Questions tagged [european-union]
For questions related to the European Union as a whole, or that span the jurisdictions of a plurality of Member States.
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A German company is accusing me of stealing and threatening to confiscate compensation for my service. Is it in the legal right to do so?
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I (a natural person) cooperated with a German company (I assume a legal person). The cooperation consisted of a digital marketing service for the company. I did not ask for money for this ...
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Is scraping an iCal link legal?
TL;DR: my university says my app is illegal
Since our university doesn't have a mobile app to check our schedules, I created one, where other students can create an account, that does the following:
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To which extend can a vulnerability disclosure be seen as blackmail? [duplicate]
Imagine someone finds a vulnerability in an Internet service of a company (without being asked to search for one). The company does not have any vulnerability disclosure process.
How much are the ...
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Is Blizzard in violation of REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 for not letting users change their account real name?
When a player creates an account in battle.net Blizzard asks for your real name but many players registered when they were stupid little brats and wrote some pretty dumb things. The problem is that ...
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Can the spouse of an EU citizen legally work in France before they obtain a carte de séjour?
Let us suppose an EU citizen, who is not French, resides in France. According to the EU directive 2004/38/EC on the freedom of movement and residence rights of EU citizens and their family members, ...
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Can I live in Bulgaria with a residence permit from Spain?
US citizen here. My answer to my own question leads towards "no". No harm in asking.
I have means to obtain a residence permit in Spain.
Can I then over stay my 90/180 day visa free stay my ...
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Hobbyist electronics in cars
In order to place a professional electronics product inside a car or other vehicle moving in traffic, it has to be put through mandatory type approval, a test carried out by a neutral 3rd party test ...
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Can GDPR force public sector workers to fix an exploit they were notified of?
I live in some EU country and I rely on social security provided by the regional government. There is a website for residents who can sign up and claim benefits without physically visiting an office. ...
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EU law regarding delivery location of online purchases
There is EU law regarding delivery of online purchases but I am struggling to find the specific section regarding the physical location to which it is acceptable to deliver to.
My experience is that ...
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Are digital signatures enforceable (legally binding) across the EU?
While setting up an account with an online service I was told by support that I cannot complete the application because the country I'm based in has not enacted legislation accepting electronic ...
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Why is research grade ethanol seemingly exempted from excise duties while pure ethanol ment for consumption isn't?
At Sigma-Aldrich I can buy one liter of unadulterated ethanol for just 26.60 EUR. This ethanol contains no additives and is pure enough for analytical purposes. Its made by fermenting grain or ...
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Is there any country in the EU that forbids ritual cattle slaughter?
Is there any country in the EU that forbids ritual cattle slaughter?
If so, where are the halal and kosher certified meats sourced from?
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Is avoiding captcha illegal?
This question came to mind reviewing this SO answer. There is this similar question here, but it's 8 years old, and covers only the UK and north America.
So, I would like to know if, in the European ...
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Are foreign sellers exempt from consumer protection laws?
German law offers certain protections for online buyers, essentially the right to return the goods for a refund within 14 days and a certain warranty within 2 years of purchase.
I was under the ...
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Does Volenti non fit injuria work? [closed]
There is Volenti non fit injuria.
I'm confused whether if there is app where users can offend each other (what is illegal), but it requires user consent while registering that he accepts all things ...
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Does GDPR apply when PII is already publicly available?
Pretend there is a website, it might be free to access, or be a paid per search service, where the users get access to summarised information on the people that they search for.
All of the information ...
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GDPR implications of email sent to a misconfigured host
I sent an email to a website's contact and my mailserver received this error:
<...@...>: host ....mail.protection.outlook.com[104.47.70.110] said:
451 4.4.4 Mail received as unauthenticated, ...
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Is it legal for a business to give a discount for paying with cash vs. credit card?
I ate at a Croatian restaurant where I had the option to pay with cash with euros or pay with my credit card.
If I chose to pay with cash, I would be given a 10% discount.
As I have a VISA credit card ...
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Is it legal to bill a company that made contact for a business proposal, then withdrew based on their policies that existed when they made contact?
Based on a Twitter thread from a mid sized YouTube personality:
I have been emailed MORE THAN 10 TIMES by a service I'd like to be sponsored with that I will not name
Every time they email me, I say ...
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Can a bank force you to use their app in order to use their services under the PSD2?
An online bank I am using (Qonto) contacted my recently by email to tell me that I will not be able to use my account from 5th July unless I install their app in my phone. They say it is mandatory for ...
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Hotlinking online radio streams
I want to create an online radio directory, with the ability to play the radio stations on my website. For sure, I will only add the radio stations which are broadcasting online and are offering an ...
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To what extent can an employer require their employees to be experts at a trial?
Say a company is facing a trial and the court requires
(version 1) the company
(version 2) someone with expertise from the company
to provide a sworn opinion (something like "the process to do ...
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How could a nonprofit obtain consent to message relevant individuals at a company on LinkedIn under the ePrivacy Directive?
Suppose a nonprofit wishes to contact some EU-based employees of an EU-based company in an effort to get that company to use a free service it is offering, and is considering doing so via LinkedIn. ...
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Receive written confirmation about non-breached data
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I am working for an institution which has recently suffered a data breach.
There have also been articles in local press regarding the nature of the leaked data and claims about having access ...
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Are online file converters legal?
Online file converter: Web-based tool or service that allows you to convert files from one format to another through the internet. Users upload a file in a specific format, it is converted on the site'...
