… Point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) and Article 9(2)(a) of
Regulation
2016
/
679
must be interpreted as meaning that the fact that the operator of an online social network holds a dominant position on the market for online social networks does not, as such, preclude the users of such a network from being able validly to consent, within the meaning of Article 4(11) of that regulation, to the processing of their personal data by that operator. …
… to (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of
Regulation
2016
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679
- Whether the processing is lawful - Article 9(1) and (2) - Processing of special categories of personal data - Article 4(11) - Concept of ‘consent’)
In Case C-252/21,
REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, Germany), made by decision of 24 March 2021, received at the Court on 22 April 2021, in the proceedings
Meta Platforms Inc., formerly …
… Meessen, acting as Agents,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 20 September 2022,
gives the following
Judgment
1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 4(3) TEU and of Article 6(1), Article 9(1) and (2), Article 51(1) and Article 56(1) of
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 …