Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance) Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: May 24, 2016 Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 99 May 25, 2018 Deadline: Modified by Corrected by: Modifies Repeal: Implicit repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 June 2021. Facebook Ireland Ltd and Others v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 47 – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Cross-border processing of personal data – ‘One-stop shop’ mechanism – Sincere and effective cooperation between supervisory authorities – Competences and powers – Power to initiate or engage in legal proceedings. Case C-645/19. A63 A64 A58P5 A62 A66 A65 A67 A68 A57 A56P1 A60 A61 A55P1 Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 October 2019. Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v Planet49 GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 95/46/EC — Directive 2002/58/EC — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector — Cookies — Concept of consent of the data subject — Declaration of consent by means of a pre-ticked checkbox. Case C-673/17. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 January 2023. RW v Österreichische Post AG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 15(1)(c) – Data subject’s right of access to his or her data – Information about the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed – Restrictions. Case C-154/21. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 January 2019. Deutsche Post AG v Hauptzollamt Köln. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — The Union Customs Code — Article 39 — Status of authorised economic operator — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 — The second subparagraph of Article 24(1) — Applicant not a natural person — Questionnaire — Collection of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 6 and 7 — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Articles 5 and 6 — Processing of personal data. Case C-496/17. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2024. BL v MediaMarktSaturn Hagen-Iserlohn GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hagen. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Interpretation of Articles 5, 24, 32 and 82 – Assessment of the validity of Article 82 – Inadmissibility of the request for an assessment of validity – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing which infringes that regulation – Transmission of data to an unauthorised third party on account of an error made by the employees of the controller – Assessment of the appropriateness of the protective measures implemented by the controller – Compensatory function fulfilled by the right to compensation – Effect of the severity of the infringement – Whether necessary to establish the existence of damage caused by that infringement – Concept of ‘non-material damage’. Case C-687/21. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 January 2023. Criminal proceedings against V.S. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Article 4(1)(a) to (c) – Principles relating to processing of personal data – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6(a) – Clear distinction between personal data of different categories of data subjects – Article 8 – Lawfulness of processing – Article 10 – Transposition – Processing of biometric data and genetic data – Concept of ‘processing authorised by Member State law’ – Concept of ‘strictly necessary’ – Discretion – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8, 47, 48 and 52 – Right to effective judicial protection – Presumption of innocence – Limitation – Intentional criminal offence subject to public prosecution – Accused persons – Collection of photographic and dactyloscopic data in order for them to be entered in a record and taking of a biological sample for the purpose of creating a DNA profile – Procedure for enforcement of collection – Systematic nature of the collection. Case C-205/21. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2023. Nacionalinis visuomenės sveikatos centras prie Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijos v Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(2) and (7) – Concepts of ‘processing’ and ‘controller’ – Development of a mobile IT application – Article 26 – Joint control – Article 83 – Imposition of administrative fines – Conditions – Requirement that the infringement be intentional or negligent – Responsibility and liability of the controller for the processing of personal data carried out by a processor. Case C-683/21. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 January 2024. État belge v Autorité de protection des données. Request for a preliminary ruling from the cour d'appel de Bruxelles. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point 7 of Article 4 – Concept of ‘controller’ – Official journal of a Member State – Obligation to publish as they stand company documents prepared by companies or their legal representatives – Article 5(2) – Successive processing of the personal data contained in such documents by several separate persons or entities – Determination of responsibilities. Case C-231/22. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 March 2024. Budapest Főváros IV. Kerület Újpest Önkormányzat Polgármesteri Hivatala v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 58(2)(d) and (g) – Powers of the supervisory authority of a Member State – Article 17(1) – Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) – Erasure of unlawfully processed personal data – Power of the national supervisory authority to order the controller or processor to erase those data without a prior request from the data subject. Case C-46/23. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2023. OQ v Land Hessen. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 22 – Automated individual decision-making – Credit information agencies – Automated establishment of a probability value concerning the ability of a person to meet payment commitments in the future (‘scoring’) – Use of that probability value by third parties. Case C-634/21. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2020. Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8 and 47 — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Article 2(2) — Scope — Transfers of personal data to third countries for commercial purposes — Article 45 — Commission adequacy decision — Article 46 — Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards — Article 58 — Powers of the supervisory authorities — Processing of the data transferred by the public authorities of a third country for national security purposes — Assessment of the adequacy of the level of protection in the third country — Decision 2010/87/EU — Protective standard clauses on the transfer of personal data to third countries — Suitable safeguards provided by the data controller — Validity — Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 — Adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield — Validity — Complaint by a natural person whose data was transferred from the European Union to the United States. Case C-311/18. A46P2LC A02P1 A46P1 A45 A45P2 A46 A58P2LJ A02P2 A58P2LF Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 December 2023. VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to that processing – Article 24 – Accountability of the controller – Article 32 – Measures implemented to ensure security of processing – Assessment of the appropriateness of such measures – Scope of judicial review – Taking of evidence – Article 82 – Right to compensation and liability – Possible exemption from liability of the controller in the event of infringement by third parties – Claim for compensation for non-material damage based on fear of potential misuse of personal data. Case C-340/21. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 February 2023. ZS v Zweckverband 'Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Sachsen' KISA, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht. Case C-560/21. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2023. Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer beim Hessischen Kultusministerium v Minister des Hessischen Kultusministeriums. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 88(1) and (2) – Processing of data in the employment context – Regional school system – Teaching by videoconference as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – Implementation without the express consent of the teachers. Case C-34/21. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 July 2023. Meta Platforms Inc and Others v Bundeskartellamt. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Social networks – Abuse of a dominant position by the operator of such a network – Abuse which entails the processing of the personal data of the users of that network as provided for in its general terms of use – Powers of a competition authority of a Member State to find that processing is not consistent with that regulation – Reconciliation with the powers of the national data protection supervisory authorities – Article 4(3) TEU – Principle of sincere cooperation – Points (a) to (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation 2016/679 – Whether the processing is lawful – Article 9(1) and (2) – Processing of special categories of personal data – Article 4(11) – Concept of ‘consent’. Case C-252/21. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2023. UF and AB v Land Hessen. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(a) – Principle of ‘lawfulness’ – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Necessity of processing for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party – Article 17(1)(d) – Right to erasure where personal data have been unlawfully processed – Article 40 – Codes of conduct – Article 78(1) – Right to an effective judicial remedy against a supervisory authority – Decision taken by the supervisory authority on a complaint – Scope of judicial review of that decision – Credit information agencies – Storage of data from a public register relating to the discharge of remaining debts in favour of a person – Storage period. Joined Cases C-26/22 and C-64/22. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 May 2023. UI v Österreichische Post AG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82(1) – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing that infringes that regulation – Conditions governing the right to compensation – Mere infringement of that regulation not sufficient – Need for damage caused by that infringement – Compensation for non-material damage resulting from such processing – Incompatibility of a national rule making compensation for such damage subject to the exceeding of a threshold of seriousness – Rules for the determination of damages by national courts. Case C-300/21. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022. Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 80 – Representation of the data subjects by a not-for-profit association – Representative action brought by a consumer protection association in the absence of a mandate and independently of the infringement of specific rights of a data subject – Action based on the prohibition of unfair commercial practices, the infringement of a consumer protection law or the prohibition of the use of invalid general terms and conditions. Case C-319/20. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 November 2020. Orange Romania SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 95/46/EC – Article 2(h) and Article 7(a) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(11) and Article 6(1)(a) – Processing of personal data and protection of private life 20220737 – Collection and storage of the copies of identity documents by a provider of mobile telecommunications services – Concept of the data subject’s ‘consent’ – Freely given, specific and informed indication of wishes – Declaration of consent by means of a tick box – Signing of the contract by the data subject – Burden of proof. Case C-61/19. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 June 2022. Ligue des droits humains ASBL v Conseil des ministres. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Passenger Name Record (PNR) data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(d) – Scope – Directive (EU) 2016/681 – Use of PNR data of air passengers of flights operated between the European Union and third countries – Power to include data of air passengers of flights operated within the European Union – Automated processing of those data – Retention period – Fight against terrorist offences and serious crime – Validity – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 21 as well as Article 52(1) – National legislation extending the application of the PNR system to other transport operations within the European Union – Freedom of movement within the European Union – Charter of Fundamental Rights – Article 45. Case C-817/19. