The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 324
Court of Justice of the European Union
“CV-Online Latvia” SIA v “Melons” SIA
(Case C‑762/19)
EU:C:2021:434
2020 Oct 22; 2021 Jan 14; June 3
President of Chamber E Regan,
Judges M Ilešič (Rapporteur), E Juhász, C Lycourgos, I Jarukaitis
Advocate General M Szpunar
Judges M Ilešič (Rapporteur), E Juhász, C Lycourgos, I Jarukaitis
Advocate General M Szpunar
Data Protection— Legal protection of databases— Right to prevent extraction or re-utilisation of contents— Maker’s database of job advertisements freely accessible on internet— Search engine indexing and copying maker’s database onto own server— Whether search engine “extracting” or “re-utilising” contents of maker’s database— Whether database maker having sui generis right to prevent extraction or re-utilising—
Parliament and Council Directive 96/9/EC, art 7(1), (2)