Questions tagged [european-union]
For questions related to legal systems of European countries and to legal harmonization in Europe, especially in the context of European Union law.
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Interpretation of EU legislation
The European Union has 24 official languages, and EU legislation is published in all of them. How does the court resolve inconsistencies in interpretation that might arise because of mistranslations, ...
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Can my non-EU wife be deported from France for a visa refusal?
I am a UK national. Can my non-EU wife be deported when we both live in France and I am a worker paying taxes, holding a French driving licence, a Carte Vital, self employed and also have a French ...
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Access to broken parts, after a repair, in the EU
In the European Union, if a customer gets a repair performed, does he have the right to request the broken / replaced parts?
For example: if you get a phone screen repaired, do you have a right to ...
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A company (EU) sells potentially dangerous chemicals to anybody. What can I do as a citizen?
I have read a report by a high-schooler doing "experiments" by injecting himself with custom-synthesized peptides (small proteins). I emailed the author who confirmed that his report was no joke.
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Can a Non-EU citizen who worked in a EU country with specific work permit have the right to apply to ECHR for workplace discrimination?
I am a citizen of Turkey, not of the EU. I worked in Ireland with a Critical Skills Employment Permit.
I sued my employer for Workplace Discrimination. I decided that the case was not dealt with ...
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Is it really possible to use Google Analytics without consent, and if so, why exactly?
I'm asking about the GDPR and the European Union. Lots of websites claim that it is possible to use Google Analytics without asking for the user's consent. Even some answers here suggest that it is ...
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Fee for Subject Access Request to GCHQ, Data Protection Act 2018
When making a Subject Access Request to GCHQ I was told that I would have to pay a fee for this Request. The GDPR does not allow for such a fee, while the UK Data Protection Act does(Part 4 – Chapter ...
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How much can the GDPR be amended by EU member states in their national laws?
Citing article 8 of the GDPR (emphasis added):
Where point (a) of Article 6(1) applies, in relation to the offer of information society services directly to a child, the processing of the ...
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Changes to the privacy policy that require the user's consent: GDPR compliance
Suppose you have an online service, with a privacy policy that the users have accepted. Then at some point you want to introduce some changes to that privacy policy, in a way that requires the user's ...
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Same game company name, but in a different country
I finally came up with a good name for my game studio, however after searching for it there appears to be another game company with the same/very similar name. They were founded this year, have an ...
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Is the proposed Brexit agreement contrary to the Human Rights Act?
Is the proposed Brexit agreement contrary to the Human Rights Act?
May's Brexit Deal as it is currently tabled, sees EU laws continue to apply in the UK, enforced by the Commission and Adjudicated by ...
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Is it illegal in the EU / in Germany to download a scientific e-book?
Suppose there's a scientific monograph I really want to read but don't want to buy. I find an e-book on some website (where it is accessible to the public without restrictions) and download it. I don'...
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What law forces cookie dialogs on websites?
The Web is now covered with poorly designed, intrusive and ineffective dialogs warning about cookies.
Presumably this is as a result of an EU directive. Which UK law enacts this directive?
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GDPR compliance for software that lets users store PII of other people
Most times you see GDPR it relates to the first party storing data about their users, customers, whatever. I'm a developer for some hosted software (SaaS if you will) that allows —as a very tangential ...
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What happens if you commit two murders in two different countries (not your own) and is apprehended in a third country?
What happens if you commit two murders in two different countries (not your own) and is apprehended in a third country?
How will the countries most likely come to an agreement, and how long might the ...
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Verifying the law around hosting an online crypto casino in the US
Can a site operator, resident in the USA in a state that doesn't allow online gambling, legally run an online casino site, provided that the site Terms And Services document states:
it is ...
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Counting UK Statutory Instruments implemented annually enacting EU legislation?
Is there a convenient way of determining the number of UK Statutory Instruments implemented annually as a direct result of EU legislation?
This page shows the totals, but I cannot see a way of ...
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Are all statutory instruments in the UK subordinate to an Act of Parliament?
Are all statutory instruments in the United Kingdom subordinate to an Act passed by Parliament?
If so, is the intention that the thrust of law is democratically accountable, but for expediency the ...
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Partially Paid by US entity under B1/B2 Visa or Visa waiver. Is it legal?
My EU employer is an affiliate company of a US company.
Whenever the EU company’s employees are required to travel to US (under B1/B2 visa or a Visa waiver program) for some meetings with some US ...
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Do French labor laws allow for the firing of employees for scheduling disagreements?
I'm doing research on the effect of highly restrictive working conditions on poverty. More specifically, I'm investigating how a number of low-skill, shift-work jobs in the United States, like fast ...
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Identity of the controller (GDPR): can any website now ever be anonymous?
No matter whether a website collects personal data or not, it seems that a privacy policy is required anyway, and such a policy should contain (citing article 13 of the GDPR, first paragraph):
(a) ...
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Secondary Battery Claim under ADR
I am working for a company that sells gardening / power tools powered by a Li-ION battery, the device not the offence. (3.6V 1S1P single cell up to 40V 10S2P).
When the customer (private person, John ...
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Can I register a company name in the US if there is another company in the EU with the same name?
I'd like to register a trademark here in the US for a company name (an IT consulting company) and there is another company in the EU (registered under WIPO) that has the same name but differing ...
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If I don't patent my invention, how closely can a competitor copy my product?
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I had an idea for how to make a certain product much better. I'm currently in the prototyping stage for a product based on that idea. That idea (the solution to the problem of improving ...
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Online purchase of a digital product locked away, are they legally required to provide the items?