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2022. Proximus NV v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 12 – Public telephone directories and directory enquiry services – Subscriber’s consent – Obligations of the provider of directories and of directory enquiry services – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 17 – Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) – Article 5(2) – Article 24 – Information obligations and responsibility of the controller. Case C-129/21. A04PT11 A05P2 A17 A17P2 A24 A95 Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2022. Leistritz AG v LH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Second sentence of Article 38(3) – Data protection officer – Prohibition of the dismissal, by a controller or processor, of a data protection officer or of the imposition, by a controller or processor, of a penalty on him or her for performing his or her tasks – Legal basis – Article 16 TFEU – Requirement of functional independence – National legislation prohibiting the termination of a data protection officer’s employment contract without just cause. Case C-534/20. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022. SIA 'SS' v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa. Case C-175/20. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 June 2021. Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous provision for uploading pieces of that file – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 3(2) – Misuse of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 4 – Persons entitled to apply for the application of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 8 – Right of information – Article 13 – Concept of ‘prejudice’ – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Lawfulness of processing – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Legislative measures to restrict the scope of the rights and obligations – Fundamental rights – Articles 7 and 8, Article 17(2) and the first paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Case C-597/19. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 December 2023. VX and AT v Gemeinde Ummendorf. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82 – Right to compensation and liability – Concept of ‘non-material damage’ – Online publication of the agenda for a municipal council meeting containing personal data – Publication without the consent of the data subjects – Claim of those data subjects seeking compensation for non-material damage. Case C-456/22. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 October 2022. Digi Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(b) and (e) – Principle of ‘purpose limitation’ – Principle of ‘storage limitation’ – Creation, from an existing database, of a database to carry out tests and correct errors – Further processing of the data – Compatibility of the further processing of those data with the purposes of the initial collection – Retention period in the light of those purposes. Case C-77/21. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 May 2023. UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Controllership – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Electronic file compiled by an administrative authority relating to an asylum application – Transmission to the competent national court via an electronic mailbox – Infringement of Articles 26 and 30 – No arrangement determining joint responsibility for processing and maintaining the record of processing activities – Consequences – Article 17(1) – Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) – Article 18(1) – Right to restriction of processing – Concept of ‘unlawful processing’ – Taking into account of the electronic file by a national court – Absence of consent of the data subject. Case C-60/22. A30 A18P1LB A17P1LD A05P2 A05P1LA A06P1L1 A26 Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2023. Norra Stockholm Bygg AB v Per Nycander AB. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(3) and (4) – Lawfulness of processing – Production of a document containing personal data in civil court proceedings – Article 23(1)(f) and (j) – Protection of judicial independence and judicial proceedings – Enforcement of civil law claims – Requirements to be complied with – Having regard to the interests of the data subjects – Balancing of the opposing interests involved – Article 5 – Minimisation of personal data – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 7 – Right to respect for private life – Article 8 – Right to protection of personal data – Article 47 – Right to effective judicial protection – Principle of proportionality. Case C-268/21. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2023. F.F. v Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde and CRIF GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Data subject’s right of access to his or her data undergoing processing – Article 15(3) – Provision of a copy of the data – Concept of ‘copy’ – Concept of ‘information’. Case C-487/21. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 January 2024. Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde v WK. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Article 16 TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(a) – Scope – Exclusions – Activities which fall outside the scope of Union law – Article 4(2) TEU – Activities concerning national security – Committee of inquiry set up by the parliament of a Member State – Article 23(1)(a) and (h), Articles 51 and 55 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Competence of the supervisory authority responsible for data protection – Article 77 – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority – Direct effect. Case C-33/22. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 March 2024. IAB Europe v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Standard-setting sectoral organisation proposing to its members rules on the processing of users’ consent – Article 4(1) – Concept of ‘personal data’ – String of letters and characters capturing, in a structured and machine-readable manner, the preferences of an internet user relating to the consent of that user to the processing of his or her personal data – Article 4(7) – Concept of ‘controller’ – Article 26(1) – Concept of ‘joint controllers’ – Organisation which does not itself have access to the personal data processed by its members – Responsibility of the organisation extending to the subsequent processing of data carried out by third parties. Case C-604/22. