On March 9, 2017, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) handed down a ruling limiting the reach of its prior “right to be forgotten” jurisprudence, by holding that the right does not prevail over society’s interest in access to official public records of company details required by law.
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EU’s Highest Court Rules on Applicable Law and Territorial Powers of the National Data Protection Authorities
By Kristof Van Quathem on
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On October 1st, 2015, the Court of Justice of the EU rendered its judgment in the Weltimmo case (C-230/14). The case addressed two important aspects of EU data protection law, namely applicable law and the scope of the territorial powers of data protection authorities.
The case arose out of a dispute between Weltimmo, a company registered in Slovakia, which operates property dealing websites concerning Hungarian properties, and the Hungarian data protection authority. Several advertisers lodged a complaint with the data protection authority, which imposed a fine on Weltimmo for a violation of the Hungarian Law on Information.Continue Reading EU’s Highest Court Rules on Applicable Law and Territorial Powers of the National Data Protection Authorities