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Asociacion Nacional De Establecimientos Financieros De Credito v Administracion Del Estado: ECJ 24 Nov 2011

ECJ (Approximation Of Laws – Processing Personal Data) Processing of personal data – Directive 95/46/EC – Article 7(f) – Direct effect Judges: K. Lenaerts Citations: C-469/10, [2011] EUECJ C-469/10 Links: Bailii Citing: See Also – Asociacion Nacional De Establecimientos Financieros De Credito v Administracion Del Estado ECJ 24-Nov-2011 ECJ (Approximation Of Laws – Processing Personal … Continue reading Asociacion Nacional De Establecimientos Financieros De Credito v Administracion Del Estado: ECJ 24 Nov 2011

Volker Und Markus Schecke v Land Hessen (Approximation Of Laws): ECJ 9 Nov 2010

ECJ (Grand Chamber) Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Publication of information on beneficiaries of agricultural aid – Validity of the provisions of European Union law providing for that publication and laying down detailed rules for such publication – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – … Continue reading Volker Und Markus Schecke v Land Hessen (Approximation Of Laws): ECJ 9 Nov 2010

Scarlet Extended Sa v Societe Belge Des Auteurs Compositeurs Et Editeurs (SABAM): ECJ 24 Nov 2011

ECJ Judgment – Information society – Copyright – Internet – ‘Peer-to-peer’ software – Internet service providers – Installation of a system for filtering electronic communications in order to prevent file sharing which infringes copyright – No general obligation to monitor information transmitted K. Lenaerts, P [2011] EUECJ C-70/10, [2012] ECDR 4, ECLI:EU:C:2011:771 Bailii Directive 95/46/EC, … Continue reading Scarlet Extended Sa v Societe Belge Des Auteurs Compositeurs Et Editeurs (SABAM): ECJ 24 Nov 2011

Ministry of Justice (Decision Notice) FS50411133: ICO 15 May 2012

ICO The complainant requested the full information the Information Commissioner had considered in an earlier decision where he ordered a summary of that full information to be disclosed. The full information, agreed between the parties, are the two letters of formal notice in which the European Commission alleged that the UK Government had not properly … Continue reading Ministry of Justice (Decision Notice) FS50411133: ICO 15 May 2012

L’Oreal SA, Lancome parfums et beaute and Cie, Laboratoire Garnier and Cie, L’Oreal (UK) Limited v eBay International AG, eBay Europe SARL, eBay (UK) Limited: ECJ 12 Jul 2011

ECJ Grand Chamber – Trade marks – Internet – Offer for sale, on an online marketplace targeted at consumers in the European Union, of trade-marked goods intended, by the proprietor, for sale in third States – Removal of the packaging of the goods – Directive 89/104/EEC – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Liability of the … Continue reading L’Oreal SA, Lancome parfums et beaute and Cie, Laboratoire Garnier and Cie, L’Oreal (UK) Limited v eBay International AG, eBay Europe SARL, eBay (UK) Limited: ECJ 12 Jul 2011

Institut Professionnel Des Agents Immobiliers v Geoffrey Englebert: ECJ 7 Nov 2013

ECJ Processing of personal data – Directive 95/46/EC – Articles 10 and 11 – Obligation to inform – Article 13(1)(d) and (g) – Exceptions – Scope of exceptions – Private detectives acting for the supervisory body of a regulated profession – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) Judges: M. Ilesic, P Citations: C-473/12, [2013] EUECJ C-473/12 … Continue reading Institut Professionnel Des Agents Immobiliers v Geoffrey Englebert: ECJ 7 Nov 2013

Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers plc: CA 14 Oct 2002

The newspaper appealed against a finding that it had infringed the claimant’s privacy by publishing a photograph of her leaving a drug addiction clinic. Held: The claimant had courted publicity, and denied an involvement in drugs. The defence of qualified privilege in defamation is not to be equated with the rules in privacy cases. The … Continue reading Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers plc: CA 14 Oct 2002

Department for Constitutional Affairs (Decision Notice): ICO 18 Sep 2006

The complaint requested a copy of a letter from the European Commission to the UK government regarding alleged deficiencies in the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC by the UK. He also requested a copy of the UK government’s response to that letter. Although the complainant put forward compelling arguments in favour of disclosure of the requested … Continue reading Department for Constitutional Affairs (Decision Notice): ICO 18 Sep 2006

Bara And Others v Presedintele Casei Na?ionale de Asigurari de Sanatate: ECJ 1 Oct 2015

ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 95/46/EC – Processing of personal data – Articles 10 and 11 – Data subjects’ information – Article 13 – Exceptions and limitations – Transfer by a public administrative body of a Member State of personal tax data for processing by another public administrative body ECLI:EU:C:2015:638, … Continue reading Bara And Others v Presedintele Casei Na?ionale de Asigurari de Sanatate: ECJ 1 Oct 2015

