# Subject-matter and objectives 1(2) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Subject-matter and objectives** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-1).

## Provision text

### 1(2)

This Regulation protects fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and in particular their right to the protection of personal data.


## Topics on this provision

- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 8 January 2025.#Thomas Bindl v European Commission.#Processing of personal data – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies – Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 – Concept of ‘transfer of personal data to a third country’ – Transfer of data when visiting a website – EU Login – Action for annulment – Act not open to challenge – Inadmissibility – A** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132155
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2023.#Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer beim Hessischen Kultusministerium v Minister des Hessischen Kultusministeriums.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 88(1) and (2) – Processing of data in the employment context – Regional school system – Teaching by videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132292
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 December 2025.#X v Russmedia Digital SRL and Inform Media Press SRL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(7) – Concept of ‘controller’ – Responsibility of the operator of an online marketplace for the publication of personal data contained in advertisements placed on its online marketplace by user advertisers – Article 5(2) –** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132130
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025.#Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 13(1) and (2) – Unsolicited communications – Concept of communication ‘for the purposes of di** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132132
- **SCHWARZ V. BOCHUM, 17.10.2014 (“SCHWARZ”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6166
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#A v Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82(1) – Right to compensation and liability – Unlawful processing of data – Infringement of the right to protection of personal data – Concept of ‘damage’ – Compensation for non-material damage in the form of apologies – Whether** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132162
- **DIGITAL RIGHTS IRELAND LTD V. IRELAND,** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/5964
- **Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51474
- **SCHWARZ V. BOCHUM, 17.10.2014 (“SCHWARZ”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6163
- **SCHWARZ V. BOCHUM, 17.10.2014 (“SCHWARZ”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6165
- **SCHWARZ V. BOCHUM, 17.10.2014 (“SCHWARZ”)** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/5967
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 August 2022.#OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 52(1) – Directive 95/46/EC – Article 7(c) – Article 8(1) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (c) of the first subparagraph of** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132309

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