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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GDPR in numbers [on hold]
I am trying to make a short study for a university course and wanted to have some statistics of GDPR 6 months after its application now, such as: fines that have been applied (countries and sum, ...
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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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When is a a plant or subsystem in a plant a machine according to the machinery directive 2006/42/EC?
The directive 2006/42/EC applies to machinery. When is a system, consisting of many machines, a machine according to this directive?
An example for a system would be the heating system: Indicidual ...
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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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Is an EU company obliged to give their VAT number to a contractor for invoicing?
I am in an EU country 1 and a client is in a EU country 2. The client has refused to give their VAT number for my invoice, resulting in me being now obliged to pay the VAT from what I got from them ...
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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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GDPR and Publishing Usernames
GDPR states that usernames are personally identifiable information as they are tied to user accounts (i.e., there's a row of personally identifiable data in a database and the username is on that row, ...
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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 ...
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What are customer laws about clothes warranty in Germany?
I live in a Germany for half of year now, and it's relatively difficult to understand all local laws and regulation, especially if you don't speak German.
I bought new sneakers in the large retail ...
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Is it illegal to broadcast/stream music for non-commercial purposes?
I have a simple question that I haven't found any answer on, on the web.
I have a lot of purchase music on Google Play and I want to create a internet radio just for fun, for non-commercial purposes. ...
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GDPR which practice is compliant?
I have seen many ways of requiring user acceptance of their data usage on the internet. Which are conforming? Keep in mind I am talking just about the consent acquiring mechanism.
In order from the ...
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How to comply with CE marking regulation when importing into the EU/EEA?
I would like to import small electronic consumer products (e.g. Bluetooth speakers) from China and sell them in the EU or more specifically in the UK.
Who is responsible for the safety of the product ...
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Could a third party revive a dead trademark if another company has unlawfully been using it?
Suppose Company "A" registered the trademark "John Doe" with the EUIPO.
Company "A" has declared bankruptcy and been liquefied, but the trademark was retained by Company "A"'s founder.
During this ...
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Could the UK “sue the EU” in a way which affects the Brexit settlement?
It has been reported (for example here) that Donald Trump suggested the UK sue the EU as an alternative to negotiating Brexit. Many interpretations of these comments are possible and as the discussion ...
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Can I register a trademark after leaving a company in the UK?
I've been working on a new product for a company as a software developer (creating it from scratch). I've come up with a name for it as well which my manager didn't tell me to do but I decided to be ...
