CJEU ruling causes “difficulty for fan page operators in fulfilling all data protection obligations”
7 June 2018 The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) issued, on 5 June 2018, its ruling (‘the […]
Court cases
First court decision on GDPR
Only five days after the GDPR became applicable, the first German court, the Regional Court ( Landgericht ) Bonn (in […]
Brief case-law companion for the GDPR professional
This collection of quotes from relevant case-law has been compiled with the purpose of being useful to all those working […]
Data Class Actions: The Era of Mass Data Litigation
Class actions are commonplace in the United States but relatively rare in Europe. The European Union wants to change that, […]
Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps
Facebook used its apps to gather information about users and their friends, including some who had not signed up to […]
Spanish court admits emails from internal investigation as evidence
A judicial decision, issued by the employment division of the Spanish Supreme Court, has confirmed the admissibility as evidence, to […]
Google Could Face $4.3 Billion Claim in U.K. IPhone Privacy Case
IPhone users suing Google over data-collection claims may be seeking as much as 3.2 billion pounds ($4.29 billion), the search […]
US court cases reflects ‘social shift’ in how data is viewed
Two recent decisions in two different federal appeals courts regarding who has the right to sue over data breaches reflect […]
US Supreme Court Says Your Expectation of Privacy Probably Shouldn’t Depend on Fine Print
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday in Byrd v. United States that the driver of a rental car could have […]
Police can request communications data even if crime is not ‘serious’
EU law permits communications data laws to be enforced by the police and other authorities even when they crimes they […]
Facebook fined $33 million for failing to provide user data to Brazil court
The judge fined Facebook for failing to give access in 2016 to WhatsApp messages exchanged by individuals under investigation for […]
Ad blocking deemed legal in Germany
Ad blocking services are free to operate in Germany after the country’s Federal Court of Justice ruled their use does […]