Yesterday (October 19, 2016) the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in case Patrick Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in which court recognizes that dynamic IP addresses registered by websites are personal data. CJEU followed the Opinion of the Advocate General delivered earlier this year. In its decision CJEU concluded that […] More →
Michel Reymond has published a paper “Hammering Square Pegs into Round Holes: The Geographical Scope of Application of the EU Right to Be Delisted” where he explores the extraterritorial effects of the decision of Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) in so called Google Spain case. In that case CJEU recognized “right to be forgotten” or, according Michel […] More →
There is a new developments in a privacy case brought by Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems against Facebook. Facebook has questioned the right of Schrems to bring a Europe-wide class action. Now, Austria’s Supreme Court referred the question to the European Court of Justice (CJEU). Read full story More →
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in its ruling in a case between Vincent Deroo-Blanquart and Sony, ruled that selling a computer with pre-installed software is not an unfair commercial practice. Further, it found that there is no requirement to list the costs of the software. Case arise when Deroo-Blanquart bought a Sony laptop in […] More →
Last week, on 14 June 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (“Court”) in the case of Biržietis v. Lithuania decided that overall ban on beards in prisons violates human rights of inmates. The applicant is Lithuanian national, Mr Rimantas Biržietis who lodged a case in Court against Republic of Lithuania arguing that a prohibition on […] More →
Recently Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) launched its very own app – CVRIA. App is free and available for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. App supports 23 EU languages and has four basic functions or sections: More →
The Irish Supreme Court recently asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to decide whether an exam script is personal data while deciding case Nowak v. Data Protection Commissioner. More →