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 January 2023. BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 77 to 79 – Remedies – Parallel exercise – Relationship – Procedural autonomy – Effectiveness of the protection rules established by that regulation – Consistent and homogeneous application of those rules throughout the European Union – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Case C-132/21. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2023. Proceedings brought by J.M. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Itä-Suomen hallinto-oikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 4 and 15 – Scope of the right of access to information referred to in Article 15 – Information contained in log data – Article 4 – Definition of ‘personal data’ – Definition of ‘recipients’ – Temporal application. Case C-579/21. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 July 2020. VQ v Land Hessen. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ — Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Scope — Article 2(2)(a) — Meaning of ‘activity which falls outside the scope of Union law’ — Article 4(7) — Concept of ‘controller’ — Petitions Committee of the parliament of a Federated State of a Member State — Article 15 — Right of access by the data subject. Case C-272/19. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 April 2024. GP v juris GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82 – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing that infringes that regulation – Concept of ‘non-material damage’ – Impact of the seriousness of the damage suffered – Liability of the controller – Possible exemption in the event of default of a person acting under his or her authority within the meaning of Article 29 – Assessment of the amount of compensation – Inapplicability of the criteria laid down for administrative fines in Article 83 – Assessment in the event of multiple infringements of that regulation. Case C-741/21. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 August 2022. OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 52(1) – Directive 95/46/EC – Article 7(c) – Article 8(1) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 6(3) – Article 9(1) – Processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject – Objective of public interest – Proportionality – Processing of special categories of personal data – National legislation requiring publication on the internet of data contained in the declarations of private interests of natural persons working in the public service or of heads of associations or establishments receiving public funds – Prevention of conflicts of interest and of corruption in the public sector. Case C-184/20. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 October 2022. Komisia za zashtita na lichnite danni and Tsentralna izbiratelna komisia v Koalitsia „Demokratichna Bulgaria - Obedinenie“. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Scope – Article 2(2)(a) – Concept of ‘activity which falls outside the scope of Union law’ – National and European elections – Article 6(1)(e) – Lawfulness of processing – Article 58 – Measure adopted by the supervisory authorities which limits or, where appropriate, prohibits the video recording of the vote count at polling stations. Case C-306/21. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 June 2021. Proceedings brought by B. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 5, 6 and 10 – National legislation providing for public access to personal data relating to penalty points imposed for road traffic offences – Lawfulness – Concept of ‘personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences’ – Disclosure for the purpose of improving road safety – Right of public access to official documents – Freedom of information – Reconciliation with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data – Re-use of data – Article 267 TFEU – Temporal effect of a preliminary ruling – Ability of a constitutional court of a Member State to maintain the legal effects of national legislation incompatible with EU law – Principles of primacy of EU law and of legal certainty. Case C-439/19. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2023. Deutsche Wohnen SE v Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(7) – Concept of ‘controller’ – Article 58(2) – Powers of supervisory authorities to apply corrective measures – Article 83 – Imposition of administrative fines on a legal person – Conditions – Discretion of the Member States – Requirement that the infringement be intentional or negligent. Case C-807/21. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 February 2023. X-FAB Dresden GmbH & Co. KG v FC. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 38(3) – Data protection officer – Prohibition on dismissing data protection officer for performing his or her tasks – Requirement for functional independence – National legislation prohibiting the dismissal of a data protection officer without just cause – Article 38(6) – Conflict of interests – Criteria. Case C-453/21. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 December 2022. VS v Inspektor v Inspektorata kam Visshia sadeben savet. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad - Blagoevgrad. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 2, 4 and 6 – Applicability of Regulation 2016/679 – Concept of ‘legitimate interest’ – Concept of ‘task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority’ – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Articles 1, 3, 4, 6 and 9 – Lawfulness of the processing of personal data collected in the course of a criminal investigation – Subsequent processing of data relating to a presumed victim of a criminal offence for the purpose of making a formal accusation in respect of him or her – Concept of purpose ‘other than that for which the personal data are collected’ – Data used by the public prosecutor’s office of a Member State for the purposes of its defence in an action for damages against the State. Case C-180/21. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 March 2024. Endemol Shine Finland Oy. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 2, 4, 6, 10 and 86 – Data held by a court relating to the criminal convictions of a natural person – Oral disclosure of such data to a commercial company on account of a competition organised by that company – Concept of ‘processing of personal data’ – National legislation governing access to those data – Reconciliation between the right of public access to official documents and the protection of personal data. Case C-740/22. