… Legal context
European Union law
3 With effect from 25 May 2018, Directive 95/46 was repealed and replaced by
Regulation
(EU)
2016
/
679
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 (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 1). …
… Thus, the referring court concludes that national legislation allowing associations to bring legal proceedings in the interest of consumers may constitute such a ‘suitable measure’.
36 That court notes, in this regard, that Article 80(2) of
Regulation
2016
/
679
, which repealed and replaced Directive 95/46, expressly authorises the bringing of legal proceedings by such an association, which would tend to confirm that the latter directive did not preclude such an action.
37 Further, that court is uncertain …