Data Privacy Day 2015 – What The Next 12 Months Might Bring

With today's date marking Data Privacy Day 2015, we look back on some of our top stories in the past year. We also glance forward to the coming 12 months and what they may hold for privacy law. It is important to point out that the last few years have unfolded to the backdrop of Edward Snowden's allegations of mass surveillance and data collection. This is reflected, in some sense, in the court decisions and stories arising in that period. 2014 has been no exception.

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The past year has seen a number of important decisions of Europe's highest court – the CJEU – on data protection and privacy issues. This is not least in ' Google Spain' or what has been termed the 'Right to be Forgotten' case. The hotly-debated decision of the CJEU has since set in train a number of important changes in how people may control their data appearing on search engine results. The decision has also been followed by regulatory guidance on how the new rules are to be