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 […]
Court cases
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 […]
French website publisher fined for violation of the cookie requirements
The French Council of State affirmed the EUR 25,000 fine imposed by the CNIL on Editions Croque Futur (challenges.fr) for […]
Dutch gov’t can keep Big Data law in current form, court rules
The government does not have to withdraw its new law on the Dutch intelligence and security services in its current […]
Twitter, comScore Sued For Allegedly Tracking Kids Who Use Disney Apps
A group of parents who are suing Disney over alleged privacy violations have expanded their case by adding Twitter’s MoPub […]
EU court could settle ICANN data gathering dispute
The internet’s global domain name organisation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has appealed a recent ruling […]
New French data protection law declared constitutional and ready for promulgation
The French Constitutional Council has issued its ruling on June 12 regarding the new data protection law implementing the EU […]
Argentina court decision clarifies the concept of sensitive data
The Federal Court of Appeals on Civil and Commercial Matters has expanded the country’s already robust data protections by ruling […]
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 […]
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, […]