The purpose of this paper from the information and privacy commissioner of Ontario is to provide a primer on the term “metadata,” responding to the argument that it is neither sensitive nor privacy-invasive since it does not access any of the content contained in the associated communications....

The question raised in the title of this article is the complex and long-debated one that the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) will have to answer, following an application made by the Spanish High Court. The case leading to this question is between Mr. X, a Spanish national, and ...