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Art. 4(7) Article
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‘controller’ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;

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C-231/22 État belge v Autorité de protection des données In Case C-231/22, the Court of Justice of the European Union interpreted Article 4(7) and Article 5(2) of the GDPR in response to a preliminary reference from the Brussels Court… Third Chamber Jan 11, 2024 Controllers Personal Data Public Authority
C-638/23 Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung v Datenschutzbehörde In Case C-638/23, the Court of Justice interpreted Article 4(7) GDPR in response to a preliminary reference from the Austrian Verwaltungsgerichtshof in proceedings between the Amt… Eighth Chamber Feb 27, 2025 Public Authority Controllers Personal Data
C-60/22 UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland In Case C-60/22, the CJEU (Fifth Chamber) ruled on a preliminary reference from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden concerning UZ, a third-country national, and the Bundesrepublik… Fifth Chamber May 4, 2023 Right to Restriction Right to be Forgotten Personal Data
C-683/21 Nacionalinis visuomenės sveikatos centras prie Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijos v Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija The CJEU Grand Chamber issued a preliminary ruling in Case C-683/21, arising from a dispute between Lithuania's National Public Health Centre (NVSC) and the State Data Protection… Grand Chamber Dec 5, 2023 Controllers Personal Data Public Authority
C-169/23 Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC In Case C-169/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Third Chamber) ruled on a preliminary reference from the Kúria (Hungary) concerning whether the Budapest Metropolitan… Third Chamber Nov 28, 2024 Personal Data Legitimate Interest Supervision
C-46/23 Budapest Főváros IV. Kerület Újpest Önkormányzat Polgármesteri Hivatala v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság In a preliminary ruling requested by the Budapest High Court, the Court of Justice interpreted whether Article 58(2)(d) and (g) of the GDPR permits a national supervisory… Fifth Chamber Mar 14, 2024 Right to be Forgotten Personal Data Right to Restriction