The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has updated its Opinion on applicable law and has introduced a new ‘inextricable link’ test representing a new element to the existing ‘in the context of the activities of an establishment’ criteria. This updated Opinion follows the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) judgment in the case of Google Spain.

The update addresses the territorial scope of the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) (the Directive), and is particularly relevant to search engine providers.
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Back in May, we covered the European Union Court of Justice’s landmark ruling in the Google Spain case (‘CJEU Judgment’). Since then, much has been made in the media about the so-called “right to be forgotten”, and the various characters that have requested the removal of links relating to them. Now, the House of Lords