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4 weeks ago

The Commission Publishes its Third Annual Review of the Functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

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Eulawlive
4 Min read
24October

Yesterday the European Commission published the third annual review on the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, as a result of the ongoing dialogue between both administrations and high-level meetings held in Washington D.C. on 12-13 September 2019. Although the report is generally positive about the implementation of the Privacy Shield in the U.S., it points out several issues that remain...

1 month ago

Workers on Camera and López Ribalda vs Spain. The ECHR Reviews its Case-Law on Hidden Video Cameras at Work

By
Daniel Sarmiento
4 Min read
21October

Last week the European Court of Human Rights delivered a Grand Chamber ruling on the protection of workers subject to video surveillance at work. The case raises an important issue in the field of industrial relations, but also in the protection of privacy at the workplace. The decision is even more relevant because the Grand Chamber overruled a prior chamber judgment in the same case and...

2 months ago

Extraterritoriality and Technology Part II. The Facebook Judgment and the Issue of Coherence with the Google Judgment

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Daniel Sarmiento
5 Min read
04October

Yesterday, in the case of Glawischnig-Piesczek, the Court of Justice ruled that the e-commerce Directive does not preclude Member States from ordering a host provider to remove unlawful information which it stores, as well as identical information of the kind. This is a heavy burden that will fall on online service providers, particularly information or social platforms. The case concerned...

2 months ago

Extraterritorial Enforcement of Fundamental Rights after Google v CNIL

By
Alberto Miglio
3 Min read
30September

The judgment of the Court of Justice in case C-507/17 Google v CNIL addresses the territorial scope of the ‘right to be forgotten’ (RTBF). In its earlier landmark ruling Google Spain, the Court held that search engine operators may be obliged to de-reference personal data, removing them from the results returned by the search engine. However, neither the Court in Google Spain nor the EU...

2 months ago

Specialized Chambers at the General Court

By
Daniel Sarmiento
4 Min read
20September

The General Court is all geared up for the final steps of its definitive and long-awaited full enlargement. It has taken several years and a gradual and somewhat painful process to reach the total of fifty-six judges, which will be down to fifty-four once the UK leaves the Union. In order to prepare the General Court for this seismic event, some measures have been put into place. One of them is a...

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