Press Release: Judgment in Case C-230/14 Weltimmo s.r.o. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság

The judgment in ECJ Case C-230/14 Weltimmo s.r.o. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság was announced on the 1 October 2015.

Data protection legislation of a Member State may be applied to a foreign company which exercises in that State, through stable arrangements, a real and effective activity.

In its legal analysis of the judgment The Guardian wrote 'a landmark ruling that could have big implications for companies such as Facebook and Google, operating across multiple EU countries'.

• Primary Source

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 13.10.15: Data protection: the CJEU clarifies the applicable law and jurisdiction http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/data-protection-cjeu-clarifies.html

Blog: EU Law Radar, 10.08.14: Case C-230/14, Weltimmo – regulatory competence over websites http://eulawradar.com/case-c-23014-weltimmo-regulatory-competence-over-websites/

The Guardian, 02.10.15: Landmark ECJ data protection ruling could impact Facebook and Google http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/02/landmark-ecj-data-protection-ruling-facebook-google-weltimmo

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