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In which European countries is illegal to publicly state an opinion that in the US would be protected by the first amendment?
Almost every European nation has a "hate speech" law that makes the use of offensive bigoted words of phrases illegal. The U.S. does not have any such laws, and the First Amendment makes ...
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At what point is uploading a movie with heavy compression not copyright infringement?
A few years ago, there was a trial in the USA about some short sound on some music CD:
One party claimed that one piece of music on the CD contained a sound of less than one second length which is ...
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In which European countries is illegal to publicly state an opinion that in the US would be protected by the first amendment?
The US believes it's exceptional about freedom of speech
It isn't; it's just different.
For example, a European employer may ban the hijab providing they ban all other visible signs of political, ...
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Why is place of birth shown on European driving licences?
Name and date of birth are not sufficiently unique to identify a person. While name, date of birth, and place of birth do not have to be unique, either, it reduces the number of false positives. Also, ...
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Is there a way to determine if an email address is personal information?
Treat all email addresses as if they are personal data.
All email addresses that belong to a specific person are personal data of that person, regardless of the specific form of the address.
If your ...
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Do I need to present a GDPR banner to IP addresses outside of GDPR regions?
Your VPN scenario is why you have to show the banner to everyone. If you somehow knew beyond any doubt that someone was not in the EU, then you would not have to show a banner, but because you can't ...
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In which European countries is illegal to publicly state an opinion that in the US would be protected by the first amendment?
Insulting opinions can be actionable defamation in the United Kingdom. In Berkoff v Burchill & Anor [1996], for instance, a reporter wrote that an actor in The Frankenstein Chronicles was "...
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In which European countries is illegal to publicly state an opinion that in the US would be protected by the first amendment?
A Norwegian woman, Christina Ellingsen, currently faces up to 3 years in prison for the following statement:
“Why [does] FRI teach young people that males can be lesbians? Isn’t
that conversion ...
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At what point is uploading a movie with heavy compression not copyright infringement?
Even squeezed down to a single pixel, the animation would still technically be a derivative of the original movie. However, using the movie in such a radically transformative manner would almost ...
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Law behind copying items multiple times
I'll ignore whether a recipe is actually a good example, but I assume you're asking how a person who owns the exclusive rights to copy a thing (copyright) or to use a thing (patent) can allow multiple ...
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Does copyright no longer apply if one cannot find the owner?
No, John may not lawfully publish such a book in such a way
What John wants to do is not lawful. It would infringe on the copyright on both the 1940 original, and on the 1955 translation. Both of ...
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Contract mentions an outdated law
When an EU regulation or directive is replaced, the successor law will generally clarify that references to the old law should be interpreted as references to the successor law. That is also the case ...
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What are some jurisdictions where a "no-strike clause" is illegal?
In germany, this is called Friedenspflicht. Both employers and employees (and their unions) are required to refrain from strikes and lockouts in disputes on issues which are covered by a currently ...
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Is it legal for google street view images to see in my house (EU)?
germany
In Germany, taking pictures - and publishing them - is legal, if they're taken from public areas, from the general perspective of a passer-by, and if the picture doesn't make individual ...
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Is there a way to determine if an email address is personal information?
As quarague correctly points out, you cannot reliably determine whether an email address is personal data. But since nearly all email addresses are personal data, you should treat all addresses in ...
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Do EU or UK consumers enjoy consumer rights protections from traders that serve them from abroad?
In theory, what Dale says. However, in practice:
Nope, and that's why the trader is in Timbuktu.
And I apologize profusely to the Malian people, I have every reason to think it is a fine country in ...
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Applicability of Data Protection Laws When Talking to a Lawyer
According to my knowledge I am not allowed to share other people's full name nor phone number nor email address without their permission.
That is not correct. According to GDPR Article 2:
This ...
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How could a nonprofit obtain consent to message relevant individuals at a company on LinkedIn under the ePrivacy Directive?
You seem to have a solid understanding of the ePrivacy implications, but lack a fundamental insight: your organization does not have a right to achieve its mission or a right to disseminate unwanted ...
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In which European countries is illegal to publicly state an opinion that in the US would be protected by the first amendment?
The Criminal Code of Czechia (Chapter X, section 365) provides that "whoever publically approves of a committed criminal offense [...] shall be sentenced to imprisonment for up to one year."
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Do I need to present a GDPR banner to IP addresses outside of GDPR regions?
The answer by user Someone is correct, the GDPR applies to data associated with anyone physically in the EU, UK, or other places with a GDPR law. The comment quoted in the question is incorrect on ...
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Can a website Demand acceptance of non-essential cookies to allow free access?
Your title is not necessarily consistent with your example.
Can a website demand acceptance of non-essential cookies to allow access?
As you have found, GDPR prohibits conditioning the provision of ...
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Why is place of birth shown on European driving licences?
The document 2003/0252 (COD) provides background discussion of rationale for an earlier version of the regulation. Two important considerations regarding the EU licensing scheme are underscored: the ...
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What are some jurisdictions where a "no-strike clause" is illegal?
france
Une convention ou un accord collectif ne peut pas limiter ou réglementer l'exercice du droit de grève.
A collective or bargaining agreement may not limit or restrict the exercise of the right ...
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In which European countries is illegal to publicly state an opinion that in the US would be protected by the first amendment?
In some European jurisdictions there are laws against or more strict than the USA about:
criminal proceedings, court reporting, reporting juror/jury interviews
defamation
threatening, abusive or ...
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In which European countries is illegal to publicly state an opinion that in the US would be protected by the first amendment?
I don't want to offer a full answer, but more of a framework for thinking about differences between EU and US law, particularly on areas of free speech.
In the U.S., freedom of speech is seen as an ...
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Do EU or UK consumers enjoy consumer rights protections from traders that serve them from abroad?
Yes
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to most contracts between traders and consumers that are subject to the jurisdiction of English and Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish courts. All this ...
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Can someone be prosecuted posthumously?
The Crown Prosecution Service has said:
Since deceased persons cannot be prosecuted, the Crown Prosecution Service will not make a charging decision in respect of a suspect who is deceased.
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Has Anker broken the GDPR since the eufy camera has stored photo data in AWS without notifying users?
The key issue here is the unauthorized collection of video thumbnails, not the use of cloud services.
Under GDPR, every personal data processing activity has one or more controllers who are ...
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What are some jurisdictions where a "no-strike clause" is illegal?
australia
Such a clause is unnecessary
Under the Fair Work Act which governs all Federal industrial relations (i.e. all those involving companies, the Federal government, and, for reasons, everyone in ...
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Is there a way to determine if an email address is personal information?
Email should be treated as personal data. There is no long or complicated answer here. Even if it has no names or anything, they can sometimes be traced back to a real person so they are personal data....
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