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… Where such a body or entity processes personal data for purposes other than for the purposes of this Directive, (EU) / [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) (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 1)] applies. …

… [/] therefore applies in cases where a body or entity collects personal data for other purposes and further processes those personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation to which it is subject. … … (15) In order to ensure the same level of protection for natural persons through legally enforceable rights throughout the Union and to prevent divergences hampering the exchange of personal data between competent authorities, this Directive should provide for harmonised rules …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) 4 October 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Online social networks - General terms of use relating to contracts concluded between a digital platform and a user - Personalised advertising - Article 5(1)(b) - Principle of purpose limitation - Article 5(1)(c) - Principle of data minimisation - Article 9(1) and (2) - Processing …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 25 April 2024, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 5(1)(b) and (c), Article 6(1)(a) and (b) and Article 9(1) and (2)(e) of (EU) / 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 …

… Article 9(2)(e) of / must be interpreted as meaning that the fact that a person has made a statement about his or her sexual orientation on the occasion of a panel discussion open to the public does not authorise the operator of an online social network platform to process other data relating to that person’s sexual orientation, obtained, as the case may be, outside that platform using partner third-party websites and apps, with a view to aggregating and analysing those data, in …

… It will also enable the Court to continue its work of interpreting (EU) /, (2) by clarifying, first, its case-law on the designation by national law of the controller in respect of personal data and, second, the subject matter of the legal action provided for in Article 79(1) of that regulation. II. Legal context A. European Union law 3. …

… an authority and that it concerns persons required to declare their assets, cannot, in view of the role, tasks and powers conferred on it by national law, be classified as the controller in respect of such personal data. (3) Article 79(1) of /, read in conjunction with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, must be interpreted as meaning that the court which, in accordance with national law, is responsible, in non-adversarial proceedings, for ruling on a request for the …

… (EU) / - Concept of ‘controller’ - Determination by the national law of the purposes and means of processing - Security of personal data - Judicial authority authorising the judicial inspectorate to access personal data relating to the bank account balance of judges and public prosecutors and their family members) I. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber) 4 October 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Chapter VIII - Remedies - Medicinal products marketed by a pharmacist on an online platform - Action brought before the national civil courts by a competitor of that pharmacist on the basis of the prohibition of unfair commercial practices for infringement by the pharmacist of the obligations laid down by that regulation - Standing …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 25 April 2024, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 9(1) and the provisions in Chapter VIII of (EU) / 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 …

… Article 8(1) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and Article 9(1) of /, must be interpreted as meaning that, in a situation where the operator of a pharmacy markets pharmacy-only medicinal products on an online platform, the information which the customers of that operator enter when ordering the medicinal products …

… Article 4(1) of / must be interpreted as meaning that the handwritten signature of a natural person is covered by the concept of ‘personal data’ within the meaning of that provision. 5. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 4 October 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Publication in the commercial register of a company’s constitutive instrument containing personal data - Directive (EU) 2017/1132 - Non-compulsory personal data - Lack of consent of the data subject - Right to erasure - Non-material damage) In Case C-200/23, REQUEST for a preliminary …

… Article 82(3) of / must be interpreted as meaning that an opinion of the supervisory authority of a Member State, issued on the basis of Article 58(3)(b) of that regulation, is not sufficient to exempt from liability, under Article 82(2) of that regulation, the authority responsible for maintaining the commercial register of that Member State which has the status of ‘controller’, within the meaning of Article 4(7) of that regulation. …

… Article 82(1) of / must be interpreted as precluding the taking into account of the attitude and motivation of the controller in order, where relevant, to award compensation to the data subject that is lower than the damage he or she has actually suffered. [Signatures] * Language of the case: Latvian. …

… Article 82(1) of / must be interpreted as meaning that the making of an apology may constitute sufficient compensation for non-material damage on the basis of that provision, inter alia where it is impossible to restore the situation that existed prior to the occurrence of that damage, provided that that form of redress is such as to compensate in full the damage suffered by the data subject. 3. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Eighth Chamber) 4 October 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Article 82(1) - Right to compensation and liability - Unlawful processing of data - Infringement of the right to protection of personal data - Concept of ‘damage’ - Compensation for non-material damage in the form of apologies - Whether permissible - Principle of effectiveness - Assessment of the form and level of compensation - …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Ninth Chamber) 4 October 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 5(1)(a) - Lawfulness of processing - 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 - Concept of ‘legitimate interests’ - Commercial interest - Sports federation …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, having decided, after hearing the Advocate General, to proceed to judgment without an Opinion, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of (EU) / 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 …

… On those grounds, the Court (Ninth Chamber) hereby rules: Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of (EU) / 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) must be interpreted as meaning that the processing of personal data which consists in the disclosure, for consideration …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 26 September 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 57(1)(a) and (f) - Tasks of the supervisory authority - Article 58(2) - Corrective powers - Administrative fine - Discretion of the supervisory authority - Limits) In Case C-768/21, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 11 April 2024, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 57(1)(a) and (f), Article 58(2) and Article 77(1) of (EU) / 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 …

… On those grounds, the Court (First Chamber) hereby rules: Article 57(1)(a) and (f), Article 58(2) and Article 77(1) of (EU) / 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), must be interpreted as meaning that when a breach of personal data has been established, the supervisory …

… must enable the data subject to exercise the rights guaranteed to him or her by / and, in particular, by Article 22 thereof. …

… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL RICHARD DE LA TOUR delivered on 12 September 2024 (1) Case C-203/22 CK Interested parties: Dun & Bradstreet Austria GmbH, Magistrat der Stadt Wien (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wien (Administrative Court, Vienna, Austria)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Article 15(1)(h) - Article 22 - Automated decision-making, including profiling - Assessment of the creditworthiness …

… The present request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation, first, of Article 15(1)(h) and (4) and Article 22 of (EU) / 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) (2) (‘the GDPR’), and, secondly, Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament …

… JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) 12 September 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Points (b), (c) and (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) - Lawfulness of processing - Necessity of processing for the purpose of performing a contract to which the data subject is party - Necessity of processing for the purpose of complying with a legal obligation incumbent on the controller …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, having decided, after hearing the Advocate General, to proceed to judgment without an Opinion, gives the following Judgment 1 These requests for a preliminary ruling concern the interpretation of points (b) and (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of (EU) / 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, …

… Point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of / must be interpreted as meaning that that processing of personal data is justified, under that provision, where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject, under the law of the Member State concerned, as stated by the case-law of that Member State, on condition that that case-law is clear and precise, that its application is foreseeable for those persons subject to it and that …