Update 25 March 2019 See also Lydia Lundstedt’s paper on the same issues here. See also Max Schrems’ report on the courts at Vienna applying A79 here, and the excellent chapter by prof Hess on the troublesome matrix of jurisdictional rules in his gem of a book ‘The private-Public divide in international dispute resolution‘.
Many thanks to Julien Juret for asking me contribute to l’Observateur de Bruxelles, the review of the French Bar representation in Brussels (la Délégation des barreaux de France). I wrote this piece on the rather problematic implications of the GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, on jurisdictional grounds for invasion of privacy.
I conclude that the Commission’s introduction of Article 79 GDPR without much debate or justification, will lead to a patchwork of fora for infringement of personality rights. Not only will it take a while to settle the many complex issues which arise in their precise application. Their very existence arguably will distract from harmonised compliance of the GDPR rules.
I owe Julien and his colleagues the French translation (as well as their patience in my late delivery) for I wrote the piece initially in English. Readers who would like to receive a copy of that EN original, please just send me an e-mail. (Or try here, which if it works should have both the FR and the EN version).
Geert.
(Handbook of) EU Private International Law, 2nd ed. 2016, Chapter 2, Heading 2.2.8.2.5.
gavc law - geert van calster 
Dear Prof. Van Claster,
I’m writing a paper on the dame topic, could you please send me the English version of the article at the following e-mail address: ennio.piovesani@unito.it?
I thank you in advance.
EP