Scarlet: Balancing copyright and data protection under EU law (v3)

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CASE C-70/10, SCARLET EXTENDED SA V. SOCIETE BELGE DES AUTEURS, COMPOSITEURS ET EDITEURS SCRL (SABAM), 24.Nov.2011 (“SCARLET”)

Key points

Personal data: IP addresses are protected personal data because they allow the concerned users to be precisely identified. (¶ 51)

Necessity/proportionality…