Orders to remove or block social media content can have worldwide reach, CJEU rules

CJEU rules, in Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook, that EU law does not prevent Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent comments previously declared to be illegal nor does it prevent such orders applying worldwide.

Court of Appeal allows mass data protection claim against Google to proceed

The Court of Appeal has allowed, on a unanimous basis, an appeal in Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599 which may open the way for mass data protection claims.

Autonomous vehicles, software and product liability: have the Law Commissions missed an opportunity?

Leah Grolman thinks autonomous vehicles provide the ideal test case for examining the relationship between consumer protection law and software liability and that the Law Commissions have failed to grasp the opportunity to examine the issue.

Storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent, rules CJEU

The CJEU has ruled that storing cookies requires internet users’ specific active consent and that pre-ticked tick-boxes are insufficient.

In Other News: This week’s techlaw news round-up

Website scammer jailed, Irish implementation of the new copyright Directive, guidance on data retention for phone-paid services and more. A round-up of other techlaw news from the past week not covered separately on the site

From the SCL Editor: Education, education, education - Friday 27 September 2019

Introducing Data Trusts: what are they and what are the legal considerations?

Emily Barwell considers the legal considerations when setting up a data trust and discusses when it may be appropriate to use this new and innovative concept emerging in the data ethics space

EVENT REPORT: If A Neural Network Wants To Turn Right, No One Can Explain Why

Simon Deane-Johns summarises some key takeaways from the recent SCL Ireland event on AI held on 17th September

Prohibition on processing of sensitive personal data applies to search engines, CJEU rules

Judgment published in Case C-136/17 GC and Others v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés

CJEU rules search engines do not have to carry out global de-referencing of search results

Judgment published in Case C-507/17 Google LLC, successor in law to Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés