On October 9, 2015, the Council of the European Union agreed on Data Protection Regulation proposal. This agreement enables the Luxembourg presidency to start discussions with the European Parliament also on that part of the Data Protection Regulation concerning the protection of personal data processed for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offenses or […]
On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its decision in C-362/14 (Maximilian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner). As suggested by the Advocate General Yves Bot (“AG”) on September 23, 2015, (see here), the ECJ held a Commission’s decision of adequacy pursuant to Article 25(6) does not prevent a supervisory authority […]
Non Military Drones Legislation, Case Law, Articles, and Useful Links (2015-2014) 1) Legislation 1.A) Federal UAS Regulation (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) – FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Regulations & Policies – On February 15, 2015, the FAA released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for small, unmanned aircraft – On February 13, 2013 the FAA issued comprehensive guidance on […]
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On June 1, 2015, an Italian court held that the publication on Facebook of a picture does not entail the owner’s loss of his copyright. Tribunale di Roma, decision no. 12076, June 1, 2015, (in Italian) at http://www.deiustitia.it… Open Pdf For more information, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Follow us on& Like us on
The European Court of Justice has just issued its Judgment in Case C-230/14 Weltimmo s.r.o. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság. The Court held that the data protection legislation of a Member State may be applied to a foreign company which exercises in that State, through stable arrangements, a real and effective activity. The facts: […]
Dutch courts seem conscious of the need to balance privacy with the right to freedom of expression. Two authors, Kulk and Zuiderveen Borgesius, published on August 27, 2015, a paper, Freedom of Expression and ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Cases in the Netherlands after Google Spain, examining how the Google Spain judgment has been applied in […]
On September 21, 2015, the French Data protection Authority CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Information et des Libertés) rejected Google’s informal appeal against the formal notice (see here) requesting it to apply delisting on all the search engine’s domain names, not only “fr” but also .es; .co.uk; .com, etc. The CNIL noted that if the right to be forgotten is […]
On August 31, 2015, Governor Cuomo signed into law Chapter 237 of the Laws of 2015 (Chapter 237), in relation to electronic commencement of an action or special proceeding and filing of papers; E-Filing. Chapter 237 aims at implementing mandatory E- filing with uniform procedures in all New York State courts. Specifically, it authorizes […]
On September 11, 2015, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued an opinion “to provide a framework for a wider and deeper discussion on how the EU can ensure the integrity of its values at the same time as it embraces the benefits of the new technologies”. Opinion 4/2015, “Towards a new digital ethics, Data, […]
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On June 15, 2015, the Italian Competition Authority (Antitrust Authority) clarified that lawyers are allowed to use any website – being it managed by the lawyer himself or by third parties – to promote their services in Italy. Based on this decision, Italian lawyers should finally be able promote their legal services on social networks like, for […]