One of the key privacy protection issues in Israel is whether
and to what extent the activities of an Israeli company may be
subject to foreign privacy protection laws. This question has
become of critical importance since the enactment of the General
Data Protection Regulations in the European Union. These
regulations herald the implementation of a strict regime that
(according to the EU) also applies to foreign companies, even if
they have no presence in the territories of the EU.
Is it possible to find a legal argument to refute such an
application? Google recently filed a motion with a US court to
receive an injunction against a judgement handed down by the
Canadian Supreme Court, which ruled that Google must remove, on a
global basis, the search results for products that infringe on
copyrights. According to Google, such a judgement, which purports
to apply outside Canadian jurisdiction, contravenes US law and,
therefore, cannot be allowed.
