Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights having seat in Strasbourg.
ECtHR Factsheet
European Court of Human Rights, Factsheet on Personal Data Protection, April 2017
http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Data_ENG.pdf
Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights
Collection of personal data
General data
Cacuci and S.C. Virra & Cont Pad S.R.L. v. Romania, Application no. 27153/07, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 17 January 2017, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-170351
M.N. v. San Marino, Application no. 28005/12, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 7 July 2015, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=003-5127469-6327387
Zaichenko v. Ukraine (No 2), Application no. 45797/009, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 26 February 2015 , http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-152598
Copland v The United Kingdom, Application no. 62617/00, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 3 April 2007, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-73049
Specific types of data
-GPS data
Ben Faiza v. France, Application 31446/12, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 08 February 2018 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-180657
Uzun v Germany, Application no. 35623/05 Judgement of the Court (Fifth Section) of September 2010, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-100293
-Health data collection
Surikov v. Ukraine, Application no. 42788/06, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 26 January 2017 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-170462
A.N. v. Lithuania, Application no. 17280/08, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 31 May 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-163344
Radu v. Republic of Moldova, Apllication no. 50073/07, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 15 April 2014, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-142398
Zaichenko v. Ukraine (No 2), Application no. 45797/009, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 26 February 2015,http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-152598
L.H. v. Latvia, Application no. 52019/07, Judgement of the Court (Fourth Section) of 29 April 2014
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-142673
-Interception of communications and secret surveillance
Mustafa Sezgin Tanrıkulu v. Turkey, Application no. 27473/06, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 18 July 2017, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-175464
Bašić v. Croatia, Application no. 22251/13, Judgement of the Court (Second Section) of 25 October 2016 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-167801
D.L. v. Bulgarie, Application no. 7472/14, Judgement of the Court (Fifth Section) of 19 May 2016 (French) http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-162858
Šantare and Labazņikovs v. Latvia, Application no. 34148/07, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 31 March 2016 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161733
Szabó and Vissy v. Hungary, Application no. 37138/14, Judgement of the Court (Fourth Section) of 12 January 2016 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-160020
Roman Zakharov v. Russia, Application no. 47143/06, Judgement of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 04 December 2015 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-159324
R.E. v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 62498/11, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 27 October 2015 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-158159
Pruteanu v. Romania, Application no. 30181/05, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 3 February 2015 (available only in French) http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-150776
Dragojević v. Croatia, Application no. 68955/11, Judgment of the Court ( First Section) of 15 January 2015 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-150298
Söderman v. Sweden, Application no. 5786/08, Judgement of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 November 2013 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-128043
Youth Initiative for Human Rights v Serbia, Application no. 48135/06, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 25 June 2013, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-120955
Jarnea c. Roumanie, Application no. 41838/05, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 19 July 2011 (available in French) http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105705
Kennedy v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 26839/05, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 18 May 2010 http://echr.ketse.com/doc/26839.05-en-20100518/view/
Shimovolos v. Russia, Application no. 30194/09,Judgment of the Court ( First Section) of 21 June 2011 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105217
Copland v The United Kingdom, Application no. 62617/00, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 3 April 2007 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-73049
Wisse v. France, Application no. 71611/01, Judgement of the Court (Second Section) of 20 december 2005, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-71735
Taylor-Sabori v The United Kingdom, Application no. 47114/99, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 22 October 2002, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-60696
Amann v Switzerland, Application no. 27798/95, Judgment of the Court of 16 February 2000, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-58497
Kopp v. Switzerland, Application no. 13/1997/797/1000, Judgment of the Court of 25 March 1998,http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-58144
Kruslin v France, Application no. 11801/85, Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 24 April 1990, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-57626
Malone v The United Kingdom, Application no. 8691/79, Judgment of the Court (Court Plenary) of 2 August 1984, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-74021
Klass and others v Germany, Application no. 5029/71, Judgment of the Court (Court Plenary) of 6 September 1978, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-74993
- Voice samples
Vetter v. France, Application no. 59842/00, Judgement of the Court (Second Section) of 31 May 2005, (available in French only), http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-69188
P.G. and J.H. v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 44787/98, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 25 September 2001, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/44787.98-en-20010925/
- Video surveillance
Antovic and Mirkovic v. Montenegro, Application no. 70838/13, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 28 November 2017 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-178904
López Ribalda and Others v. Spain, Application no. 1874/13 8567/13, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 09 January 2018 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-179881
Köpke v. Germany, Application no. 420/07, Judgement of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 October 2010, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-101536
Peck v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 44647/98, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 28 January 2003, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-60898
Niemietz v Germany, Application no. 13710/88, Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 16 December 1992, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-661
- Employee's computer data
Barbulescu v. Romania, Application 61496/08, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 05 September 2017 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-177082
Libert v. France, Application no. 588/13, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 22 February 2018 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-181074
Storage and use of personal data
- In the context of attorney-client privilege.
