Denis Kelleher examines the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision this week in Weltimmo. In the case, the ECJ was “asked to consider what jurisdiction the Hungarian Data Protection Supervisor might have over a website in Slovakia,” Kelleher wrote when the Advocate General’s opinion on the case was issued this summer. In this report for The Privacy Advisor, Kelleher writes that "while it is not yet clear what precise impact this judgment will have upon the trilogue negotiations," the court's "clear analysis of the jurisdiction and responsibilities of different data protection authorities must be of assistance and hopefully will enable the EU to bring those negotiations to a close."
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