 1 […]
EU court rules religious communities are data controllers
Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) ruled, on July 10, that religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is […]
German court rules heirs can access Facebook account of deceased relatives
Heirs in Germany have the right to access the Facebook accounts of their deceased relatives, a court said in a […]
Lack of access to personal data does not unmake a joint controller
The Court of Justice of the EU decided in Case C-210/16 Wirtschaftsakademie that Facebook and the administrator of a fan […]