The European Court of Justice has issued two important decisions interpreting the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. One addresses the right to compensation for GDPR violations, and the other addresses the...more
On May 4, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgment concluding that while not every infringement of the EU’s data protection law gives rise, by itself, to a right to compensation, non-material damage...more
On 4 May 2023 the European Court of Justice ("CJEU") published its decision (case no. C-300/21) in which it ruled that not any infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") triggers the right to compensation...more
The Advocate General argues that organisations should provide individuals with information on the specific recipients of their personal data. Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzzella (AG) of the Court of Justice of the...more
The European Commission has referred Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully implement the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD) into national law....more
In yet another round of Schrems versus Facebook, on January 25, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that privacy activist Max Schrems is a consumer with regard to his Facebook profile despite his...more