In its judgement of 11 December 2014 (Case C-212/13 František Ryneš v Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů) the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) had to answer “a very precise” question [to use the words of Advocate General JÄÄSKINEN]: “Can the operation of a camera system installed on a family home for the … Continue reading
That online service providers (OSPs), including Internet Service providers (ISPs), can do almost all what they want with our data, as long as they have a “decent” privacy policy, has just been confirmed in the US by the very recent decision of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. I have already … Continue reading
That’s the way that the EU cookie rules crumble (again… even if it’s not a cookie), says watchdog The influential, pan-EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (DPWP) has released an Opinion (9/2014) on the applicability of the E-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC) to device fingerprinting, in which it addresses what it believes to be “serious” data … Continue reading
It has already been announced by a few German-speaking commentators (here and here) that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been asked two very interesting questions by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in its decision of 28 October 2014 [as mentioned in German here]: Whether dynamic IP addresses are … Continue reading
The Council of the European Union has agreed on a “partial general approach” when reviewing specific aspects of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a note issued on the 3rd of October 2014 for publication in the Council Register. In particular, the note contains a revised version of the draft text of Chapter … Continue reading