Part 3: The Concept of Personal Data Revisited

By Marco Berliri, Massimiliano Masnada & César Ortiz-Úrculo on June 18, 2015

Pseudonymisation enters the stage Along with the concept of personal data, as opposed to anonymous data, the Regulation introduces a third category, that of pseudonymous data. Pseudonymous data is information that no longer allows the identification of an individual without additional information and is kept separate from it. In exchange for the lower level of privacy intrusion, the applicable requirements are less stringent.…

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Madrid court of appeals upholds YouTube’s liability safe harbor in Telecinco case

By César Ortiz-Úrculo on February 14, 2014

On 14 January 2014 the Madrid Court of Appeals issued its decision No 11/2014 on YouTube v Telecinco, dismissing Telecinco’s claims and fully confirming the first instance decision. The original Spanish language version of the Court of Appeals decision appears here. Telecinco, a Spanish broadcaster owned by the Italian Mediaset, brought an action in 2008 against YouTube LLC, alleging copyright infringement for video fragments apparently taken from Telecinco’s TV programmes and uploaded to…

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Complaints Filed with Spanish Data Protection Agency Rise by 12% in 2012

By César Ortiz-Úrculo on November 5, 2013

The Spanish Data Protection Agency has published its annual report for 2012 (“Memoria 2012“, in Spanish). The report contains a detailed description of the activities undertaken by the Spanish DPA in 2012, together with its view of the latest trends and challenges related to data protection. Among the highlights of the report:…

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20 Years of Data Protection in Spain

By Gonzalo Gallego & César Ortiz-Úrculo on January 29, 2013

Yesterday in Spain, the Government Department for Telecommunications and Information Society hosted an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the first Spanish data protection law and also to recognize EU Data Protection Day. Information about the event, titled: “20 years of data protection in Spain” is available (in Spanish) here. The first Spanish data protection law was introduced in 1992 and remained in effect until 14, January 2000, and was…

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The Spanish Constitutional Court Backs the Possibility of Accessing Private On-Line Conversations of Employees

By Gonzalo Gallego & César Ortiz-Úrculo on January 25, 2013

The Spanish Constitutional Court has ruled against two company employees who claimed an infringement of their privacy right and their right to secrecy of communications, in a recent judgement from 17 December 2012, published in the States’ Official Gazette on 22 January 2013. The Constitutional Courts’ Decision 241/2012 (the “Decision“), is available (in Spanish) here: Decision.…

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Spanish court fines Internet forum administrator €6000 for not removing posts

By Gonzalo Gallego & César Ortiz-Úrculo on November 29, 2012

A recent judgment in Spain has condemned both the author of defamatory comments and the administrator of the discussion forum for failing to remove defamatory comments against two government officials. As a result, each faces a fine of €6,000. Published on September 26, 21012, the judgment of June 1st 2012 has been issued by the Provincial High Court of Toledo and confirms a previous a criminal courts’ decision in which the author and the administrator were…

César Ortiz-Úrculo

Part 3: The Concept of Personal Data Revisited

Madrid court of appeals upholds YouTube’s liability safe harbor in Telecinco case

Complaints Filed with Spanish Data Protection Agency Rise by 12% in 2012

20 Years of Data Protection in Spain

The Spanish Constitutional Court Backs the Possibility of Accessing Private On-Line Conversations of Employees

Spanish court fines Internet forum administrator €6000 for not removing posts

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