Posts tagged #non-material damage
All PostsOGH: Joint and Several Liability of Online Shitstorm Posters
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has made it clear that those participating in an online shitstorm can expect to have to pay compensation for the whole of the damage caused. In the case at hand, the plaintiff is a po...
ECJ To Clarify Concept of Non-Material Damage under GDPR
European LawThe German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, hereinafter BGH) has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to answer questions on the right to an injunction under EU law and the concept of immaterial damage under the GDPR. The plaintiff w...
GER: No Compensation for Facebook Scraping Victims
Data Privacy LawFollowing the so-called Facebook scraping cases, there will be no compensation for Facebook users under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Germany (hereinafter OLG), although there was a bre...