Tietosuojavaltuutettu v Satakunnan Markkinaporssi and Satamedia (Approximation Of Laws): ECJ 16 Dec 2008

ECJ Directive 95/46/EC Scope – Processing and flow of tax data of a personal nature – Protection of natural persons – Freedom of expression [2010] All ER (EC) 213, [2008] ECR I-9831, [2008] EUECJ C-73/07 Bailii Directive 95/46/EC European Citing: Opinion – Tietosuojavaltuutettu v Satakunnan Markkinaporssi and Satamedia (Approximation Of Laws) ECJ 8-May-2008 ECJ Directive … Continue reading Tietosuojavaltuutettu v Satakunnan Markkinaporssi and Satamedia (Approximation Of Laws): ECJ 16 Dec 2008

South Lanarkshire Council v The Scottish Information Commissioner: SC 29 Jul 2013

Commissioner’s Approach not in Breach In May 2010, a Mr Irvine made requests under the 2002 Act for information from South Lanarkshire Council. He wanted to know how many of their employees in a particular post were placed at 10 particular points on the Council’s pay scales. His underlying purpose was to find out whether … Continue reading South Lanarkshire Council v The Scottish Information Commissioner: SC 29 Jul 2013

Google Spain Sl v Agencia Espanola De Proteccion De Datos (AEPD), Gonzalez: ECJ 13 May 2014

Internet Search Engine – Name Removal ECJ Grand Chamber – Personal data – Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of such data – Directive 95/46/EC – Articles 2, 4, 12 and 14 – Material and territorial scope – Internet search engines – Processing of data contained on websites – Searching for, indexing and … Continue reading Google Spain Sl v Agencia Espanola De Proteccion De Datos (AEPD), Gonzalez: ECJ 13 May 2014

Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and Others: CA 27 Mar 2015

Damages for breach of Data Protection The claimants sought damages alleging that Google had, without their consent, collected personal data about them, which was resold to advertisers. They used the Safari Internet browser on Apple products. The tracking and collation of the claimants’ browser generated information was contrary to the defendant’s publicly stated position that … Continue reading Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and Others: CA 27 Mar 2015

Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner: HL 9 Jul 2008

An MP had asked the Agency under the 2002 Act for details of all incidents of childhood leukaemia for both sexes by year from 1990 to 2003 for all the DG (Dumfries and Galloway) postal area by census ward. The Agency replied by saying that the release of the information would put at risk the … Continue reading Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner: HL 9 Jul 2008

Criminal proceedings against Lindqvist: ECJ 6 Nov 2003

Mrs Lindqvist had set up an internet site for her local parish containing information about some of her colleagues in the parish. She gave names, jobs, hobbies and in one case some of the person’s employment and medical details. The Court decided that she had processed the personal data of her colleagues. Questions were referred … Continue reading Criminal proceedings against Lindqvist: ECJ 6 Nov 2003

The Rugby Football Union v Consolidated Information Services Ltd: SC 21 Nov 2012

The Union challenged the right of the respondent to resell tickets to international rugby matches. The tickets were subject to a condition rendering it void on any resale at above face value. They said that the respondent had advertised tickets in breach of this condition. The Court considered whether it was appropriate to protect the … Continue reading The Rugby Football Union v Consolidated Information Services Ltd: SC 21 Nov 2012

Secretary of State for The Home Department v Davis MP and Others: CA 20 Nov 2015

The Secretary of State appealed against a ruling that section 1 of the 2014 Act was inconsistent wih European law. Held: The following questions were referred to the CJEU: (1) Did the CJEU in Digital Rights Ireland intend to lay down mandatory requirements of EU law with which the national legislation of Member States must … Continue reading Secretary of State for The Home Department v Davis MP and Others: CA 20 Nov 2015

NT 1 and NT 2 v Google Llc: QBD 13 Apr 2018

Right to be Forgotten is not absolute The two claimants separately had criminal convictions from years before. They objected to the defendant indexing third party web pages which included personal data in the form of information about those convictions, which were now spent. The claims were in Data Protection and the common law tort of … Continue reading NT 1 and NT 2 v Google Llc: QBD 13 Apr 2018

Mosley v Google Inc and Another: QBD 15 Jan 2015

The claimant had successfully pursued action against a newpaper’s publication of a film of him engaging in sex with prostitutes, but others had retained copies of the film on-line. He now pursued an action against the search engine to oblige them to exclude such unauthorised films from their results. The defendant accepted that it operated … Continue reading Mosley v Google Inc and Another: QBD 15 Jan 2015