Yuditskaya and Others v. Russia, Application n°5678/06, Judgment of the Court (First Section) of 12 February 2015, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-151037
- In the context of criminal justice
Dagregorio and Mosconi v. France, Application no. 65714/11, Decision of the Court (Fifth Section) of 30 May 2017 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-175036
Aycaguer v. France, Application no. 8806/12, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 22 January 2017 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-174441
Figueiredo Teixeira v. Andorra, Application no. 72384/14, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 8 November 2016 (French), http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-168366
Bašić v. Croatia, Application no. 22251/13, Judgement of the Court (Second Section) of 25 October 2016 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-167801
Šantare and Labazņikovs v. Latvia, Application no. 34148/07, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 31 March 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161733
Yuditskaya and Others v. Russia, Application n° 5678/06, Judgment of the Court (First Section) of 12 February 2015, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-151037
Brunet v France, Application no. 21010/10, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 18 September 2014, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-146519
M.K. v France, Application no. 19522/09, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 18 April 2013, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-119075
Peruzzo and Martens v. Germany, Applications nos. 7841/08 and 57900/12 decision on the admissibility of the Courth (Fifth Section) of 4 June 2013, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-121998
Dimitrov-Kazakov c. Bulgarie, Application no. 11379/03, Judgement of the Court (Fifth Section) of 10 February 2011, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-103258
Uzun v Germany, Application no. 35623/05 Judgement of the Court (Fifth Section) of September 2010, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-100293
B.B. c. France, Application no. 5335/06, Judgement of the Court (Fifth Section) of 17 December 2009, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-96361
S. and Marper v The United Kingdom, Applications nos. 30562/04 and 30566/04, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 December 2008, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-90051
Perry v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 63737/00, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 17 July 2003, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-61228
- Health data use and storage
Surikov v. Ukraine, Application no. 42788/06, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 26 January 2017, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-170462
Fürst-Pfeifer v. Austria, Applications nos. 33677/10 and 52340/10, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 17 May 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-162864
Y.Y. v. Russia, Application no. 40378/06, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 23 February 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161048
L.L. v. France, Application no. 7508/02, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 10 October 2006, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-77356
- Data for Social Insurance
Vukota-Bojić v. Switzerland, Application no. 61838/10, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 18 October 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-167490
- Storage in specific registers
Gardel v. France, Application no. 16428/05, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 17 December 2009 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-96369
M.B. c. France, Application no. 22115/06, Judgement of the Court (Fifth Section) of 17 December 2009 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-96363
Rotaru v. Romania, Application no. 28341/95, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 May 2000, http://www.hraction.org/wp-content/uploads/Rotaru_protiv_Rumunije.pdf
Leander v Sweden, Application no. 9248/81, Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 26 March 1987, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-57519
Disclosure of personal data
Grand Chamber judgment Satakunnan Markkinaporssi Oy and Satamedia Oy v. Finland, Application no. 931/13, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 27 June 2017 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=003-5767838-7331982
Matanovic v. Croatia, Application no. 2742/12, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 4 April 2017, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-172466
Fürst-Pfeifer v. Austria, Applications nos. 33677/10 and 52340/10, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 17 May 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-162864
Y.Y. v. Russia, Application no. 40378/06, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 23 February 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161048
Sõro v. Estonia, Application no. 22588/08, Judgment of the Court (First Section) of 3 September 2015, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-156518
Delfi AS v. Estonia, Application no. 64569/09, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 June 2015, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-155105
Radu v. Republic of Moldova, Application n° 50073/07, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 15 April 2014, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-142398
Avilkina and Others v. Russia, Application no. 1585/09, Judgment of the Court (First Section) of 6 June 2013, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-120071
M.M. v. the United Kingdom, Application n°. 24029/07, Judgement of the Court (Fourth Section) 13 November 2012, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-114517
Mosley v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 48009/08, Judgement of the Court (Fourth Section) of 10 May 2011, http://echr.ketse.com/doc/48009.08-en-20110510/view/
