Tag archives: CJEU

The right to be forgotten: the CJEU sides with Google in two landmark cases

By Nadège Martin (FR) and Nilofar Moini Shabestari (FR) on October 9, 2019 Posted in Dispute resolution and litigation

Norton Rose Fulbright - Data Protection Report blog

On 24 September 2019 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave two judgments (Cases C-507/17 and C-136/17) ruling that: (i) de-referencing by Google should be limited to EU Member States’ versions of its search engine with some important qualifications; and (ii) when Google receives a request for de-referencing relating to a link … Continue reading

CJEU Judgement: Dynamic IP Addresses Constitute Personal Data

By Christoph Ritzer (DE) on October 21, 2016 Posted in Dispute resolution and litigation, Regulatory response

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose Fulbright

On October 19, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that the dynamic IP address of a website visitor is “personal data” under Directive 95/46EC (Data Protection Directive) in the hands of a website operator that has the means to compel an internet service provider to identify an individual based on the IP … Continue reading

Irish Data Protection Commissioner to Request Court Declaration as to Validity of Personal Data Transfers to the US Under EU Model Clauses

By Marcus Evans (UK) and Shiv Daddar (UK) on May 26, 2016 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Regulatory response

On May 25, 2016, Austrian law student Max Schrems issued a press release stating that he has been informed that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is planning to refer a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) as to whether the EU model clauses remain a valid data transfer mechanism … Continue reading

CJEU Advocate General Opinion: Dynamic IP Addresses are Personal Data; Member States cannot limit processing permitted by the Data Protection Directive

By Christoph Ritzer (DE) and Sven Jacobs (DE) on May 16, 2016 Posted in Dispute resolution and litigation, Regulatory response

On May 12, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) Advocate General, Campos Sánchez-Bordona, published his opinion on a question referred to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling. The opinion argues that dynamic IP addresses should be considered to be personal data under European law. Moreover, the opinion asserts that Member States’ … Continue reading

CJEU decision in Schrems: what businesses should do next

By Marcus Evans (UK) and Jay Modrall (BE) on October 8, 2015 Posted in Regulatory response

This week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that the EU-US Safe Harbor Decision is invalid in Case C-362/14 (the “Schrems” case). This followed a similar opinion from its Advocate General, which also sets out the facts of the case. The decision will impact businesses that rely on the EU-US Safe Harbor … Continue reading