7/3/2024 1:48:37 PM German Federal Supreme Court rules on “climate neutral” advertising claims By Carsten Dobler Alexander Hardinghaus Philipp Süss According to the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – “BGH”), companies must substantiate “climate neutral” advertising...
11/28/2023 11:33:32 AM Clearview AI Inc., successfully appeals £7.5 million fine from the ICO but the ICO is fighting back! By Aselle Ibraimova Sarah O'Brien On 17 October 2023, the First-Tier Tribunal of the General Regulatory Chamber – Information Rights (the Tribunal) handed down its...
8/2/2023 2:25:29 PM Get your Update on IT & Data Protection Law in our Germany Newsletter (Summer 2023 Edition) By Andy Splittgerber Sven Schonhofen The Summer 2023 Edition of the quarterly IT & Data Protection Newsletter by Reed Smith Germany has just been released: English...
2/22/2023 5:25:56 PM CJEU rules on DPO conflicts of interest under the GDPR By Cynthia O'Donoghue Andy Splittgerber Florian Schwind Alexander Pierce +1 more... Show less The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a judgment on the 9th of February 2023 (docket no. C-453/21), which addresses...
2/7/2023 9:10:38 PM Get your update on IT & data protection law in our newsletter (Winter 2023 edition) By Andy Splittgerber Sven Schonhofen The winter 2023 edition of the quarterly IT & Data Protection Newsletter by Reed Smith Germany has just been released: English version...
11/4/2022 3:59:05 PM Get your Update on IT & Data Protection Law in our Newsletter (Fall 2022 Edition) By Andy Splittgerber Sven Schonhofen The Fall 2022 Edition of the quarterly IT & Data Protection Newsletter by Reed Smith Germany has just been released:English version...
10/27/2022 4:44:10 PM ‘Mere upset’ insufficient for compensation under the GDPR By Cynthia O'Donoghue Sophie Ainscough On 6 October 2022, the Advocate General (Campos Sánchez-Bordona) issued his opinion in UI v Österreichische Post AG on the interpretation...
8/29/2022 4:23:30 PM Get your Update on IT & Data Protection Law in our Newsletter (Summer 2022 Edition) By Andy Splittgerber Sven Schonhofen The Summer 2022 Edition of the quarterly IT & Data Protection Newsletter by Reed Smith Germany has just been released:English version...
3/17/2022 7:02:01 PM Get your Update on IT & Data Protection Law in our Newsletter (Winter 2022 Edition) By Sven Schonhofen Andy Splittgerber The Winter 2022 Edition of the quarterly IT & Data Protection Newsletter by Reed Smith Germany has just been released: English version...
3/1/2022 3:32:36 PM Chinese data security laws increasingly create roadblocks for litigants seeking discovery in U.S. courts By Mark Quist Michael Lowell Cindy Shen Eric Manski Stuart Cobb Gerard Stegmaier +3 more... Show less Two Chinese information security laws, the Data Security Law (“DSL”) and the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), are creating...
2/8/2022 4:29:25 PM Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court provides guidance for assessing claims against hate speech on social media By Philipp Süss Sebastian Bitter Alexander Hardinghaus In a recent decision of December 19, 2021, case no. 1 BvR 1073/20 (published with an official press release dated February 2, 2022), the...
1/28/2022 4:26:27 PM UK’s Court of Appeal assesses territorial scope of GDPR By Sarah O'Brien Cynthia O'Donoghue In a judgment handed down by the UK Court of Appeal on 21 December 2021 ([2021] EWCA Civ 1952, available here), Walter Soriano, the...
12/15/2021 8:30:28 PM German court prohibits U.S. data transfers in “Cookiebot” decision: Why this decision is special and should alert, but not upset your organization By Andy Splittgerber Sven Schonhofen On December 1, 2021, in a much-noted decision, the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden (AC Wiesbaden) handed down a preliminary injunction...
11/22/2021 5:48:15 PM Lloyd v. Google: Supreme Court rejects compensation claim By Cynthia O'Donoghue Sarah O'Brien In one of the most highly anticipated judgments in recent years, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a class-action style...
11/3/2021 2:34:41 PM ‘Trivial’ data breach claim dismissed by High Court By Cynthia O'Donoghue Sarah O'Brien On 7 September 2021, the High Court granted a defendant’s application for summary judgment in a claim for compensation brought by three...
10/11/2021 2:01:31 PM ECJ Top System ruling grants right to correct software errors By Cynthia O'Donoghue The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on 6 October 2021 in Top System SA v. Belgian State (Case C‑13/20) EU:C:2021:811 that, under...