Patrick BREYER v. BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, (“BREYER”)

Legitimate interest: Article 7(f) of Directive 95/46 “precludes Member States from excluding, categorically and in general, the possibility of processing certain categories of personal data without allowing the opposing rights and interests at issue to be balanced against each other in a particular case. Thus, Member States cannot definitively prescribe, for certain categories of personal data, the result of the balancing of the opposing rights and interests, without allowing a different result by virtue of the particular circumstances of an individual case” (see, ASNEF paragraphs 47 and 48). (¶62).

Article 7(f) of that directive precludes Member States from excluding, categorically and in general, the possibility of processing certain categories of personal data without allowing the opposing rights and interests at issue to be balanced against each other in a particular case. Thus, Member States cannot definitively prescribe, for certain categories of personal data, the result of the balancing of the opposing rights and interests, without allowing a different result by virtue of the particular circumstances of an individual case (see, to that effect, judgment of 24 November 2011, ASNEF and FECEMD, C‑468/10 and C‑469/10, EU:C:2011:777, paragraphs 47 and 48).