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… By its request for a preliminary ruling, the Varhoven administrativen sad (Supreme Administrative Court, Bulgaria) asks the Court a set of questions concerning, in essence, the interaction between the provisions on the disclosure of the instrument of articles and memorandum of association of companies (‘the constitutive instrument’), which are the subject of coordination at EU level, (2) and (EU) /.(3) 2. …

… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL MEDINA delivered on 30 May 2024 (1) Case C-200/23 Agentsia po vpisvaniyata v OL, in the presence of: Varhovna administrativna prokuratura (request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad (Supreme Administrative Court, Bulgaria)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Publication in the commercial register of a company’s constitutive instrument containing personal data - Directive …

… In the light of all of the foregoing considerations, I suggest that the Court answer the fourth and fifth questions for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Varhoven administrativen sad (Supreme Administrative Court, Bulgaria) as follows: (1) Article 4(7) and Article 26(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 …

… Kranenborg, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 14 September 2023, gives the following Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 5(1)(a) and (c), Article 6(3), and Articles 9 and 10 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 …

… (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) of 30 June 2003 (Ordinary Supplement to GURI No 174 of 29 July 2003), in the version applicable to the dispute in the main proceedings (‘Legislative Decree No 196/2003’), provides as follows: ‘Within the retention period laid down by law, if there is sufficient evidence …

… protezione dei dati personali, recante disposizioni per l’adeguamento dell’ordinamento nazionale al regolamento (UE) n. 2016/679 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio, del 27 aprile 2016, relativo alla protezione delle persone fisiche con riguardo al trattamento dei dati personali, nonché alla libera circolazione di tali dati e che abroga la direttiva 95/46/EC (Legislative Decree No 196 establishing the Personal Data Protection Code, laying down provisions for the adaptation of national law to …

… .’ - The GDPR 5 Article 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 Regulation) (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 1; ‘the GDPR’), entitled ‘Material scope’, provides, in paragraphs 1 and 2 thereof: ‘1. …

… The present case concerns the interpretation of a number of provisions of (EU) / (2) (‘the GDPR’) in relation to, first, the system of remedies established by that regulation and, second, the category of particularly sensitive data consisting of ‘data concerning health’. 2. …

… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL SZPUNAR delivered on 25 April 2024 (1) Case C-21/23 ND v DR (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice, Germany)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of personal data - (EU) / - Remedies - Delimitation of remedies - Processing of special categories of personal data - Concept of ‘data concerning health’) I. Introduction 1. …

… In the light of all the foregoing considerations, I propose that the questions for a preliminary ruling referred by the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice, Germany) should be answered as follows: Article 4(15) and Article 9(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 …

… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL RANTOS delivered on 25 April 2024 (1) Case C-446/21 Maximilian Schrems v Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, formerly Facebook Ireland Limited (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court, Austria)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Social networks - Article 5(1)(b) - Principle of ‘purpose limitation’ - Article 5(1 …

… The questions referred for a preliminary ruling in the present case concern, on the one hand, the application of the principle of ‘data minimisation’ laid down in Article 5(1)(c) of (EU) / (2) and, on the other hand, the interpretation of the concept of ‘personal data which are manifestly made public by the data subject’ referred to in Article 9(2)(e) of that regulation, read in conjunction with Article 5(1)(b) of that regulation, which establishes the principle of ‘purpose limitation …

… Article 5(1)(c) 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 the processing of personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising without restriction as to time or type of data, and - meaning that it is for the referring …

… In accordance with Article 99 § 2 of (EU) / on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the General Data Protection Regulation – “the GDPR”), which is directly applicable in all EU member States, the GDPR applies from 25 May 2018. It repealed Directive 95/46/EC (see paragraph 52 in fine above) with effect from the same date (Article 94 § 1 of the GDPR). 61. …

… Article 82 of / must be interpreted as meaning that it is not sufficient for the controller, in order to be exempted from liability under paragraph 3 of that article, to claim that the damage in question was caused by the failure of a person acting under his or her authority, within the meaning of Article 29 of that regulation. 3. …

… Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber) 11 April 2024 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 82 - Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing that infringes that regulation - Concept of ‘non-material damage’ - Impact of the seriousness of the damage suffered - Liability of the controller - Possible exemption in the event of default of a person acting under …

… Kranenborg, 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 82(1) and (3) 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 …

… free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), must be interpreted as meaning that where the supervisory authority finds that data processing has infringed the data subject’s rights, the supervisory authority must take action under Article 58(2) of / to the extent necessary to ensure full compliance with that regulation. …

… Provisional text OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL PIKAMÄE delivered on 11 April 2024 (1) Case C-768/21 TR v Land Hessen (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Administrative Court, Wiesbaden, Germany)) (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - (EU) / - Article 57(1)(a) and (f) - Tasks of the supervisory authority - Article 58(2) - Powers of the supervisory authority - Article …

… The present request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Administrative Court, Wiesbaden, Germany) under Article 267 TFEU concerns the interpretation of Article 57(1)(a) and (f), Article 58(2) and Article 77(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 …

… Legal context 2 Recital 10 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, and corrigendum OJ 2018 L 127, p. 2) (‘the GDPR’), reads as follows: ‘… This Regulation also provides a margin of manoeuvre for Member States to specify its rules, including …