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Tech Law Blog
CJEU rules IP addresses may constitute personal data
On 19 October 2016, the CJEU ruled, in Breyer v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Case C-582/14), that dynamic IP addresses may constitute "personal data" under the Data Protection Directive, where a website…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
EU Top Court Rules IP Addresses Maybe Protected Personal Data
In a decision that could have significant impact for online companies that have European operations, the European Union’s (EU) top court ruled that Internet Protocol addresses (IP addresses) could, under…
Data Protection Report
CJEU Judgement: Dynamic IP Addresses Constitute Personal Data
On October 19, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that the dynamic IP address of a website visitor is “personal data” under Directive 95/46EC (Data Protection Directive)…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
The Ever-Expanding Concept of Personal Data
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that dynamic IP addresses are capable of constituting personal data under certain circumstances, ending years of speculation about whether such…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
IP addresses constitute personal data according to the CJEU
In a decision dated 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has provided much needed clarification on a long-standing issue in EU data protection law. A…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
Anonymous or Not: Court of Justice Issues Ruling on IP Addresses
By Gail Crawford and Ulrich Wuermeling On October 19, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling on the question of whether IP addresses constitute personal data.…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
CJEU Rules That Dynamic IP Addresses Are Personal Data
On October 19, 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment in Patrick Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland, following the Opinion of Advocate General earlier this year.…
Technology Law Dispatch
Update from the French Data Protection Authority on the compliance package for connected vehicles
By Romain Viret
The market of the so-called “connected vehicles” has been considerably growing since 2015. According to a recent study by AlixPartners, 78 million of connected vehicles will be commercialized in 2018,…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Russian Data Localization Update: A Year In
By Natalia Gulyaeva, Maria Sedykh, Bret Cohen
It has been a year since Russia’s data localization requirement came into force in September 2015, requiring companies to store within Russia databases containing personal data they collect from Russian…
Proskauer on Privacy
Are Dynamic IP Addresses Personal Data? A Primer
Last month, one of the Advocate Generals (“AG”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona, issued an opinion suggesting that dynamic IP addresses should…