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023. ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(1) – Conditions for lawful processing – Article 9(1) to (3) – Processing of special categories of data – Data concerning health – Assessment of an employee’s working capacity – Health insurance medical service processing data concerning the health of its own employees – Conditions for such processing and whether permissible – Article 82(1) – Right to compensation and liability – Compensation for non-material damage – Compensatory function – Impact of negligence on the part of the data controller. Case C-667/21. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 March 2022. X and Z v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Midden-Nederland. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Competence of the supervisory authority – Article 55(3) – Processing operations of courts acting in their judicial capacity – Concept – Making available to a journalist of documents arising from court proceedings containing personal data. Case C-245/20. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 December 2022. TU and RE v Google LLC. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Directive 95/46/EC – Article 12(b) – Point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 14 – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 17(3)(a) – Operator of an internet search engine – Research carried out on the basis of a person’s name – Displaying a link to articles containing allegedly inaccurate information in the list of search results – Displaying, in the form of thumbnails, photographs illustrating those articles in the list of results of an image search – Request for de-referencing made to the operator of the search engine – Weighing-up of fundamental rights – Articles 7, 8, 11 and 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Obligations and responsibilities of the operator of the search engine in respect of processing a request for de-referencing – Burden of proof on the person requesting de-referencing. Case C-460/20. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 October 2023. FT v DW. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 12, 15 and 23 – Data subject’s right of access to his or her data undergoing processing – Right to obtain a first copy of those data free of charge – Processing of a patient’s data by his or her medical practitioner – Medical records – Reasons for the request for access – Use of data for the purpose of triggering the liability of the person providing treatment – Concept of ‘copy’. Case C-307/22. Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 October 2023. RK v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(2) – Concept of ‘processing’ of personal data – Mobile application – Verification of the validity of ‘EU Digital COVID Certificates’ issued pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/953. Case C-659/22. Case C-620/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 20 August 2019 — Land Nordrhein-Westfalen v D.-H. T., acting as insolvency administrator in relation to the assets of J & S Service UG (limited liability) article 23 paragraph 1 point (e) article 23 paragraph 1 point (j) article 15 Case C-667/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 8 November 2021 — ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, a body governed by public law article 6 paragraph 1 article 9 paragraph 1 article 82 paragraph 1 article 9 paragraph 2 point (h) article 9 paragraph 3 Case C-659/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 20 October 2022 — RK v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví article 4 point 2 article 2 paragraph 1 Case C-687/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hagen (Germany) lodged on 16 November 2021 — BL v Saturn Electro-Handelsgesellschaft mbH Hagen article 24 article 4 point 7 article 6 paragraph 1 article 82 article 2 paragraph 1 article 5 paragraph 1 point (f) article 32 paragraph 2 article 32 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-461/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hannover (Germany) lodged on 12 July 2022 — MK v WB article 4 point 7 article 15 Case C-563/23, Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 12 September 2023 — Teritorialna direktsia na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite — Sofia article 79 paragraph 1 article 32 paragraph 1 point (b) article 57 paragraph 1 point (a) article 58 paragraph 2 point (d) article 4 point 7 article 51 article 51 paragraph 1 Case C-180/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) lodged on 23 March 2021 — VS v Inspektor v Inspektorata kam Visshia sadeben savet article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) Case C-189/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 11 March 2022 — SO v Scalable Capital GmbH Case C-182/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 10 March 2022 — JU v Scalable Capital GmbH Case C-184/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 28 April 2020 — OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija article 6 paragraph 1 point (e) article 9 paragraph 2 point (g) article 6 paragraph 3 article 9 paragraph 1 Case C-394/23, Mousse: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 28 June 2023 — Association Mousse v Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), SNCF Connect article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) article 21 article 6 paragraph 1 point (b) article 5 paragraph 1 point (c) Case C-65/23, K GmbH: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 8 February 2023 — MK v K GmbH article 6 paragraph 1 article 9 paragraph 2 article 88 paragraph 2 article 82 paragraph 1 article 5 article 88 paragraph 1 article 9 paragraph 1 Case C-456/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 8 July 2022 — VX and AT v Gemeinde Ummendorf Case C-21/23, Lindenapotheke: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 19 January 2023 — ND v DR chapter VIII article 9 paragraph 1 Case C-740/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Itä-Suomen hovioikeus (Finland) lodged on 2 December 2022 — Endemol Shine Finland Oy article 86 article 4 point 2 article 2 paragraph 1 Case C-460/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 24 September 