Judgments
This webpage provides access to written judgments which were delivered in cases where the Data Protection Commissioner was a party to the proceedings, including a notice party. The judgments are arranged by year and by the Court which delivered the judgment. Judgments for 2015 and 2016 are now available. We will continue to add further judgments for 2014 and the preceding years over the coming period.
2018
High Court
- Litigation concerning Standard Contractual Clauses (continued from 2017)
- Savage v. Data Protection Commissioner and Google Ireland Ltd, 9 February 2018
- Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner and Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, 26 February 2018
- Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner and Price Waterhouse Coopers, 26 February 2018
- Nowak v Data Protection Commissioner, 12 July 2018
Workplace Relations Comission
2017
Court of Justice of the European Union
High Court
2016
Supreme Court
- Nowak v. Data Protection Commissioner - 28 April 2016 Read more
(Note: The Supreme Court made a reference to the Court of Justice of the EU arising out of this judgment. That reference is pending.)
High Court
- Martin v. Data Protection Commissioner - 10 August 2016 Read more
- Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Limited & Schrems
- Judgement of Justice McGovern - Amici applications 19 July 2016 (Note: This judgment was delivered in respect of the applications by various parties to be joined as amici curiae ("friends of the court") to these proceedings)
Circuit Court
- Savage v. Data Protection Commissioner & Google Ireland - 11 October 2016 Read more (PDF document)
(Note: This judgment was appealed to the High Court and judgment was delivered in that appeal in 2018 - see above)
2015
Court of Justice of the European Union
- Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner - 6 October 2015 Read more (PDF) Court of Justice of the European Union Website
Supreme Court
- Nowak v. Data Protection Commissioner - 22 October 2015 Read more
(Note: This was the judgment in the application for leave to appeal the judgment of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court).
High Court
- In the Matter of Mount Carmel Medical Group (South Dublin) Limited (In Liquidation) and in the Matter of the Companies Acts 1963 to 2012 - 7 July 2015 Read more
(Note: The Data Protection Commissioner was a notice party to these proceedings.)
Circuit Court
- Shatter v. Data Protection Commissioner - 21 January 2015 Read more