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Garante publishes decision on personal data processing by Wikipedia

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On 6 June 2024, the Italian supervisory authority ('Garante') published its opinion that the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc ('Wikimedia'), a US-based non-profit which hosts the free-to-use encyclopaedia website Wikipedia, was not...more

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Gentle Reminder: DSA Obligations Will Apply to Online Intermediary Services Starting 17 February 2024

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It has been some time already since the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065, DSA) was published, and since then, the discussions about Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines...more

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The EU Digital Services Act: Overview and Impact

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On 16 November 2022, EU Regulation 2022/2065, better known as the Digital Services Act (“DSA”), came into force. The DSA is a key development in the use of online services in the European Union (“EU”), with an impact on...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 13

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EU Institutions Reach Political Agreement on the Digital Services Act - On April 23, 2022, European legislators achieved political agreement on the Digital Services Act (“DSA”). Together with the recently agreed Digital...more

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The European Court of Justice Issues Two Important Decisions Clarifying the Scope of the Right to Be Forgotten and ISPs' Liability

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We routinely hear from United States citizens who want advice on how to remove photographs, newspaper articles, videos or personal information about themselves from the internet. Originally published by the European...more

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The Right to be Forgotten in an Era of Instant Notoriety

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*Trigger Warning*: This article includes mentions of suicide. It could be the start of a Law & Order episode. In August, a pedestrian in Manhattan’s East Village noted a driver sitting inside a parked car. The driver was...more

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Is the Right to be Forgotten National, European or Worldwide? The Advocate General Issues an Opinion in the Google Case

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On January 10, 2019, Advocate General Szpunar issued his much awaited opinion in the Google case that was referred to the European Court of Justice by the French “Conseil d’Etat”, the highest administrative court of the...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

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UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Important Issues are yet to be corrected in the Right to be Forgotten

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The recognition by the European Union of a “Right to be Forgotten” has caused much controversy, but seemingly progress is being made. The Right, which entitles Europeans to petition data controllers to prevent harmful...more

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French Data Protection Wants to Force Google to Extend the Right To Be Delisted to All the Search Engine’s Extensions

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On March 10, 2016, the French data protection agency (« CNIL ») pronounced a €100.000 ($111,715) fine against Google Inc. for failure to comply with its formal injunction of May, 2015 ordering the company to extend delisting...more

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First “Right to be Forgotten” enforcement action levied against Google

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The U.K. Information Commissioner issued an order to Google this week requiring it to remove nine search results of an individual’s minor criminal offense that was committed close to ten years ago. This is reported to be the...more

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The French Data Protection Authority Puts Google On Notice To Delist Domain Names Beyond Site’s EU Extensions

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One, of course, recalls the May 13, 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the “right to be forgotten”. As a result, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL – Commission Nationale de...more

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Article 29 Working Party Discusses the Right to be Forgotten

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On 18 September 2014, the European Union’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party published a press release outlining its recent plenary session discussions on the so-called “right to be forgotten” or “de-listed.”...more

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The EU's Right to be Forgotten: Overly Burdensome?

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In May earlier this year, the European Union's top court held in favor of an individual who requested that Google remove the search results associated with his name. In this particular case, a Spanish citizen requested that...more

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Is There A Right To Be Forgotten? The Court of Justice of the European Union Says “Yes”.

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Since Google, a web search engine provider, became a multi-billion dollar company, it has steadfastly refused to remove internet search results on a discretionary basis. In fact, Google support expressly provides that...more

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In Right to Be Forgotten Proceedings, Who Represents the Public Interest?

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In its newly published Fact Sheet on the Right to Be Forgotten, the European Commission has tried to dampen the negative reaction to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Right to Be Forgotten decision by noting that the right...more

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The Right to Be Forgotten, Everywhere

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While most people have focused on the free speech and implementation difficulties of the “right to be forgotten” announced by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v. Agencia Española de...more

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Google Begins the Process of Implementing the 'Right to be Forgotten'

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Google has taken the first step to implement the “Right to be Forgotten” decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It has provided individuals a form to complete to request that their personal information be...more

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European Court of Justice Holds Google Responsible for the Processing of Personal Data from Third-Party Websites

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On May 13, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a judgment in Google vs. AEPD (C-131/12, hereinafter “Google Decision”) based on the EU Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC, the “Directive”). In the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

My company isn’t a search engine. Why should I care about Google Spain?

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(LONDON) Google – along with the rest of us – is still considering the implications of the European Court of Justice’s May 13, 2014 decision that Google must remove links to a newspaper article containing properly published...more

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UK Gives Search Engines Time to Comply With 'Right to Be Forgotten'

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The UK data protection watchdog has said that it will give search engines like Google some time to put measures in place to respond to requests to take down links in search results. ...more

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The Right To Be Forgotten – What Does It Really Mean?

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In a decision with far-reaching consequences, the European Court of Justice (located in Luxembourg) (“ECJ”) ruled on May 13, 2014, that E.U. citizens can demand that search engines – in this instance Google – must delete...more

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The "Right to be Forgotten" Landmark Decision: Beyond the Headlines

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While the popular press has been full of stories about the European Court of Justice’s (“ECJ”) ruling creating a “right to be forgotten” (ahead of the still pending Data Protection Regulation), we will focus on both the...more

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Court of Justice of the European Union Finds Individuals Have a “Right to be Forgotten” Under Data Protection Law

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Court defines its territorial reach and obliges Google to remove “old” unwanted personal data from web search results - In a landmark ruling on 13 May 2014,1 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the...more

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European Court of Justice Strengthens Right to Be Forgotten

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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a quite surprising decision against Google which has significant implications for global companies....more

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