CJEU - DPO Hub (Page 3)

Interesting non-GDPR CJEU case on gender change (C-4/23 Mirin)

members – 1 min read

💡 (Non-GDPR/ePrivacy) CJEU ruling stating that Member States can't refuse to recognise changed name and gender approved in another Member State.

Oct 4, 2024

CJEU C-154/21 RW v Österreichische Post (recipients) 12 Jan 2023

members – 3 min read

You have the right to know the actual identities of the recipients your personal data has been shared with.

Aug 16, 2024

CJEU C-757/22 Meta Platforms Ireland (Representative action) 11 Jul 2024

members – 2 min read

Consumer protection groups can take legal action against controllers they believe violate data subjects' rights, including the right to information. With C-319/20, this ruling *could* be a bit of a bombshell! #classaction

Jul 14, 2024

CJEU C-461/22 MK (Professional guardian) 11 Jul 2024

members – 1 min read

A former legal guardian who acted in a professional capacity is a controller and must comply with the GDPR, including the right of access.

Jul 14, 2024

CJEU C-590/22 PS (Incorrect address) and C-182/22 Scalable Capital 20 Jun 2024

members – 5 min read

⚖️ 9 points interpreting Art. 82(1), including: its aim is to compensate for damage, not to punish or deter GDPR violations; fear alone or stolen personal data can trigger claims if proven; and national courts can grant minimal compensation for minor damage.

Jun 25, 2024

CJEU ePD C-229/23 HYA and Others II 13 Jun 2024

members – 1 min read

Article 15(1) of the ePD allows Member State law to require that judges' decisions authorising wiretaps must include their own written reasons, even if the police's applications already provide detailed justifications.

Jun 18, 2024

CJEU C-487/21 Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde v CRIF (right to copy) 4 May 2023

members – 5 min read

You have the right to a faithful, intelligible copy of all your personal data, including full documents or extracts from documents or databases, if crucial for your rights and while respecting others' rights and freedoms.

Jun 14, 2024

CJEU C-579/21 Pankki S 22 Jun 2023

members – 4 min read

You have the right of access processed before the GDPR took effect if you requested it after that date, and to know when and why it was accessed – but not by whom, unless crucial for your rights and while respecting others' rights and freedoms.

May 27, 2024

CJEU C-115/22 NADA and Others 7 May 2024

members – 3 min read

Controversial AG Opinion concluding that sports are outside GDPR's scope, with odd logic on Art. 9, stays unclear as the CJEU finds the referring body lacks the needed independence to be a 'court or tribunal', making their preliminary ruling request inadmissible.

May 10, 2024

CJEU ePD LED GDPR C-470/21 La Quadrature du Net and Others (Personal data and action to combat counterfeiting) 20 Apr 2024

members – 1 min read

Member States may require internet access providers to retain IP addresses in a general and indiscriminate manner to combat criminal offences, provided this retention doesn’t reveal precise details about the private life of the person concerned.

Apr 30, 2024

CJEU (EIO) C-670/22 EncroChat & CJEU (ePD) C-178/22 Bolzano 30 Apr 2024

members – 1 min read

CJEU on access to phone records related to serious crime and clarifies conditions for transmitting and using evidence in criminal cases with a cross-border dimension.

Apr 30, 2024

CJEU C-129/21 Proximus (subscribers' consent) 27 Oct 2022

members – 3 min read

Consent is required to list subscribers' details in publicly available directories. If obtained, including on behalf of other controllers, a data subject can withdraw it (= an erasure request) from any of them, and each controller may need to inform the others.

Apr 28, 2024