… It is for the referring court to assess those particular circumstances.
112 In that regard, the mechanisms allowing the different rights and interests to be balanced are contained in
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itself (see, by analogy, judgment of 29 January 2008, Promusicae, C-275/06, EU:C:2008:54, paragraph 66 and the case-law cited).
113 Moreover, in so far as the facts in the main proceedings seem to fall within both the scope of
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… is a necessary and proportionate measure in a democratic society to safeguard:
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(i) the protection of the data subject or of the rights and freedoms of others;
(j) the enforcement of civil law claims.’
21 Under Article 94 of
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17 Article 4 of
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, entitled ‘Definitions’, states in paragraphs 1, 2, 9 and 10:
‘For the purposes of this Regulation:
(1) “personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific …