Case Law · CJEU EN LLM context A cited markdown file you can paste into your AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, a RAG or project knowledge base) to ground it in this document. Contains: this document’s text, its sections with their topics, and the full text of every law provision it applies. Everything links back to its source on overview.legal — legal information, not advice.
EU data protection rules do not preclude courts ordering IP address disclosure to
Balancing of fundamental rights: EU data protection rules do not preclude national legislation from providing that national courts can order IP address information to be provided to copyright owners whose rights have been infringed.
Original title: BONNIER AUDIO ABET AL. V. PERFECT COMMUNICATIONS WEDEN, 19.April.2012 (“BONNIER”)
Judgment
Full text
summary
Balancing of fundamental rights: EU data protection rules do not preclude national legislation from providing that national courts can order IP address information to be provided to copyright owners whose rights have been infringed.
¶55 excerpt
The Court has already held that Article 8(3) of Directive 2004/48, read in conjunction with Article 15(1) of Directive 2002/58, does not preclude Member States from imposing an obligation to disclose to private persons personal data in order to enable them to bring civil proceedings for copyright infringements, but nor does it require those Member States to lay down such an obligation (see Promusicae, paragraphs 54 and 55, and order in LSG-Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Leistungsschutzrechten, paragraph 29).
How it connects
References
Related across sources
Guidelines 10/2020 restrictions under Article 23 GDPR Guidelines ·EDPB Oct 13, 2021 GDPR Subject-Matter and Objectives Right to Restriction Data Portability
Guidelines 07/2022 certification as a tool for transfers Guidelines on certification and identifying certification criteria Guidelines ·EDPB Feb 24, 2023 Certification International Transfer Processing Agreement
Persónuvernd: Icelandic Farmers’ Association breached GDPR by disclosing owner data to The DPA received a complaint from a data subject, after the Icelandic Farmers’ Association operating a database, disclosed her personal data without consent to the company… 2025010358 ·Iceland ·Art. 5, 14 Sep 23, 2026 Legitimate Interest Personal Data Fairness & Transparency
2018 Art. 29 WP Guidelines on GDPR transparency requirements (WP260 rev.01) Guidelines on transparency EDPB Apr 11, 2018 Transparency Information Provision Modalities and Communication Methods Fairness & Transparency
Guidelines 02/2024 Article 48 GDPR Article 48 GDPR provides that: ' Any judgment of a court or tribunal and any decision of an administrative authority of a third country requiring a controller or processor to… Guidelines ·EDPB Jun 5, 2025 Controllers Privacy Shield International Transfer
2022 EDPB Annual Report 2021 Enhancing the depth and breadth of data protection 2 EDPB Annual Report 2021 2 ENHANCING THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF DATA PROTECTION An Executive Summary of this report, which… May 12, 2022 Privacy Shield Processing Agreement International Transfer