2020 — TU, RE v Google LLC article 17 paragraph 3 point (a) Case C-683/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 12 November 2021 — Nacionalinis visuomenės sveikatos centras prie Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijos v Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija article 4 point 7 article 4 point 2 article 83 paragraph 1 article 26 paragraph 1 Case C-245/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the rechtbank Midden-Nederland (Netherlands) lodged on 29 May 2020 — X, Z v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens Case C-319/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 11 May 2022 — Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel eV v Scania CV AB article 6 paragraph 1 point (c) article 4 point 7 Case C-61/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 1 February 2022 — RL v Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden Case C-34/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 20 January 2021 — Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer beim Hessischen Kultusministerium article 88 paragraph 2 article 88 paragraph 1 Case C-33/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 14 January 2022 — Datenschutzbehörde (Austria) article 51 paragraph 1 article 55 paragraph 1 recital 16 article 77 paragraph 1 article 2 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-604/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 19 September 2022 — IAB Europe v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit; Other parties: TR and Others article 4 paragraph 7 article 24 paragraph 1 article 4 paragraph 1 Case C-268/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 23 April 2021 — Norra Stockholm Bygg AB v Per Nycander AB article 6 paragraph 3 article 6 paragraph 4 Case C-200/23, Agentsia po vpisvaniyata: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 28 March 2023 — Agentsia po vpisvaniyata v OL recital 50 article 4 paragraph 1 recital 43 article 82 paragraph 1 article 17 recital 32 recital 40 article 82 paragraph 3 article 58 paragraph 3 point (b) recital 42 article 6 paragraph 1 point (e) Case C-169/23, Másdi: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria (Hungary) lodged on 17 March 2023 — Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC article 14 paragraph 1 article 32 recital 62 article 77 paragraph 1 article 14 paragraph 5 point (c) Case C-209/23, RRC Sports: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Mainz (Germany) lodged on 31 March 2023 — FT and RRC Sports GmbH v Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Case C-597/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 6 August 2019 — M.I.C.M. Mircom International Content Management & Consulting Limited v Telenet BVBA article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) Case C-560/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 13 September 2021 — ZS v Zweckverband ‘Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Sachsen’ KISA, a body governed by public law article 38 paragraph 3 sentence 2 Case C-807/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht (Germany) lodged on 21 December 2021 — Deutsche Wohnen SE v Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin article 83 paragraph 4 article 83 paragraph 5 article 83 paragraph 6 Case C-307/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 10 May 2022 — FT v DW article 23 paragraph 1 point (i) article 12 paragraph 5 article 15 paragraph 3 sentence 1 recital 63 sentence 1 Case C-77/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 8 February 2021 — Digi Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság article 5 paragraph 1 point (b) article 5 paragraph 1 point (e) Case C-534/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 21 October 2020 — Leistritz AG v LH article 37 paragraph 1 article 38 paragraph 3 sentence 2 Case C-46/23, Újpesti Polgármesteri Hivatal: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 31 January 2023 — Budapest Főváros IV. Kerület Újpest Önkormányzat Polgármesteri Hivatala v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság article 58 paragraph 2 point (c) article 58 paragraph 2 point (g) article 17 paragraph 1 article 58 paragraph 2 point (d) Case C-60/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 1 February 2022 — UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland article 18 paragraph 1 point (b) article 26 article 17 paragraph 1 point (d) article 30 article 5 Case C-252/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 22 April 2021 — Facebook Inc. and Others v Bundeskartellamt article 9 paragraph 1 article 4 point 11 article 6 paragraph 1 point (d) article 9 paragraph 2 point (e) article 6 paragraph 1 point (a) article 51 article 56 paragraph 1 article 6 paragraph 1 point (c) article 6 paragraph 1 point (e) article 9 paragraph 2 point (a) article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) article 6 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-741/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken (Germany) lodged on 1 December 2021 — GP v juris GmbH article 83 paragraph 5 article 83 article 82 paragraph 3 article 29 recital 146 article 82 paragraph 1 recital 85 article 83 paragraph 2 Case C-231/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 1 April 2022 — État belge v Autorité de protection des données article 5 paragraph 2 article 4 point 7 Case C-215/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 19 May 2020 — JV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland Case C-492/23, Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 3 August 2023 — X v Russmedia Digital SRL, Inform Media Press SRL article 5 paragraph 1 point (f) article 6 paragraph 1 point (a) article 4 point 11 article 25 article 7 article 2 paragraph 4 article 24 article 4 point 7 article 5 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-693/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy dla m.st. Warszawy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 10 November 2022 — I. sp. z o.o. v M.W. article 6 paragraph 1 point (e) article 6 paragraph 3 article 6 paragraph 1 point (c) article 5 paragraph 1 point (a) article 6 paragraph 1 point (a) Case C-416/23, Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 6 July 2023 — Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde article 57 paragraph 4 article 77 paragraph 1 Case C-701/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 22 December 2020 — Avis Autovermietung Gesellschaft mbH v Verein