Court cases

March 15, 2023

Court rules Facebook violated Dutch law when processing personal data

The Amsterdam district court has ruled that Facebook violated Dutch law by unlawfully processing the personal data of users based in the Netherlands for almost a decade.

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February 21, 2023

German Constitutional Court strikes down predictive algorithms for policing

German Federal Constitutional Court declared the use of Palantir surveillance software by police unconstitutional.

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February 14, 2023

CJEU issues ruling on DPOs and conflict of interest

Data protection officers can maintain other tasks and duties within their role, if they do not result in a conflict of interest, the CJEU affirmed.

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February 10, 2023

CJEU: Right of Access Allows Data Subjects to Request the Identity of Each Data Recipient

CJEU ruled that under GDPR an individual has the right to request the identity of each entity to whom the data controller has disclosed their personal data.

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February 3, 2023

Location data is personal data – agrees Spanish DPA

The Spanish Courts have ruled that telecommunications providers must abide by their customers’ right to access their location data.

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February 1, 2023

Tate Modern viewing platform invades privacy of flats, supreme court rules

Residents of luxurious flats opposite the iconic Tate Modern’s viewing gallery are entitled to their privacy, the Supreme Court has declared.

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January 31, 2023

MI5 spies broke law by holding people’s intercepted data for years

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that UK spies have unlawfully held onto individuals’ intercepted data for five years.

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January 28, 2023

Belgian Constitutional Court Invalidates Enforcement Provisions of Data Protection Law

Belgian Constitutional Court overturned a provision in the nation’s data protection law that inhibited parties from challenging DPA’s decisions.

January 12, 2023

Facebook data-scraping breach triggers GDPR enforcement lawsuit in Ireland

Meta and its lead data protection regulator in the European Union are facing an interesting legal challenge over a major data-scraping breach and GDPR enforcement of it.

December 23, 2022

Search engines must remove manifestly inaccurate information, court rules

Top EU court decided that search engine must de-list information that is proved as manifestly inaccurate.

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December 23, 2022

EU court rules Airbnb must provide rental info to tax authorities

Short-term accommodation services company Airbnb must provide information in rental contracts to tax authorities and withhold tax under a national regime.