The Ballad of Google Spain

The judgement of the European Court of Justice in the case Google Spain from May 2014 has caused a very diverse and intense debate that is not finished by far. Though the ruling does not contain this, it has become known as the "right to be forgotten"-ruling, or #R2BF.

The best summary by far has been provided by Paul Bernal. The analysis is very much to the point, but even better: For the national poetry day yesterday, he wrote it in the form of a poem!

The Ballad of Google Spain

There was a case, called ‘Google Spain’
That caused us all no end of pain
Do we have a right to be forgotten?
Are Google’s profits a touch ill-gotten?

read the full poem

TTIP and TiSA: big pressure to trade away privacy

I have been asked by Statewatch before the summer to contribute to their collection of essays and analyses on transatlantic relations. I wrote an analysis of the pressure on European data protection and privacy rules, including strategic discourses and lobbying around it. It is based on the documents that are available so far.

The paper has finally been published in September, very timely after the end of the Brussels and Washington summer break.
TTIP and TiSA: big pressure to trade away privacy, Statewatch Analysis 257, September 2014