Sabados v Facebook Ireland [2019] WTLR 1361

Winter 2019 #177

The Claimant, who was a British citizen, was born in Bosnia but had lived in London since 1992. She formed a romantic relationship with a childhood friend called Mirza Krupalija (“Mirza”), following his divorce, which lasted six years until his death in March 2016. Their relationship was for the most part conducted at long distance, although they spent around seven weeks a year together in Bosnia. Mirza used a social media platform operated by the Defendant to post his music, photographs, poems and other personal data. According to the Claimant, some of the data on Mirza‘s Facebook page ...