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Limits for Abusive GDPR Requests

Data Privacy Law 

In the case at hand, a person living in Austria had signed up for a German optician’s newsletter by entering personal information into the company’s online registration form. Several weeks later, the individual contacted the optician's shop to reques...

One-year deadline for data protection complaints

Data Privacy Law 

The Austrian Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof, hereinafter VwGH) reviewed whether the one-year deadline specified in Section 24(4) of the Austrian Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, hereinafter DSG) under national procedural law alig...

Austrian OGH: No Personalised Advertising Without Consent

Data Privacy Law 

The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has ruled on the conditions under which the processing of Facebook users’ personal data for personalised advertising and third-party tracking is permissible, as set out in Article 15 ...

ECJ: Restrictions on Naming Athletes in Doping Cases

European Law 

Advocate General Spielmann asserts that disclosing the names of athletes found in violation of anti-doping regulations does not inherently conform with European Union law. Information released following a doping incident In the initial proceedings, f...

German BGH Clarifies ‘Personal Data’ under Article 15 of the GDPR

Civil Law 

The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, hereinafter BGH) considered whether premium history details—such as adjustments, tariff changes, and terminations—in private health insurance count as personal data. The case at hand involved a ...

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