Google Beats Germany's Bid in EU Top Court to Regulate Gmail's Data Protection
The ruling means that Google and similar service providers will be able to avoid the vast range of data protection and security obligations that apply to telecommunications companies in Germany.
June 14, 2019 at 01:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
Google won an important and rare victory Thursday when the European Court of Justice ruled that its Gmail service should not be treated as a telecommunications service, dismissing arguments made by Germany's telecoms regulator.
The ruling means that Google will not be required to register Gmail as a telecoms service and will escape the vast range of data protection and security obligations that apply to telecommunications companies in Germany.
The decision is a victory for Google and other so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers that feared the burden of being treated the same way as telecommunications companies.
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