On July 1, 2015, the Vienna Regional Court (Landesgericht) rejected a class action (Datenschutz Sammelklage) complaint brought by Max Schrems, an Austrian data protection activist, against Facebook Inc. for lack of jurisdiction The court (Landesgericht) found in first instance that it is not entitled to decide on the class action claiming that Facebook breached EU […]
On March 24, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) heard arguments on case C-362/14. The ECJ is called to decide on whether national judges are “absolutely bound” by a company’s declaration to participate in the Safe Harbor, or whether they could still conduct their own investigations to determine if personal data are protected according […]
Tags: DATA PROTECTION, INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION, US PRIVACY
Irish High Court, Case 2013 765 JR, June 18, 2014 On June 18, 2014, the Irish High Court referred to the EU Court of Justice a number of questions concerning the application of the Safe Harbor principles regarding cross-border transfer of private data, the key issue being whether national judges are “absolutely bound” by a […]