Brussels, 01/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - Data protection legislation of a member state may be applied to a foreign company which, through “stable arrangements”, exercises a “real and effective activity” in that state. If these conditions are not met, possible failures by the company must be dealt with under the national legislation of the state in which the company is headquartered.
That was the ruling delivered on Thursday 1 October (case C-230/14) by the Court of Justice of the EU,...