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C-623/17 Privacy International v Secretary of State C-623/17 (Privacy International) CJEU Oct 6, 2020
C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems C-311/18 (Schrems II) CJEU Jul 16, 2020
Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd, and Maximillian Schrems Schrems II CJEU Jul 16, 2020
Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd, and Maximillian Schrems Schrems II CJEU Jul 16, 2020
Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd, and Maximillian Schrems Schrems II CJEU Jul 16, 2020
C-673/17 Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen v Planet49 GmbH C-673/17 (Planet49) CJEU Oct 1, 2019
ECLI:EU:C:2019:801 119 BUNDESVERBAND DER VERBRAUCHERZENTRALEN UND VERBRAUCHERVERBANDE —BERBRAUCHERZENTRALE BUNDESVERBAND V. PLANET49 GmbH (“PLANET49”) Cookie data is personal data where the cookies likely to be placed on the terminal equipment of a user participating in the promotional lottery contained a number assigned to the… CJEU Oct 1, 2019
BUNDESVERBAND DER VERBRAUCHERZENTRALEN UND VERBRAUCHERVERBANDE —BERBRAUCHERZENTRALE BUNDESVERBAND V. PLANET49 GmbH (“PLANET49”) The restrictions of Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive apply to any information stored in a terminal equipment, regardless of whether or not it is persona. (¶70) CJEU Oct 1, 2019
BUNDESVERBAND DER VERBRAUCHERZENTRALEN UND VERBRAUCHERVERBANDE —BERBRAUCHERZENTRALE BUNDESVERBAND V. PLANET49 GmbH (“PLANET49”) Consent is “not validly constituted if the storage of information, or access to information already stored in an website user’s terminal equipment, is permitted by way of a… CJEU Oct 1, 2019
BUNDESVERBAND DER VERBRAUCHERZENTRALEN UND VERBRAUCHERVERBANDE —BERBRAUCHERZENTRALE BUNDESVERBAND V. PLANET49 GmbH (“PLANET49”) The information that service provider must give to a website user includes “the duration of the operation of cookies and whether or not third parties may have access to those… CJEU Oct 1, 2019
Google LLC, venant aux droits de Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) Google - Global De-linking CJEU Sep 24, 2019
Google LLC, venant aux droits de Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) Google - Global De-linking CJEU Sep 24, 2019
C-40/17 Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV C-40/17 (Fashion ID) CJEU Jul 29, 2019
FASHION ID GmbH & Co. KG v. VERBRAUCHERZENTRALE NRW eV Representation of data subjects: Articles 22 to 24 of Directive 95/46 must be interpreted as “not precluding national legislation which allows consumer-protection associations to… CJEU Jul 29, 2019
FASHION ID GmbH & Co. KG v. VERBRAUCHERZENTRALE NRW eV Legitimate interest: In a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, in which the operator of a website embeds on that website a social plugin causing the browser of… CJEU Jul 29, 2019
FASHION ID GmbH & Co. KG v. VERBRAUCHERZENTRALE NRW eV Consent: It is the duty of the operator to obtain prior consent from the data subject. The consent given to the operator relates only to the operation or set of operations… CJEU Jul 29, 2019
FASHION ID GmbH & Co. KG v. VERBRAUCHERZENTRALE NRW eV Concept of joint-controllers: The operator of a website, such as Fashion ID, that embeds on that website a social plugin causing the browser of a visitor to that website to… CJEU Jul 29, 2019
FASHION ID GmbH & Co. KG v. VERBRAUCHERZENTRALE NRW eV CJEU Jul 29, 2019
FASHION ID GmbH & Co. KG v. VERBRAUCHERZENTRALE NRW eV Duty to inform: It is the duty of the operator to inform, but the information that must be provided to the data subject need “relate only to the operation or set of operations… CJEU Jul 29, 2019
SERGEJS BUIVIDS v. THE AUGSTĀKĀ TIESA Processing: A video recording of persons which is stored on a continuous recording device — the hard disk drive of that system — constitutes automatic processing of personal data… CJEU Feb 14, 2019
SERGEJS BUIVIDS v. THE AUGSTĀKĀ TIESA Material scope: The recording of a video of police officers in a police station, while a statement is being made, and the publication of that video on a video website, on which… CJEU Feb 14, 2019
SERGEJS BUIVIDS v. THE AUGSTĀKĀ TIESA Interpretation: The exceptions to material scope of the Data Protection Directive (activities outside of EU law/processing operations “which concern public security, defense,… CJEU Feb 14, 2019
SERGEJS BUIVIDS v. THE AUGSTĀKĀ TIESA Right to Privacy: In the present case, it “cannot be ruled out that the recording and publication of the video in question, which took place without the persons concerned being… CJEU Feb 14, 2019
C-210/16 Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein C-210/16 (Wirtschaftsakademie) CJEU Jun 5, 2018
