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U.K. Justice Minister Calls ECJ Right to Be Forgotten "Unmanageable"
July 18, 2014
U.K. justice minister Simon Hughes has called it an "unmanageable task" to enforce a judgment by the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") permitting complainants to demand that internet companies such as Google take out some search results related to their personal information.
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ECJ Receives Question on Personal Data Transfer
July 14, 2014
The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has received a case from an Irish court seeking information on whether it is still bound by the "Safe Harbor Framework" adopted by the European Commission on data transfers to the U.S. in light of recent revelations about mass U.S. government surveillance.
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ECJ's "Right to Be Forgotten" Presents Uncertain Implications
July 14, 2014
A new Intellectual Property Watch article argues that the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") decision that Google must take down from its search results certain information about European citizens deemed irrelevant or outdated may have opened a "Pandora's Box" in internet privacy claims.
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Khan: Labour Party Supports U.K. Sovereignty on Human Rights
July 10, 2014
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Sadiq Khan writes that the U.K. Labour Party supports the recognition by British courts that they are not bound by decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which are only to be taken into account and not to be viewed as binding.
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ECHR Pushes Hungary to Reform Life-Without-Parole Sentences
June 20, 2014
In a case involving a man sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, the European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") has ruled that the sentence violated the man's human rights and that Hungary must afford the opportunity for future review of such sentences.
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EU Will Require Transmitters in New Cars
June 20, 2014
The Daily Mail reports that the European Commission is set to adopt new rules requiring new cars and vans to be fitted with a SIM card whose purpose will be to transmit the location of the vehicle to emergency services in case of a crash.
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