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… 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 - Professional association - Dismissal) In Case T-709/21 RENV, WhatsApp Ireland Ltd, established in Dublin (Ireland), represented by E. Egan McGrath and C. Geoghegan, Senior Counsel, D. McGrath and P. …

… 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 …

… (EU) /.’ 6 On 6 March 2024, under Article 11(1) of the DMA, the applicant submitted a report to the Commission on the measures that it had implemented to ensure compliance with the obligations set out in the provisions referred to in paragraph 4 above. …

… Furthermore, according to the Commission, the configuration of the applicant’s ‘Consent or Pay’ model also did not enable end users of Meta’s social networks freely to consent, in compliance with the requirements 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 …

… provided by the gatekeeper or with personal data from third-party services; (c) cross-use personal data from the relevant core platform service in other services provided separately by the gatekeeper, including other core platform services, and vice versa; and (d) sign in end users to other services of the gatekeeper in order to combine personal data, unless the end user has been presented with the specific choice and has given consent within the meaning of Article 4, point (11), and Article 7 of …

… (EU) /.’ 6 On 6 March 2024, under Article 11(1) of the DMA, the applicant submitted a report to the Commission on the measures that it had implemented to ensure compliance with the obligations set out in the provisions referred to in paragraph 4 above. …

… Furthermore, according to the Commission, the configuration of the applicant’s ‘Consent or Pay’ model also did not enable end users of Meta’s social networks freely to consent, in compliance with the requirements 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 …

… provided by the gatekeeper or with personal data from third-party services; (c) cross-use personal data from the relevant core platform service in other services provided separately by the gatekeeper, including other core platform services, and vice versa; and (d) sign in end users to other services of the gatekeeper in order to combine personal data, unless the end user has been presented with the specific choice and has given consent within the meaning of Article 4, point (11), and Article 7 of …

… (EU) /.’ 6 On 6 March 2024, under Article 11(1) of the DMA, the applicant submitted a report to the Commission on the measures that it had implemented to ensure compliance with the obligations set out in the provisions referred to in paragraph 4 above. …

… Furthermore, according to the Commission, the configuration of the applicant’s ‘Consent or Pay’ model also did not enable end users of Meta’s social networks freely to consent, in compliance with the requirements 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 …

… provided by the gatekeeper or with personal data from third-party services; (c) cross-use personal data from the relevant core platform service in other services provided separately by the gatekeeper, including other core platform services, and vice versa; and (d) sign in end users to other services of the gatekeeper in order to combine personal data, unless the end user has been presented with the specific choice and has given consent within the meaning of Article 4, point (11), and Article 7 of …

… / must be interpreted as meaning that a court is required, when acting in its judicial capacity, to ensure compliance with that regulation when it processes personal data relating to persons who are not a party to proceedings. …

… Article 13(1) and (2) of / must be interpreted as not precluding a national court, when acting in its judicial capacity, from using data collected by a party or by a third party which has failed to comply with its obligations to provide information under that provision. 6. …

… Article 17(3)(e) of / must be interpreted as meaning that that provision does not formulate an alternative lawfulness condition which processing could satisfy in order to comply with Article 5(1)(a) of that regulation and which is distinct from any of those listed in the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of that regulation. 3. …

… Can that individual obtain that information on the basis of the (EU) /, (2) and more specifically, Article 15(1)(g) thereof? 3. …

… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL NORKUS delivered on 18 June 2026 (1) Case C-185/25 [Waldfelber] (i) RS v TS (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court, Austria)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Article 4(7) - Concept of ‘data controller’ - Natural person acting in their capacity as head of a public body - Headteacher of a school - Determination of the purposes and means of the processing …

… In the light of the foregoing considerations, I propose that the Court answer the questions referred for a preliminary ruling by the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court, Austria) as follows: 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 …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 18 June 2026 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Articles 77 and 79 - Remedies - Parallel exercise - Relationship between the lodging of a complaint with a national supervisory authority and the exercise of a judicial remedy - Risk of contradictory decisions - Principle of effective judicial protection - Procedural autonomy of the Member …

… Kranenborg, 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 77 and 79 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 (First Chamber) hereby rules: Article 77(1) and Article 79(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 a supervisory authority, with which a complaint has been lodged under Article 77(1) of that regulation …

… Moreover, as stated in recital 5 of Regulation 2018/1725, whenever the provisions of that regulation follow the same principles as the provisions of (EU) /, (16) those two sets of provisions should be interpreted homogeneously, in particular because the scheme of Regulation 2018/1725 should be understood as equivalent to that of /. 49. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber) 4 June 2026 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data in criminal matters - (EU) / - Directive (EU) 2016/680 - Scope - Processing of data collected in the course of an investigation against a police officer as a person suspected of a criminal offence - Recording of data relating to this investigation in the police officer’s personnel file - Lawfulness …

… Kranenborg, 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 1 of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16), Article 2(1), points 2 and 6 of Article 4, Article 9(2)(b) and Article 17(1)(a) and (d) of (EU) / of …

… Article 2(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) and Article 9(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 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 by competent …

… (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 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 [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 by competent authorities for …

… measure once the necessary follow-up exchange of supplementary information has taken place between the SIRENE Bureaux concerned or the object becomes the subject of another judicial or administrative procedure; (b) the expiry of the alert in accordance with Article 53; or (c) a decision to delete them by the competent authority of the issuing Member State.’ 15 Article 68 of that regulation, entitled ‘Remedies’, provides, in paragraph 1 thereof: ‘Without prejudice to the provisions on remedies of …