The CJEU in Tele2 Sverige: are general(ised) data retention obligations incompatible with EU law?

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon • 6 Comments

Christmas was particularly festive for privacy advocates with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgement in the joint cases C‑203/15 Tele2 Sverige AB v Postoch telestyrelsen and C‑698/15 Secretary of State for the Home Department v Secretary of State for the Home Department and the leak of the European Commission’s upgraded version … Continue reading →

Data protection / Privacy / safe harbour / Surveillance

AG Bot on Schrems v DP Commissioner: does the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights really go beyond the ECHR?

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon • 5 Comments

Advocate General (AG) Bot delivered his awaited opinion on 23 September 2015 in the case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner. As readers might remember (see my previous post here), the Irish High Court had made a reference for a preliminary ruling back in 2014. [For background, talented Austrian Facebook user, Maximillian Schrems complained … Continue reading →

Biometrics / Data protection / Surveillance

On Willems et al. v Burgemeester van Nuth and the processing of personal data by law enforcement agencies…If only the CJEU had been more prolix….

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon • 4 Comments

As explained in an earlier post, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued on 16 April 2015 its preliminary ruling in the case of Willems and Others v Burgemeester van Nuth and Others C-446-12 to C-449/12 (Willems) concerning the interpretation of an EU Regulation (2252/2004, ‘the Regulation’) on standards for security features and biometrics … Continue reading →