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… That question arises in the context of the consistency mechanism provided for in (EU) /. (2) That mechanism consists of a composite procedure involving the participation of national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). 3. …

… OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL ĆAPETA delivered on 27 March 2025 (1) Case C-97/23 P WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board (Appeal - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Article 65 - Consistency mechanism - Dispute resolution by the European Data Protection Board - Action for annulment - First paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Concept of ‘challengeable act’ - Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Concept of ‘direct concern’ - Concepts of ‘preparatory act’ and ‘intermediate …

… See, generally, Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on transparency under /, adopted on 29 November 2017 (WP260). 18 See Article 99(2) of the GDPR. 19 See Data Protection Commission, Decision of the Data Protection Commission made pursuant to Section 111 of the Data Protection Act, 2018 and Articles 60 and 65 of the General Data Protection Regulation, 2021 (IN-18-12-2) (‘the final national decision’), paragraph 3; available at: https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/ …

… (EU) / - Article 95 - Article 83(2) - Obligation to state reasons) Introduction 1. …

… The present request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti (Court of Appeal, Bucharest, Romania) primarily revolves around the question as to what extent and under which conditions communications such as an email newsletter are allowed by Article 13(2) of Directive 2002/58/EC (2)and whether the provisions of (EU) / (3) are applicable. 2. …

… The transmission of the daily newsletter described in (ii) constitutes ‘direct marketing’ for ‘similar products or services’, within the meaning of that provision. (2) Article 13(2) of Directive 2002/58, read in conjunction with Article 95 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 …

… For those purposes, there is nothing to prevent the requirement of proof of the risk of recurrence or, where appropriate, the establishment of a (rebuttable) presumption of that risk, resulting from the existence of a previous infringement of /. - Under Article 82(1) of /, in assessing the amount of non-material damage which is to be compensated, the fact that, in addition to the right to compensation, the data subject is also entitled to require that the controller …

… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL CAMPOS SÁNCHEZ-BORDONA delivered on 20 March 2025 (1) Case C-655/23 IP v Quirin Privatbank AG (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice, Germany)) (Preliminary ruling proceedings - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Article 5(1)(a) - Article 6(1) - Article 17 - Article 18 - Article 79(1) - Article 82(1) - Right to require the non-recurrence of unlawful processing - Right to compensation …

… In the proceedings which led to this reference for a preliminary ruling, the dispute concerns, in essence, whether a person is entitled to require the data controller for the processing of his personal data to refrain, in future, from repeating conduct that is contrary to (EU) /. (2) That person is also seeking an order that the data controller must compensate him for non-material damage resulting from the infringement of the GDPR which has already been committed. 2. …

… Article 16 of / must be interpreted as meaning that, for the purposes of exercising the right to rectification of the personal data relating to the gender identity of a natural person that are contained in a public register, that person may be required to provide relevant and sufficient evidence that may reasonably be required of that person in order to establish that those data are inaccurate. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 13 March 2025 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 5(1)(d) - Principle of accuracy - Article 16 - Right to rectification - Article 23 - Restrictions - Data relating to gender identity - Data incorrect from the time of inclusion in a public register - Means of proof - Administrative practice of requesting proof of gender reassignment …

… Teleki, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 12 September 2024, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 16 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 …

… It was passed to bring into domestic law certain provisions 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). RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRACTICE 84. …

… /, referred to in paragraph 45 of the present judgment, first, the controller should find simple ways to tell the data subject about the rationale behind, or the criteria relied on in reaching the automated decision. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 27 February 2025 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Paragraph 15(1)(h) - Automated decision-making, including profiling - Scoring - Assessment of the creditworthiness of a natural person - Access to meaningful information about the logic involved in profiling - Verification of the accuracy of the information provided - Directive (EU) 2016/943 - Point 1 of Article 2 - Trade secret …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 12 September 2024, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation, first, of Article 15(1)(h) 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/ …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Eighth Chamber) 27 February 2025 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 4(7) - Concept of ‘controller’ - Direct designation of the controller by national law - Auxiliary administrative entity in the service of a regional government - Lack of legal personality - Lack of legal capacity of the entity’s own - Determination of the purposes and means …

… Heller, 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 Article 4(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 …

… On those grounds, the Court (Eighth Chamber) hereby rules: Article 4(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 not precluding national legislation which designates, as controller, an auxiliary administrative entity lacking legal personality …

… (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), it must be borne in mind that the interests of persons other than WebGroup Czech Republic, such as the third parties, businesspersons and companies referred to in paragraph 123 of the order under appeal, are …

… of the order under appeal, the President of the General Court observed, however, that WebGroup Czech Republic did not specify whether the information referred to in Article 39(2)(b) and (c) of Regulation 2022/2065 was sufficient to identify those third parties, businesspersons and companies with sufficient precision. 47 In that regard, while it cannot be ruled out that the information made public under that provision may include personal data protected by Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter and by …

… This might also be relevant in relation to Article 2(2)(a) 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), which provides: ‘This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data … in the course of an activity which falls outside the …

… to the concept of ‘undertaking’, within the meaning of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, with the result that, where a fine for infringement of / is imposed on a controller of personal data which is or forms part of an undertaking, the maximum amount of the fine is to be determined on the basis of a percentage of the undertaking’s total worldwide annual turnover in the preceding business year. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) 13 February 2025 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Article 83(4) to (6) and (9) - Concept of an ‘undertaking’ - Parent company and subsidiary - Infringement of that regulation by a subsidiary - Calculation of the amount of the fine - Consideration of the total turnover of the group of which that subsidiary forms part) In Case C-383/23, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article …

… Vang, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 12 September 2024, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 83(4) to (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 …