für Konsumenteninformation article 80 paragraph 1 article 84 paragraph 1 chapter VIII article 80 paragraph 2 Case C-272/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 1 April 2019 — VQ v Land Hesse article 4 paragraph 7 article 15 Case C-300/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 12 May 2021 — UI v Österreichische Post AG Case C-757/22, Meta Platforms Ireland: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 15 December 2022 — Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. article 13 paragraph 1 point (e) article 12 paragraph 1 sentence 1 article 13 paragraph 1 point (c) article 80 paragraph 2 Case C-306/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 12 May 2021 — Komisia za zashtita na lichnite danni, Tsentralna izbiratelna komisia v Koalitsia ‘Demokratichna Bulgaria — Оbedinenie’ article 6 paragraph 1 point (e) recital 129 article 2 paragraph 2 recital 4 Case C-439/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 11 June 2019 — B v Latvijas Republikas Saeima article 5 paragraph 1 point (b) recital 50 recital 154 article 10 article 5 paragraph 1 point (f) Case C-487/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Austria) lodged on 9 August 2021 — F.F. article 15 paragraph 3 sentence 1 article 15 paragraph 1 point (c) article 12 paragraph 1 article 15 paragraph 1 point (d) article 15 paragraph 1 point (f) article 15 paragraph 3 article 15 paragraph 3 sentence 3 article 15 paragraph 1 point (h) article 15 paragraph 1 point (a) article 15 paragraph 1 point (b) article 15 paragraph 1 article 15 paragraph 1 point (e) article 15 paragraph 1 point (g) Case C-175/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa (Latvia) lodged on 14 April 2020 — SIA SS v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests Case C-552/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 7 September 2021 — FT v Land Hesse article 6 paragraph 1 unnumbered paragraph 1 point (f) article 77 paragraph 1 article 17 paragraph 1 point (d) article 78 paragraph 1 article 58 article 40 Case C-645/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 30 August 2019 — Facebook Ireland Limited, Facebook Inc., Facebook Belgium BVBA v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit article 61 article 60 article 66 article 58 article 63 article 56 article 58 paragraph 5 article 64 article 57 article 62 article 65 article 55 paragraph 1 Case C-129/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 2 March 2021 — Proximus NV v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit article 7 article 6 article 5 paragraph 2 article 95 article 24 article 17 paragraph 2 article 17 Case C-520/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium) lodged on 2 August 2018 — Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone, Académie Fiscale ASBL, UA, Liga voor Mensenrechten ASBL, Ligue des Droits de l’Homme ASBL, VZ, WY, XX v Conseil des ministres Case C-383/23, ILVA: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vestre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 21 June 2023 — Anklagemyndigheden v ILVA A/S recital 150 article 83 paragraph 6 article 83 paragraph 4 Case C-672/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Germany) lodged on 27 October 2022 — BZ v DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG article 12 paragraph 5 article 4 point 1 article 15 paragraph 3 sentence 1 Case C-422/24, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 17 June 2024 – Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten v AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik Case C-316/23, Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 23 May 2023 — Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet article 51 article 33 paragraph 3 point (d) article 4 point 7 article 79 paragraph 1 article 32 paragraph 1 point (b) article 57 paragraph 1 point (a) article 2 paragraph 2 point (a) Case C-340/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 2 June 2021 — VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite recital 74 article 5 paragraph 2 recital 146 article 82 paragraph 3 article 82 paragraph 2 article 4 point 12 recital 85 article 82 paragraph 1 article 24 article 24 article 32 Case C-332/23, Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 25 May 2023 — Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet article 33 paragraph 3 point (d) article 57 paragraph 1 point (a) article 79 paragraph 1 article 32 paragraph 1 point (b) article 2 paragraph 2 point (a) article 51 article 4 point 7 Case C-205/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 31 March 2021 — Criminal proceedings against V. S. Case C-199/24, Garrapatica: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Attunda tingsrätt (Sweden) lodged on 13 March 2024 – ND v Garrapatica AB article 85 paragraph 1 article 85 paragraph 2 Case C-247/23, Deldits: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 18 April 2023 — VP v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság article 16 article 5 paragraph 1 point (d) Case C-203/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wien (Austria) lodged on 16 March 2022 — CK article 22 article 15 paragraph 1 point (h) article 15 paragraph 4 article 22 paragraph 3 article 15 paragraph 1 Case C-446/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 20 July 2021 — Maximilian Schrems v Facebook Ireland Ltd article 7 article 6 paragraph 1 point (a) article 6 paragraph 1 point (b) article 5 paragraph 1 point (c) article 9 paragraph 2 point (e) article 9 paragraph 1 Case C-634/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 15 October 2021 — OQ v Land Hesse article 22 paragraph 1 article 22 article 6 paragraph 1 Case C-312/24, Darashev: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 29 April 2024 – CL v Prokuratura na Republika Balgaria article 4 point 2 article 17 paragraph 1 point (d) article 17 paragraph 1 point (a) article 9 paragraph 2 point (b) article 4 point 6 article 2 paragraph 1 Case C-638/23, Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshofs (Austria) lodged on 24 October 2023 — Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung Case C-817/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium) lodged on 31 October 2019 — Ligue des droits humains v Conseil des ministres article 2 paragraph 2 point (d) article 23 Case C-601/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’arrondissement (Luxembourg) lodged on 13 November 2020 — SOVIM SA v Luxembourg Business Registers article 25 paragraph 2 article 