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

Norton Rose Fulbright - Data Protection Report blogOn 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

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 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

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 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

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn 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

Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightThis 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
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