Copyright vs․ privacy: EU court to rule on porn trolls
#Öffentlichkeit #CopyrightTrolling #ECJ #english #europeanunion #MICMMircom

A shell company from Cyprus pursues users across Europe for alleged illegal downloads of smutty flicks․ Now their business model is about to get a reality check from the European Court of Justice․

​​​​​„Urgently needed“: France, Spain push for new EU data retention law
#Überwachung #DataRetentionDirective #DigitalServicesAct #ECJ #english #europeanunion #GillesdeKerchove #MoritzKörner #PatrickBreyer

Despite recent EU court rulings that curb surveillance powers, a few member states push for new data retention legislation․ A document suggests their far-reaching demands could change the Digital Services Act and data protection rules․