United Kingdom: UK Court of Appeal ruling (Forensic vs Soriano) expanding GDPR scope
Progress
Current status
in force
21 Dec 2021 in force
Scope
Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Ruling expanding GDPR scope due to currency used for Patreon subscriptions
On 21 December 2021, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal issued a judgement on a private lawsuit between the Israeli-British citizen Walter Soriano and the US news publisher Forensic News LLC, which contains an expansion of the scope of the EU Genera…
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court