Type: Opinions of the Advocate General

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 07/13/2017

Subject: According to the Advocate general, company alleging that its personality rights have been infringed by the publication of information on the internet can take legal action in the Member State where it has its centre of interests for the entirety of the harm claimed. For internet defamation claims, where a company has its centre of interests is likely to be the place where its reputation was most strongly hit by the defamation

Parties: Bolagsupplysningen e Ilsjan

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 11 Freedom of information - Art. 17 Right to property

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