What better timing than less than two weeks after the release of the (poorly drafted) proposed Digital Omnibus to issue a (ground-shaking) judgment on the interplay between the old e‑Commerce Directive (ECD) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Here’s a freshly delivered ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that … Continue reading
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Data Protection & Intermediary liability: how do the French do it?
While the scope of intermediary liability exemptions is being discussed in several places around Europe (and beyond), it is interesting to go back to the Overblog legal saga, which a few years ago had been described by some as pre-announcing other popular sagas, such as the infamous Google Spain case (discussed in a previous post … Continue reading
On Delfi v Estonia… Is it time to adopt a good-Samaritan style exemption?
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently upheld the decision of the First section in the case Delfi v Estonia, which in 2013 found that holding a news portal liable for the third-party comments posted on its Internet news portal did not amount to a violation of Article 10 of … Continue reading