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Does being a student in the EU allow one to do internships anywhere in the EU?
Can a student, studying in the EU with a student visa take on a summer internship? Could they take an internship anywhere in the EU?
I tried asking my student office but they haven't replied.
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Is it legal for a webshop to charge credit card in different currency than what is shown?
Consider a webshop based in Spain (European union). After the buyer selects their country (shipping address) the prices are shown in the local currency, and only in that. However during payment, the ...
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I have found my email address online in a .txt file. What should be my next step? [closed]
A few days ago someone tried to log into my bank account, the attempt was unsuccessful but it was quite concerning. I’ve spent the past weekend moving my most important accounts to alternate emails ...
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What does "Household Exception" to the GDPR mean?
GDPR Section 2 Recital 18 (?) reads:
Not Applicable to Personal or Household Activities
This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data by a natural person in the course of a purely ...
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different country of registration vs country of headquarters location
Can a company selling virtual products online be registered in a different country than is its headquarters located?
jurisdiction: EU
Thank you.
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business activity description announcement rejection and speed of legal validity of the change
In a hypothetical scenario, Mr. Peter owns a company. He intends to change the business activity description, e.g. instead of chocolate he intends to sell tennis shoes.
Two questions please:
Can such ...
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Utilizing Browser IP for Service Security
Suppose a web designer plans to use IPs for security purposes to prevent botting unique clicks and brute force attempts. And, the site only stores a hash of the IP address for a limited amount of time ...
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Choosing DPA to submit data breach complaint (EU-specific)
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The institution I am working for - in EU member-state A - recently suffered a cyber-attack which led to data being copied from the institution's infrastructure outside of it.
The offenders ...
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Why would this law apply?
An Extract from Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) prohibits:
(a) directly or indirectly imposing unfair purchase or selling prices or other unfair trading ...
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Does MiCA have any impacts on merchants (and their customers)?
The EU just passed MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) to regulate crypto assets.
One classification of crypto assets is a cryptocurrency, which includes digital currencies like Bitcoin.
Most of the ...
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To what extent was the Equality Act 2010 shaped by or did it “implement” legal provisions of the EU?
The DPA 2018 was passed pursuant to the EU GDPR to achieve uniformity across the EU in relation to matters of personal data. The unfair contract term regulations too were passed to implement EU ...
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Do anti discrimination laws bind overseas service providers when the victims of their discrimination are in the jurisdiction of the law?
Bob lives in Birmingham or perhaps Madrid. He joins an online club operated by an overseas entity based in Peru, or perhaps Chicago.
They incidentally find out that he is black and promptly cancel his ...
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Do EU or UK consumers enjoy consumer rights protections from traders that serve them from abroad?
Bob lives in Manchester, or alternatively in Lyon. He purchases a product or service from a vendor in the USA, or perhaps Timbuktu.
Do European or British consumer rights legislations bind the ...
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Do any other consumer rights laws have extraterritorial applicability to international organisations that cater to British or European customers?
The GDPR purports to bind any organisation, wheresoever it may be based, that serves individuals based in the EU, or (as the case may be) the UK.
The GDPR governs the obligations of organisations and ...
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What are the “protocols” to the ECHR?
The European convention of human rights has “protocols” to it. What essentially are these?
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Does property include money in the sense of ECHR right of peaceful enjoyment?
ECHR protocol 1 article 1 protects the right to peacefully enjoy one’s property. Does this include money? For example if one has frozen, seized or confiscated by fines, would this be Applicable as ...
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Are there any EU countries in which it is not allowed as a matter of course to own (and let out) unlimited residential properties? [closed]
Underlying this question I would like to know if there is anything in the ECHR for example that inherently proscribes a country stigmatising to any degree the ownership of properties (perhaps beyond a ...
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What are some jurisdictions where a "no-strike clause" is illegal?
This paper (PDF file) gives the following example of a typical no-strike clause in a collective bargaining agreement in the United States (the paper is from 1984, so I'm not sure to what extent it ...
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Who owns money (EUR) as a thing in the EU?
The European Central Bank prints money (EUR) and puts it into circulation. It is therefore the first owner. Are persons who take possession of the money also owners at the same time? I am talking here ...
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Do all legal persons have human rights?
For example, a corporate legal person can be proceeded against with criminal charges. Instinctively, one would be inclined to apply such "human" rights as that to a fair trial in protecting ...
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Difference between a Software Developer and Software Consultant in Europe + Legal Responsibility for software use
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I am currently working for an Italian company (Company A) as a freelance based in Italy: my service consists in developing a piece of software which implements a machine ...
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EU and CLOUD Act [closed]
I can't find anything what's on this in 2023 - is EU anyhow working towards and agreement with US to allow not to give away private data? - As I see on Wikipedia, so far only UK has got this agreement ...
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Is a bank account history of transactions considered personal data in the sense of GDPR?
For archival purposes, I'm trying to get the full history of transactions on my bank account since I opened it in 2019. I know my bank still has it since it's visible in the mobile app (I can scroll ...
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How much violence is legally permitted to defend property?
Supposing a new business opens, and as usual the local criminals demand "protection money" under threat of property damage. If the business owner decides to spend the night at his business ...
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Age verification for restricted content access in the EU
As a website owner offering restricted content that may not be suitable for minors,
I want to ensure that the age verification process on my site is compliant with EU laws.
I also require users to ...
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