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… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL CAMPOS SÁNCHEZ-BORDONA delivered on 10 September 2026 (1) Case C-458/25 Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit v Onderwijsgroep Zusters der Christelijke Scholen Zuid-Kempen VZW (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie (Court of Cassation, Belgium)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - General conditions for imposing administrative fines - Article 83(7) - Power of the Member States to …

… Article 83(7) of (EU) / (3) permits the Member States to lay down ‘rules on whether and to what extent administrative fines may be imposed on public authorities and bodies’ that infringe the provisions of that regulation. The Belgian legislature has made use of that provision to exclude the imposition of administrative fines on public authorities, except where they are legal persons governed by public law offering goods or services in a market. 3. …

… In the light of the foregoing considerations, I propose replying to the Hof van Cassatie (Court of Cassation, Belgium) as follows: Article 83(7) 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 it precludes national legislation under …

… Without prejudice to the application of [ (EU) / (8)] and the Law of 30 July 2018, mobile network operators may retain and process location data other than traffic data relating to a subscriber or end-user only in the following cases: 1° where this is necessary for the proper functioning and security of the network or service, data being retained for a maximum of 12 months from the date of the communication, except in the event of a specific breach of network security requiring the …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 3 September 2026 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 5 - Principles relating to processing of personal data - Article 6 - Lawfulness of processing - Company law - Directive (EU) 2017/1132 - Article 14 - Documents and particulars to be disclosed - Concept of ‘persons who take part in the administration, supervision or control …

… Articles 5 and 6 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), read in the light of Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which requires personal data relating to all the …

… (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; ‘the GDPR’). 2 The request has been made in the context of a constitutional complaint brought by natural persons who are challenging the compatibility with the Latvijas Republikas Satversme (Constitution of the …

… See also the Netherlands 2026 CPT report, paragraph 73. 66 See, by analogy, Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta in Italy v Parliament and Council (Surveillance cameras on fishing vessels) (C-194/24, EU:C:2026:161, point 60). 67 There is no indication that such screening occurs in other circumstances. 68 (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 …

… See also Article 65 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) (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 1), pursuant to which the European Data Protection Board resolves disputes relating to the correct and consistent application of that regulation. 22 See, for instance, judgment of …

… Meeßen, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 15 May 2025, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Articles 56, 101 and 102 TFEU and of Article 6 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 …

… (EU) / - Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) - Lawfulness of processing - Conditions) In Case C-209/23, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Landgericht Mainz (Regional Court, Mainz, Germany), made by decision of 30 March 2023, received at the Court on 31 March 2023, in the proceedings FT, RRC Sports GmbH v Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) composed of M.L. …

… associations of undertakings and concerted practices - Restrictions on competition - Concepts of anticompetitive ‘object’ and ‘effect’ - Exception to the prohibition laid down in Article 101(1) TFEU - Conditions - Exemption under Article 101(3) TFEU - Conditions - Concept of ‘efficiency gains’ - Article 102 TFEU - Abuse of dominant position - Justification - Conditions - Article 56 TFEU - Obstacle to the freedom to provide services - Objectives - Proportionality - Protection of personal data - …

… . …’ The GDPR 12 (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, and corrigendum OJ 2018 L 127, p. 2; ‘the GDPR’), provides in Article 9, entitled ‘Processing of special categories of personal data’: ‘1. …

… Article 9 of / must be interpreted as meaning that the information that a certain person has committed a specific infringement of the anti-doping rules and is banned from participating in national and international competitions on account of that infringement is not covered, in principle, by the concept of ‘data concerning health’ within the meaning of Article 9. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber) 14 July 2026 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 2 - Material scope - Articles 5 and 6 - Principles relating to processing and the lawfulness of processing - Article 9 - Concept of ‘data concerning health’ - Article 10 - Concept of ‘personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences’ - Combating doping in sport - Online …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 25 September 2025, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of the first sentence of Article 16(2) TFEU, and of Article 5(1)(a) and (c), the second subparagraph of Article 6(3), and Articles 9, 10, 17 and 77 of (EU) / of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) 9 July 2026 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Scope - Making information relating to criminal convictions available to the public online in return for remuneration - Reconciling the right to protection of personal data with the right to freedom of expression and information - Article 79 - Right to an effective judicial remedy - Scope …

… Söderlund, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 4 September 2025, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 85(1) and (2) 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 …

… Article 85(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 precluding Member States from adopting, on the basis of that provision, legislative measures going beyond what is provided for under Article 85(2) of that regulation, in so far as …

… ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEVENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT, SITTING WITH FIVE JUDGES 6 July 2026 (*) (Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Article 65 - Dispute resolution by the European Data Protection Board - Binding decision - Action for annulment - Intervention - Application by the European Data Protection Supervisor - Dismissal) In Case T-709/21 RENV, WhatsApp Ireland Ltd, established in Dublin (Ireland), represented by E. Egan McGrath and C. …

… Facts prior to and subsequent to the contested decision and procedure 2 Following the entry into force 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) (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 1; ‘the GDPR’), the Irish supervisory authority received complaints from users and non-users of …