What does the ECJ Ryneš ruling mean for the Domestic Purpose exemption?
As expected the European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgement on the domestic purpose exemption followed the Advocate General’s reasoning (see my previous blog). The Court concluded that personal data collected from a public space by a home CCTV system (e.g. from the road outside the home) does not qualify for the domestic purpose exemption. This blog explores what I think this judgement means in practice (e.g. for householders, the insurance industry). In summary, like any other CCTV, “domestic” CCTV surveillance has now




