A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EU

At a time when the European Union and its Member States are constantly adopting measures to combat serious crime and terrorism, particularly through the prism of data protection rules, the CJEU is acting as a bulwark by imposing compliance with strict conditions, thereby encroaching on national rule...

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Main Author: Catherine Forget
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-08-01
Series:German Law Journal
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832224000609/type/journal_article
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description At a time when the European Union and its Member States are constantly adopting measures to combat serious crime and terrorism, particularly through the prism of data protection rules, the CJEU is acting as a bulwark by imposing compliance with strict conditions, thereby encroaching on national rules of criminal procedure, which are initially the responsibility of the Member States. In this contribution, we will examine how and on what basis the Ligue des Droits Humains was able to get the CJEU to rule on the Passenger Name Records Directive, and to what extent this action was indeed “strategic.”
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spelling doaj-art-ad18a461712342e29a6726c1a07559dc2025-01-24T12:49:04ZengCambridge University PressGerman Law Journal2071-83222024-08-01251068107910.1017/glj.2024.60A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EUCatherine Forget0Lawyer (Brussels Bar), University of Saint-Louis Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumAt a time when the European Union and its Member States are constantly adopting measures to combat serious crime and terrorism, particularly through the prism of data protection rules, the CJEU is acting as a bulwark by imposing compliance with strict conditions, thereby encroaching on national rules of criminal procedure, which are initially the responsibility of the Member States. In this contribution, we will examine how and on what basis the Ligue des Droits Humains was able to get the CJEU to rule on the Passenger Name Records Directive, and to what extent this action was indeed “strategic.”https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832224000609/type/journal_articlePassenger Name Recordsprotection of personal datauntargeted and systematic surveillancealgorithms
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A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EU
German Law Journal
Passenger Name Records
protection of personal data
untargeted and systematic surveillance
algorithms
title A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EU
title_full A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EU
title_fullStr A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EU
title_full_unstemmed A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EU
title_short A Challenge to Systematic and Undifferentiated Data Collection Through Strategic Litigation: The Passenger Name Record Case (Ligue des Droits Humains) Before the Court of Justice of the EU
title_sort challenge to systematic and undifferentiated data collection through strategic litigation the passenger name record case ligue des droits humains before the court of justice of the eu
topic Passenger Name Records
protection of personal data
untargeted and systematic surveillance
algorithms
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