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UK Judge Defines Businessman's "Right to Be Forgotten"
May 18, 2018
The Guardian reports that a British judge recently ordered Google, under EU law, to remove information about the conviction of a businessman in the 1990s for conspiracy to intercept communications, finding the tech giant must respect his "right to be forgotten" because he had shown remorse for his actions and was unlikely to repeat the crime.
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EC Threatens Hearings on Rule of Law in Poland
May 16, 2018
The European Commission's (EC) First Vice-President Frans Timmermans has warned the Government of Poland that if it fails to roll back controversial changes to the Polish judicial system by the end of June, the EC will initiate a hearing before the European Council to determine whether to consider sanctions against the country.
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Experts Deride EU Plans for "Electronic Person" Status
May 16, 2018
A group of experts has published a letter to the European Commission characterizing the body's plans, under pressure from a European Parliament report, to publish a proposal establishing a new legal status of "electronic persons" as "ideological and nonsensical and non-pragmatic" and as a breach of human rights law.
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EU Committee Report Calls for Sanctions on Hungary
May 16, 2018
Bloomberg reports that the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee is considering the adoption of a draft report calling on EU institutions to initiate a sanctions process against Hungary that could result in the country's government losing its EU voting rights, due to what the report says is the government's "clear risk of a serious breach" of the bloc's democratic values.
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CoE Group Objects to Romanian Justice Legislation
May 15, 2018
A report from the Council of Europe's (CoE) Group of States against Corruption objects to the expedited passage in Romania of legislation reforming the country's justice system and warns that certain provisions could weaken the independence of prosecutors and go beyond EU standards on the presumption of innocence, thereby endangering international justice cooperation.
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