Judge Dismisses Facebook Web-Tracking Case
In November 2017, Judge Edward J. Davila dismissed a major multidistrict litigation accusing Facebook of unlawfully tracking users’ browsing activity […]
Court cases
Right to oblivion and indexing of non-EU websites
Google privacy saga concerning right to oblivion continues with the measure of Italian Persona Data Protection Authority n. 557 dated […]
Apple, Google and IBM Support Microsoft in Supreme Court Case
Amazon, Apple and Google are among the many IT giants that are siding with Microsoft in a closely watched email […]
Why companies in Mexico should reassess their compliance with data privacy protocols
According to the Constitution of Mexico, the protection of personal data is a fundamental right of all Mexican citizens. Under […]
NSA deleted surveillance data it pledged to preserve
The National Security Agency destroyed surveillance data it pledged to preserve in connection with pending lawsuits and apparently never took […]
Canada’s Brecknell ruling continues “recent trend” of extending jurisdiction to online companies
18 January 2018 The British Columbia Court of Appeal (‘the Court’) issued, on 9 January 2018, its decision in British […]
ECHR workplace surveillance decision “tips the scales” in favour of employees
18 January 2018 The European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’) issued, on 9 January 2018, its judgement in López Ribalda […]
Fingerprint-Scanning Time Clocks Spark Privacy Lawsuits
Employers that use fingerprint scanners to clock their employees in and out of work have been hit with a wave […]
Store’s Hidden Cameras Unfair to Cashiers, EU Court Says
A Spanish supermarket’s installation of secret surveillance cameras to combat employee theft violated cashiers’ right to privacy, the European Court […]
Spanish Courts Rule in Parental Authority Over Privacy Rights
The Provincial Court of Pontevedra recently ruled parental responsibility over children’s privacy in the case of a woman against her […]
UN privacy expert weighs in on landmark US Supreme Court case on jurisdiction over cloud data
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has submitted independent expert advice to the US Supreme Court in […]
Exam scripts are partly personal data
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its judgment in Case C-434/16 Nowak on 20 December 2017, […]