News on Privacy & Security

Right to erasure

European Court rules against Google, in favour of right to be forgotten

Jef Ausloos, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 13 May 2014

The European Union’s Court of Justice has ruled against Google in a case in which a Spanish citizen, backed by his national data protection authority, wanted the company to remove search links to an old local newspaper story related to his bankruptcy. Jef Ausloos argues that implications should not be too extreme, but warns of the Court’s

EU Data Retention Directive

Data retention: the directive is out. Are national laws next?

Sebastian Leuschner, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
PUBLISHED ON: 09 Apr 2014

On April 8, the European Court of Justice made a clear decision invalidating the EU data retention directive. Legal scholar Sebastian Leuschner hits the floor running with an op-ed on what this landmark decision means for national data retention laws.

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