CJEU - DPO Hub

CJEU C-654/23 Inteligo Media 27 Mar 2025 AG Opinion

members – 2 min read

AG Szpunar: If someone creates an online account that includes access to your email newsletters, sending them qualifies as 'direct marketing’ under the ePrivacy Directive Article 13 and is covered by the exception in point 2. Under Article 95 GDPR, a lawful basis under Article 6 isn’t needed.

Mar 27, 2025

CJEU GC EUDPR T‑354/22 Bindl v Commission 8 Jan 2025

members – 2 min read

Latest: The case has been appealed! The CJEU's General Court orders the European Commission to pay €400 in non-material damages for US transfers made in March 2022, when no adequacy decision or alternative safeguard was in place.

Mar 19, 2025

CJEU C-247/23 Deldits 13 Mar 2025

members – 1 min read

A Member State can't, under any circumstances, require a data subject to provide proof of gender reassignment surgery to exercise their right to rectification. However, they may need to provide relevant and sufficient evidence reasonably needed to show that the data is inaccurate.

Mar 13, 2025

CJEU C‑829/24 Commission v Hungary 12 Feb 2025 Order

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The CJEU fast-tracks a case against Hungary where the European Commission claims violations of multiple EU laws, including the GDPR Articles 5, 6, 9 and 10.

Mar 13, 2025

🚨 CJEU C-203/22 Dun & Bradstreet Austria 27 Feb 2025

members – 4 min read

[Updated 10 March with Rie's POV] You must clearly explain actual procedures and principles applied in ADM and if you claim information contains protected data or trade secrets, you must provide it to the DPA or court, which'll balance rights and interests and determine the extent of a DSAR.

Mar 10, 2025

CJEU C-638/23 Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung 27 Feb 2025

members – 2 min read

An entity without legal personality can be a controller if it can fulfil those obligations and national law at least implicitly defines the processing scope; it doesn’t need to precisely specify processing activities or purpose.

Mar 3, 2025

CJEU C-383/23 ILVA (GDPR fine) 13 Feb 2025

members – 3 min read

When fining a controller in a corporate group, DPAs must base the maximum fine on the *group’s* total worldwide turnover from the previous business year. A crucial ruling for anyone in a company group – here's also text you can copy for an email to your Management/Board.

Feb 13, 2025

CJEU C-413/23 P EDPS v Single Resolution Board 6 Feb 2025 AG Opinion

members – 1 min read

A much-anticipated case on the concept of personal data, but the AG only advices the CJEU to set aside the General Court’s ruling and send the case back to decide on the second plea (breach of good administration and fair procedure). We're still in the dark on several aspects.

Feb 6, 2025

CJEU C-492/23 Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press 6 Feb 2025 AG Opinion

members – 1 min read

AG Szpunar: Marketplace operators are processors for ad data (must protect it) and controllers for advertisers' data (must verify identity). Liability applies if you actively manage, modify or promote content.

Feb 6, 2025

DPO Hub 2024 CJEU GDPR-related rulings

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A list of all GDPR-related (plus one) CJEU rulings from 2024 with titles, dates, DPO Hub snippets, tags and CJEU keywords (with key Articles etc.).

Feb 4, 2025

CJEU GC T-70/23 Data Protection Commission v European Data Protection Board 29 Jan 2025

members – 2 min read

The General Court dismissed DPC's actions against the EDPB and ordered them to pay the costs, meaning they must conduct new investigations and issue new Art. 60(3) draft decisions for the three 2022 Art. 65 Binding Decisions in cases against Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).

Jan 31, 2025

CJEU C-416/23 Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde (Excessive requests) 9 Jan 2025

members – 4 min read

Art. 57(4) 'requests' include 'complaints' in 57(1)(f) and 77(1) and aren't 'excessive' due to volume alone; DPAs must show abuse, and can then charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act after considering all circumstances and ensuring their choice is justified.

Jan 14, 2025