I (European based) purchased multiple digital objects for an online game (US based) in 2014. In 2015, the account these objects were on was 'frozen'. (Reason stated at the time was cheating.) I quit ...
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Reclaim VAT after buying a car to be exported from Germany to outside EU
I'm a North African citizen living in an Scandinavian country (temporary residence permit - working grounds) and planning to buy a car from Germany to be exported to my home country (outside EU). I ...
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Is there a site that lists all EU members' Statutory Instruments for specific laws (like MLD4, UCITS etc.)
I'm new here and don't have a law background but my field (finance) often overlaps with legal aspects quite a bit.
I was hoping someone might be able to steer me in the direction of a good (free!) ...
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Copyright violation: Can a producer/film-maker file a lawsuit if one download a pirated version of their movie?
Recently, a company in Denmark called "Njord Law Firm" sent out about 25,000 penalty letters to Swedish citizens regarding downloading pirate movies from Piratebay, Popcorn time, or as such. They got ...
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Can a company charge a fee for erasure under GDPR?
Suppose a company has a mailing list to reach out to potential customers. They send both physical and electronic mail. One EU-based potential customer does not want to receive mail anymore and ...
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Employee intimidation
A relative of mine has worked at a small company for the past 10 years as a senior design engineer.
The MD (and owner) of the company asked him to go and spend the day with another employee filling ...
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Is a contract valid if one of the party doesn't even read it?
You might think someone must be stupid to sign a contract without even reading it. Yet I see it happen all the time, when contracts are just too long and there's no time to read stuff you suppose you ...
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Can a landlord refuse my request for rental because of my fluency in the local language
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I live in Czech Republic and during my search for a new flat, a landlord refused to rent me the flat because I am not fluent enough in the local language.
Is this a legitimate reason for ...
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The Ancillary Copyright in the European Union
On 12th September the European Parliament voted for an "Ancillary Copyright" (as well as Uploadfilters) for Press Publishers, which will hold even for smallest snippets of press publications:
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How can I ensure EU citizens can share my content?
I've been hearing things about the new Article 11 and Article 13 legislation which recently passed in the European parliament which regulate the ways that, for example, social media or news ...
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GDPR and personal data that gets crawled and ends up on other websites
Data controllers must delete the users' personal data if they are asked to do so, according to the GDPR, except in some cases that don't really apply here. But what if that personal data has ended up ...
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What is exactly a joint controller in GDPR? Examples
I am not sure I really understand the concept of "joint controllers" in GDPR, and I'd like to have some concrete examples, especially examples of joint controllers relating to the internet (websites, ...
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Can I legally publish a compilation of copyrighted material without licence? How?
I have bought a book A which contains much content, and a second book B which relies on some of that content. I took the time to compile only the content from A that is relevant for use with B into a ...
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Who is the Controller and who is the Processor if Company X hosts/embeds content of Company Y
Let's say we have two companies "WeServe" and "OurContent" and the following relationships, who is the Controller and who is the Processor or are they Joint Controllers (Art. 26 GDPR) or is there ...
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GDPR and hotlinked images: are they allowed?
By opening this question, you have automatically sent some data to some random website on the internet, the website hosting the above picture. What data? This is the data that is usually sent:
Your ...
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Does GDPR Prohibit Reading Unsolicited Emails?
I originally asked this question on Information Security and it was suggested it was a better fit over here.
I'm a member of the management committee of an allotment society in the UK. The committee ...
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How to fulfill the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in science
Suppose, a scientist is planning to publish a paper that is about an algorithm which analyzes Wikipedia articles. I'm wondering, if the European General Data Protection Regulation would be relevant in ...
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Under GDPR right of access, do I have the right to receive a copy of scoring sheets / evaluation forms after a structured job interview?
Under the GDPR right of access, what rights do I have to employer assessment of myself in the role of a job applicant after a structured job interview? Presumably, in a structured job interview ...
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Are non-guaranteed delivery service contacts legal? [EU]
I had a parcel shipped with a company (not courier itself). Delivery took over 10 days instead of 2 days. During the order below message was displayed.
Parcel delivery within 2 working days ...
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Will the UK keep EU legislation after Brexit?
I have found out recently that the reason why many of the delicious foods in America aren't being sold in the UK, or if they are being altered. It is because of the EU's laws on artificial colouring ...
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Is it legal for RyanAir to restrict free check-in to only 48h-2h before the flight?
Any legal basis for a complaint to a EU consumer defense organism about the new Ryan Air regulation restricting free on-line check-in window to only 48h-2h before the flight? It is clearly an abject ...
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Derogation for small companies in GDPR
Question What does Recital 13 in GDPR make exempt? refers to Article 30 on the technical definition on record keeping.
But I am interested in another aspect of this sentence:
To take account of ...
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What EU law regulates the service providers liabilities and responsibilities for user posted content?
This question is closely related to:
How do community websites and forums defend against copyright claims?, but it didn't exactly answer my question as my question is about servers based in Europe.
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what liabilities come with hosting a server?
what liabilities come with hosting a gaming server (minecraft like game) at home in germany, european union, assuming that no one hacks it?
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Facebook vs GDPR - Private Messages I sent to others will never be deleted/erased from Facebook servers
I asked this question to Facebook:
I would like to know how can I permanently delete private messages
from both sides of the conversation. For example, conversations I had
in the past with ...
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What are legal ways to get a persons address (Person living in Ireland, I'm living in The Netherlands)?
This is a follow-up to my previous question.
I filed for a European small claims procedure but the only address I had of that person, seems invalid. The people at the address in question claim they ...