UNABHäNGIGES LANDESZENTRUM FüR DATENSCHUTZ SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN v. WIRTSCHAFTSAKADEMIE SCHLESWIG-HOLDSTEIN GmbH Territorial Scope / Concept of “establishment”: Facebook Germany is responsible for promoting and selling advertising space and carries on activities addressed to persons residing… CJEU Jun 5, 2018
UNABHäNGIGES LANDESZENTRUM FüR DATENSCHUTZ SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN v. WIRTSCHAFTSAKADEMIE SCHLESWIG-HOLDSTEIN GmbH Joint controllers: The administrator of a fan page hosted on Facebook is a controller as it is “taking part, by its definition of parameters depending in particular on its target… CJEU Jun 5, 2018
UNABHäNGIGES LANDESZENTRUM FüR DATENSCHUTZ SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN v. WIRTSCHAFTSAKADEMIE SCHLESWIG-HOLDSTEIN GmbH Powers of Supervisory Authority: Where an undertaking established outside the European Union has several establishments in different Member States, the supervisory authority of a… CJEU Jun 5, 2018
Jehovah’s Witnesses Access: Exercise of the right to access cannot be systematically denied on the basis of privacy violations without analyzing the specific circumstances. (¶¶ 89-94) CJEU Feb 1, 2018
Nowak Volgens mij is dit de eerste keer dat het Hof verwijst naar Richtsnoeren van de WP29/EDPB (r.o. 45 en 60). Voorheen heeft het Hof wel soms vrij letterlijk onderdelen daaruit… Court of Justice of the EU Dec 20, 2017
Nowak Volgens mij is dit de eerste keer dat het Hof verwijst naar Richtsnoeren van de WP29/EDPB (r.o. 45 en 60). Voorheen heeft het Hof wel soms vrij letterlijk onderdelen daaruit… Court of Justice of the EU Dec 20, 2017
Peter Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner The court emphasized, in accordance with the opinion of the Advocate General, that “if the identification of the data subject was prohibited by law or practically impossible on… CJEU Dec 20, 2017
Peter Puškár v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky and Kriminálny úrad finančnej správy Right to Adequate Legal Remedy: Making the admissibility of a legal action brought by a person alleging infringement of his right to data protection subject to the prior… CJEU Sep 27, 2017
Peter Puškár v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky and Kriminálny úrad finančnej správy Principles (Purpose Limitation): The objective of the processing of personal data is inextricably linked to the task of the controller. Consequently, the transfer of the task to… CJEU Sep 27, 2017
Peter Puškár v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky and Kriminálny úrad finančnej správy Principle of proportionality: The protection of the fundamental right to respect for private life at the European Union level “requires that derogations from the protection of… CJEU Sep 27, 2017
Peter Puškár v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky and Kriminálny úrad finančnej správy Lawful Basis (Public Interest): Article 7(e) Directive 95/46 must be interpreted as not precluding the processing of personal data by the authorities of a Member State for the… CJEU Sep 27, 2017
Peter Puškár v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky and Kriminálny úrad finančnej správy Lawful basis (in general): Subject to the exceptions permitted under Article 13 of the Data Protection Directive, all processing of personal data must comply, first, with the… CJEU Sep 27, 2017
Peter Puškár v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky and Kriminálny úrad finančnej správy Admissibility of illegally obtained evidence: Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU precludes national court from rejecting, as evidence of an infringement of… CJEU Sep 27, 2017
Valsts policijas Rīgas reģiona pārvaldes Kārtības policijas pārvalde v Rīgas pašvaldības SIA ‘Rīgas satiksme’ Rigas CJEU May 4, 2017
Patrick BREYER v. BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, (“BREYER”) The court emphasized, in accordance with the opinion of the Advocate General, that “if the identification of the data subject was prohibited by law or practically impossible on… CJEU Oct 19, 2016
Patrick BREYER v. BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, (“BREYER”) Necessity: The applicant cannot be deemed to have proved the necessity of having the personal data at issue transferred where the only justification provided was to supplement his… CJEU Oct 19, 2016
Patrick BREYER v. BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, (“BREYER”) Legitimate interest: Article 7(f) of Directive 95/46 “precludes Member States from excluding, categorically and in general, the possibility of processing certain categories of… CJEU Oct 19, 2016
Data Protection Commissioner v. Schrems and Facebook Schrems I CJEU Oct 6, 2015
Data Protection Commissioner v. Schrems and Facebook 🔥 4 Schrems I CJEU Oct 6, 2015
Data Protection Commissioner v. Schrems and Facebook Schrems I CJEU Oct 6, 2015