European Union: Lawsuit concerning national authority access to identification data on basis of IP address during investigations of online counterfeits (C-470/21)
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Council of State partially annulled refusal to repeal Decree on System for Management of Measures to Protect Works on Internet applying CJEU judgment
On 30 April 2026, the French Council of State issued a ruling in case No. 433539 partially annulling the Prime Minister's implicit decision refusing to repeal Decree No. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 on the automated processing of personal data authorise…
Issued CJEU ruling in lawsuit concerning national authority access to identification data on the basis of IP address during investigations of online counterfeits (C-470/21)
On 30 April 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgment in Case C-470/21, addressing the compatibility of certain data processing operations with EU law, specifically concerning the general and indiscriminate retention …
Submitted CS request for preliminary ruling in lawsuit concerning national authority access to identification data on the basis of IP address during investigations of online counterfeits (C-470/21)
On 15 November 2021, the french Council of State (CS) referred a request for a preliminary ruling concerning the collection of civil identity data corresponding to IP addresses to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The questions revo…