That a court authorises personal data disclosure to another judicial body qualifies as processing under the GDPR – but it doesn’t make the court a controller or a DPA, and it’s not required to ensure compliance unless an Article 79(1) action is brought before it.
GDPR still applies when acting on behalf of a legal person. Plus, major implications for 🇨🇿 Czech – and potentially other – public bodies handling FOI requests: you may need to consult data subjects before disclosure, and even if that's impossible, you must still balance FOI with data protection.
🔥 On 17 Dec, the Privacy Appeals Board overturned substantial parts of the DPA's decision against the Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV), including the record NOK 20 million fine.
Orally disclosing personal data = 'processing' and potentially subject to the GDPR, and sharing criminal data orally (or in writing) isn't allowed to fulfill a public access request.
Following the EU-US DPF, the 🇸🇪 Tax Agency approves using Microsoft Office 365 and Teams. Despite emphasising that everyone must do their own assessments, I'd say this could strengthen your own cloud services assessments.
This case is not only a goldmine for DPOs in the Swedish healthcare sector (although particularly so), but DPOs in general, for assessing roles, legal bases and processor liability.