Armonienė v. Lithuania, Application no. 36919/02, Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 November 2008, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-89823
Biriuk v. Lithuania, Application no. 23373/03, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 25 November 2008, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-89827
Zakharov v Russia, Application no. 14881/03, Judgment of the Court (First Section) of 5 October 2006, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-159324
Panteleyenko v. Ukraine, Application no. 11901/02, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 29 June 2006, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-76114
Turek v. Slovakia, Application n°57986/00 , decision of admissibility of the Courth (Fourth Section), of 14.12.2004 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-67953
Von Hannover v. Germany, Application no. 59320/00, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 24 June 2004, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-61853
Peck v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 44647/98, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 28 January 2003, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-60898
M.S. v. Sweden, Application no. 74/1996/693/885 Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 27 August 1997 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng
Z. v Finland, Application no. 22009/93, Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 25 February 1997, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-58033
Access to personal data
Lindstrand Partners Advokatbyrå AB v. Sweden, Application no. 18700/09, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 20 December 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-169654
Magyar Helsinki Bizottság v. Hungary, Application no. 18030/11, Judgment of the Court(Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2016, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-167828
Roman Zakharov v. Russia, Application no. 47143/06), Judgement of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 04 December 2015 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-159324
Youth Initiative for Human Rights v Serbia, Application no. 48135/06, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 25 June 2013, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-120955
Case of Ahmet Yildrim v. Turkey, Application no. 3111/10, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 19 December 2012 (available in French only)
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-115401
Godelli v. Italy, Application no. 33783/09, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 25 September 2012, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-113460
Jarnea c. Roumanie, Application no. 41838/05, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 19 July 2011 (available in French only)
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105705
Gardel v. France, Application no. 16428/05, Judgment of the Court (Fifth Section) of 17 December 2009 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-96369
M.B. c. France, Application no. 22115/06, Judgement of the Court (Fifth Section) of 17 December 2009 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-96363
Haralambie c. Roumanie, Application no. 21737/03, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 27 October 2009 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-95302
K.H. and Others v. Slovakia, Application no. 32881/04, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 28 April 2009, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-83097
Segerstedt-Wiberg and Others v. Sweden, Application no. 62332/00, Judgment of the Court (Second Section) of 6 June 2006, (available in French only) http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-70493
Roche v. The United Kingdom, Application no. 32555/96, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 October 2005
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-22469
Turek v. Slovakia, Application n°57986/00, decision of admissibility of the Courth (Fourth Section), of 14 December 2004
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-67953
Odièvre v. France, Application no. 42326/98, Judgment of the Court of 13 February 2003 (available in French only) http://echr.ketse.com/doc/42326.98-fr-20011016/view/
Niemietz v Germany, Application no. 13710/88, Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 16 December 1992, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-661
Gaskin v The United Kingdom, Application no. 10454/83, Judgment of the Court (Court Plenary) of 7 July 1989, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-72424
Erasure or destruction of personal data
Pruteanu v. Romania, Application n°30181/05, Judgment of the Court (Third Section) of 3 February 2015 (available only in French)
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-150776
Khelili v. Switzerland, Application n° 16188/07, Judgment (Second Section) of 18.10.2011 (available only in French) http://echr.ketse.com/doc/16188.07-en-20111018/
Association 21 December 1989 v. Romania, Application no. 33810/07, Judgement of the Court (Third Section) of 24 May 2011, (available in French),
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-104865
Rotaru v. Romania, Application no. 28341/95, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 May 2000, http://www.hraction.org/wp-content/uploads/Rotaru_protiv_Rumunije.pdf
Chave née Jullien v. France, Application n° 14461/88, Decision of the Court (Court Plenary) of 09.07.1991 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng
Right to defence/ effective remedy
Cacuci and S.C. Virra & Cont Pad S.R.L. v. Romania, Application no. 27153/07, Judgment of the Court (Fourth Section) of 17 January 2017
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-170351
Niemietz v Germany, Application no. 13710/88, Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 16 December 1992, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-661
Airey v. Ireland, Application no. 6289/73, Judgment of the Court (Court Chamber) of 9 October 1979, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-74932