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February 2018 WILMap Updates

February 25, 2018

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Albertario Claudia c/ Yahoo Argentina y otro s/daños y perjuicios

Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Civil de la Capital Federal, Sala II [National Civil Court of Appeals, Buenos Aires Capital District], June 2, 2015
This case is one among numerous civil lawsuits brought against the search engines Google and Yahoo! by different ‘celebrities’ and well ‐ known public figures for violation of their honor

The Network Enforcement Act

Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz
Overview As of recently providers of social networks in Germany must comply with the so-called “ Network Enforcement Act ” formally known by the name “Act to Improve Enforcement of

John Boniface Maina v Safaricom Limited

High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, eKLR, Civil Suit No. 808 fo 2012,
The plaintiff, a musician, successfully sued the defendant, a mobile telecommunication company for breach of copyright. The defendant had introduced a caller back ring tone service where they distributed the

Plaintiff X v. Google

DPA Procedure (Expediente 012-2015-PTT)
This case in Peru is about reports associating the plaintiff to criminal procedures from which he has been acquitted. After an initial ruling of the Peruvian DPA (Dirección General de

SMS v. Google

RECURSO ESPECIAL Nº 1.593.873 - SP Superior Court of Justice. Fourth Panel
The SMS v. Google case illustrates the confusions surrounding the expression “right to be forgotten”. Brought against the search engine Google Brasil, the action required the delisting of images of

C. de P., M.G. y otros c/ Google Inc. y otro s/ medidas cautelares

Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Civil de la Capital Federal, Sala III [National Civil Court of Appeals, Buenos Aires Capital District], Cita Online: MJ-JU-M-97758-AR, March 11, 2016
The president of the Make a Wish Foundation in Argentina sought a preliminary injunction against Google for the removal of a defamatory blog post and other websites that republished it.

La Fortuna v. INAI

Expediente Auxiliar 355/2016
In Mexico, the data protection authority responsible both for the access to information and data protection (INAI – Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Informacion y Protección de Datos

Legislative Proposal, 942-S-2016

Intermediary Services on the Internet. Providers’ Responsibility Guidelines
This legislation would codify responsibility of intermediaries for content posted by users. It defines ISPs; access, interconnection, transmission and data addressing providers; automatic storage or cache services providers; hosting providers;

Legislative Proposal, 5771-D-2016

Intermediary Services on the Internet. Providers’ Responsibility Guidelines
Defines “intermediaries” as the ones that carry out or facilitate transactions between third parties on the Internet, whether they offer access to, hosting, transmission, or index content, products or services