Rb. Rotterdam - ROT 25/8349, 25/8350, 25/6295, 25/6296 and 25/6297

The Court held that numerous repetitive GDPR requests were manifestly excessive under Article 12(5) GDPR and could be refused, while Article 14 GDPR requests did not constitute appealable administrative decisions. English Summary. Facts. A data subject submitted 73 separate GDPR requests to the Municipal Executive of Rotterdam, the controller, between November 2024 and February 2025. Most requests contained several sub-requests and relied on Articles 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19 GDPR. The controller refused the requests under Articles 15, 16, 17 and 19 GDPR on the basis of Article 12(5) GDPR, considering them manifestly excessive. It found that the requests had been submitted systematically within short periods, often concerned the same subject matter and could have been consolidated. The controller also considered that processing the requests imposed an unnecessary administrative burden. Requests under Articles 5, 6, 10 and 14 GDPR were treated as requests for information rather th