Facebook to challenge DPC decision on data transfers

Last month, the Data Protection Commissioner informed the group of a preliminary draft decision that personal data should not be transferred to its US parent

EU needs to start enforcing data protection laws properly

Schrems ruling: Subset of smaller groups in adtech industry may also be affected

EU court rejects data transfer tool in Max Schrems case

Privacy agreement doesn’t offer sufficient protection to EU citizens’ data, court finds

EU court to rule on the Apple state aid case

Cantillon: Whoever loses is expected to appeal to the EU’s highest court

German court injunction could limit Facebook’s data collection

Facebook defends data policy and insists nothing will change for its German users

World View: German Constitutional Court and political taboo

Prior to Berlin-Paris recovery deal, GCC may have set in motion EU crisis

Ryanair must list full price of ticket in offers on website, says EU court

Antitrust body criticised Ryanair for not including some unavoidable fees in offer prices

Amazon wins EU court backing in trade mark dispute with Coty

Court says company not liable for unwittingly stocking trade mark infringing goods for third-party sellers

Dwyer referral could delay 2,000 abuse investigations

Garda source describes decision as among worst possible outcome for such inquiries

Airbnb backs creation of EU digital regulator after court win

Company won battle to be exempt from European property regulations

Irish judge joins Warsaw march over ‘threat to independence’ of judiciary

Mr Justice John MacMenamin among EU judges calling for protection of Polish peers

Airbnb wins fight to remain exempt from European property rules

Company is a tech platform rather than property agent, EU’s top court rules

State advancing ‘worst case’ scenario in appeal over Graham Dwyer’s phone data

Murderer wants to dispute admissibility of call data in attempt to overturn conviction

Polish supreme court must rule on controversial judicial retirements

European Union expresses concern about issues raised over judicial independence

Kaczynski’s nationalist party is clear winner in Polish general election

Law and Justice (PiS) party set to secure absolute majority in parliament

Court rules Facebook Ireland can be forced to remove content globally

CJEU says Irish subsidiary may have to comply with requests to take down content

Explainer: Apple’s €13bn tax appeal has huge implications

Case is of massive significance for Ireland and for the policing of state aid by the European Commission

No-deal Brexit threatens ‘innumerable problems’ for environmental projects

New report warns potential for a loss of joint-action on environmental crime

Sharp fall in criminal suspects sent from Republic to other EU states

Number surrendered to Republic from other EU states remains close to all-time highs

EU needs to find way to keep wayward members in check

Europe Letter: Standing up to illiberal states

Brexit: UK likely to be able to revoke article 50 unilaterally

EU advocate general says UK can still change its mind on leaving EU

Ireland able to agree extradition deal with UK, conference hears

Brexit will curtail UK’s ability to extradite suspects from many EU member states

Judge says need to revise law on phone and internet records ‘urgent’

Report warns of difficult legal position due to previous rulings that retention is illegal

Poles open new line of attack on EU rule-of-law complaint

Europe Letter: Deputy PM claims EU heading for ‘auto-destruction’ if CJEU rules against Poland

Brussels starts legal process against Polish judicial regime

Europe argues that involuntary early retirement of judges violates judicial independence

The Irish Times view on Poland’s authoritarian drift: a big question for the judiciary

Britain wants EU to accept its data protection regime after Brexit

Paper proposes ‘adequacy’ agreement to ensure uninterrupted flow of information

Facebook Ireland fights Max Schrems over class action suit

Austrian lawyer seeking court permission to take privacy case against social network

UK proposals on citizens’rights have much in common with the EU’s

Key differences remain, however, which will form the basis of difficult Brexit discussions

Illegality of viewing streamed content is far from certain

Private consumers of films streamed by portals appear not to be breaking the law

All you need to know in the Max Schrems-Facebook case

Q&A: Your questions answered on the Data Protection Commissioner privacy case

Major privacy case to open before High Court in Dublin

Facebook and privacy campaigner party to action by Data Protection Commissioner

Greens and British barrister take action over Brexit in Irish court

Goal is a legal declaration that article 50, once triggered, can be revoked by Britain

European Court of Justice rules IP addresses are personal data

Court finds details may be ‘personal’ if website can identify people using ISP data

Public wifi providers ‘not liable for copyright infringements’

Hotspot operators may be required to password-protect their network, says EU court

Accountancy exam paper dispute referred to EU court

Peter Nowak claims he is entitled to access his script under the Data Protection Acts

EU court refers alcohol pricing law back to national court

Court of Justice of EU considered legislation would significantly restrict market

Independence of Data Protection Commissioner questioned

Digital Rights Ireland confirms legal papers to be served on Government in coming days

Government ‘not compliant’ in sharing citizen data - TD

Catherine Murphy tabled questions to Ministers over ruling from EU Court of Justice

Disarray after veto on joining human rights convention

The EU was left in disarray by the decision of the CJEU

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