ECJ DATA PROTECTION CASE
November 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORN and KEITH NUTHALLIT department managers will have to be more careful about the release of personal sensitive data onto websites as a result of a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on European Union (EU) data protection directives, a legal specialist has said. Rosemary Jay, partner at law firm Masons, said companies would have to be "more sensitive" about personal material published online, making sure they "have correct grounds under data protection legislation." This follows an ECJ ruling that she says has probably widened the ...
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