5 paragraph 1 point (a) article 46 article 45 article 47 article 50 article 44 article 5 paragraph 1 point (c) article 49 article 5 paragraph 1 point (f) article 5 paragraph 1 point (b) article 48 Case C-64/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 2 February 2022 — AB v Land Hesse article 77 paragraph 1 article 17 paragraph 1 point (d) article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) article 58 article 78 paragraph 1 article 40 Case C-115/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängige Schiedskommission Wien (Austria) lodged on 17 February 2022 — E.N. article 10 article 5 paragraph 1 point (a) article 5 paragraph 1 point (c) article 6 paragraph 3 unnumbered paragraph 2 article 9 Case C-26/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 11 January 2022 — UF v Land Hesse article 17 paragraph 1 paragraph (d) article 40 article 77 paragraph 1 article 58 article 78 paragraph 1 article 6 paragraph 1 paragraph (f) Case C-17/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 7 January 2022 — HTB Neunte Immobilien Portfolio geschlossene Investment UG & Co. KG v Müller Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH article 6 paragraph 1 point (b) article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) Case C-18/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 7 January 2022 — Ökorenta Neue Energien Ökostabil IV geschlossene Investment GmbH & Co. KG v WealthCap Photovoltaik 1 GmbH Co. KG, WealthCap PEIA Komplementär GmbH, WealthCap Investorenbetreuung GmbH article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) article 6 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-453/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 21 July 2021 — X-FAB Dresden GmbH & Co. KG v FC article 37 paragraph 1 article 38 paragraph 6 sentence 2 article 38 paragraph 3 sentence 2 Case C-280/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Belgium) lodged on 25 April 2022 — Kinderrechtencoalitie Vlaanderen and Liga voor Mensenrechten v Belgian State article 3 article 36 article 25 article 2 article 32 article 5 article 1 article 4 article 9 article 6 article 35 Case C-313/23, Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 22 May 2023 — Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet article 33 paragraph 3 point (d) article 4 point 7 article 51 article 32 paragraph 1 point (b) article 2 paragraph 2 point (a) article 57 paragraph 1 point (a) article 79 paragraph 1 Case C-154/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 9 March 2021 — RW v Österreichische Post AG article 15 paragraph 1 point (c) Case C-579/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Itä-Suomen hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 22 September 2021 — J.M. article 15 paragraph 1 point (d) article 15 paragraph 1 point (h) article 15 paragraph 1 point (a) article 15 paragraph 1 point (f) article 15 paragraph 1 point (g) article 15 paragraph 1 article 15 paragraph 1 point (b) article 4 point 1 article 15 paragraph 1 point (e) article 15 paragraph 1 point (c) Case C-132/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 3 March 2021 — BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság article 58 paragraph 2 point (d) article 79 paragraph 1 article 51 paragraph 1 article 52 paragraph 1 article 77 article 58 paragraph 2 point (b) article 79 article 77 paragraph 1 Case C-673/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 30 November 2017 — Planet49 GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e. V. article 6 paragraph 1 point (a) Case C-590/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Wesel (Germany) lodged on 9 September 2022 — AT, BT v PS GbR, VG, MB, DH, WB, GS article 83 paragraph 2 sentence 2 article 82 paragraph 1 Case C-710/23, Ministerstvo zdravotnictví II: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 22 November 2023 — Mgr. L. H. v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví article 4 point 1 article 6 paragraph 1 point (c) Case C-507/23, Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) (Latvia) lodged on 8 August 2023 — A v Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs Case C-683/23, Encarna: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 19 de Barcelona (Spain) lodged on 14 November 2023 — Encarna v Elías Case C-319/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 15 July 2020 — Facebook Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. article 80 paragraph 2 article 84 paragraph 1 chapter VIII article 80 paragraph 1 Case C-654/23, Inteligo Media: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) lodged on 2 November 2023 — Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP) article 83 paragraph 2 point (a) article 83 paragraph 2 point (f) article 83 paragraph 2 point (b) article 83 paragraph 2 point (g) article 83 paragraph 2 point (d) article 83 paragraph 2 point (h) article 6 paragraph 1 point (f) article 6 paragraph 1 point (c) article 95 article 83 paragraph 2 point (k) article 83 article 83 paragraph 2 article 83 paragraph 2 point (j) article 6 paragraph 1 point (b) article 83 paragraph 2 point (i) article 83 paragraph 2 point (c) article 83 paragraph 2 point (e) article 6 paragraph 1 point (d) article 6 paragraph 1 point (e) article 6 paragraph 1 point (a) Case C-655/23, Quirin Privatbank: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 7 November 2023 — IP v Quirin Privatbank AG article 17 article 18 article 84 article 82 paragraph 1 article 82 article 79 Case C-768/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 14 December 2021 — TR v Land Hessen article 58 paragraph 2 point (e) article 58 paragraph 2 point (g) article 58 paragraph 2 point (b) article 58 paragraph 2 point (a) article 58 paragraph 2 article 77 paragraph 1 article 58 paragraph 2 point (h) article 58 paragraph 2 point (j) article 57 paragraph 1 point (a) article 58 paragraph 2 point (d) article 58 paragraph 2 point (f) article 57 paragraph 1 point (f) article 58 paragraph 2 point (c) Legal basis Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART ONE - PRINCIPLES TITLE II - PROVISIONS HAVING GENERAL APPLICATION Article 16 (ex Article 286 TEC) EuroVoc Vocabulary Programmes Consumer information, education and representation Disclosure of information Data-processing law Area of freedom, security and justice Personal data Information and verification Cross-frontier data flow Protection of privacy Natural person Access to information Data protection Consumer protection Area of freedom, security and justice