What if the French constitutional judges had read the Davis Judgement? Would we be living in a better world?

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon • 5 Comments

The French Constitutional Court (Conseil Constitutionnel) issued its decision n°2015-713 DC on the recently adopted Law on intelligence on 23 July 2015. Reading its decision after having read the Davis judgment of the English High Court, one wonders whether legal syllogism has suddenly been replaced by useless tautology. The newly adopted law on intelligence is … Continue reading →

Data protection / Internet intermediaries / safe harbour / Surveillance

On surveillance, safe harbour and Schrems…Are we that stuck?

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon • 2 Comments

Readers of this blog will almost certainly be aware that the European Union (EU) was the first regional organisation on the international stage to adopt a comprehensive, and relatively stringent, data protection regime. Yet, as the Internet is a global communications infrastructure, the EU has had to find ways to dialogue with non-EU (‘third’) countries … Continue reading →