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 […]
Court cases
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, […]
Video surveillance at work breached employee privacy, ECHR rules
An international court has ruled that video surveillance of lecture halls where a professor worked violated his right to privacy, […]
UN privacy expert weighs in on landmark US Supreme Court case on jurisdiction over cloud data
he UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has submitted independent expert advice to the US Supreme Court in […]
Failed exam candidate gets right to written paper in ECJ ruling
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a written exam paper amounts to personal data and can be […]
European Commission weighs in on Microsoft Ireland case
The European Commission has filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the European Union in the ongoing legal dispute […]
Right to be forgotten and global delisting: some news from Spain
In a recent ruling, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional – the high court that referred the Google Spain case to the […]
Lawsuits allege dozens of employers illegally forcing workers to provide fingerprints
Dozens of employers are allegedly breaking Illinois’ laws protecting unique biological information. Source: Lawsuits allege dozens of employers illegally forcing […]
Facebook Prevails In Privacy Battle Over Tracking Via ‘Like’ Button
A federal judge threw out allegations that Facebook violated users’ privacy by tracking them via the like button, even when […]
Risky business-to-business communications: CASL lessons from the CompuFinder case
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation is under review by Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. The INDU Committee, as […]
EU to intervene in Microsoft’s U.S. Supreme Court data protection case
The European Union is to make a submission to the U.S. Supreme Court in its hearing of the U.S. Department […]