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CJEU Schecke: Legal persons protected under EU data law only if name identifies natural
Personal Data: Legal persons can claim protection under EU data protection law only insofar as the official title of the legal person identifies one or more natural persons.
Original title: VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”)
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It is of no relevance in this respect that the data published concerns activities of a professional nature (see also Rechunungshof, paragraphs 73 and 74)
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Personal Data: Legal persons can claim protection under EU data protection law only insofar as the official title of the legal person identifies one or more natural persons. It is of no relevance in this respect that the data published concerns activities of a professional nature (see also Rechunungshof, paragraphs 73 and 74)
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It must be recalled, in the first place, that the publication required by Article 44a of Regulation No 1290/2005 and Regulation No 259/2008 implementing that article identifies by name all beneficiaries of aid from the EAGF and the EAFRD, among whom are both natural and legal persons. Having regard to the observations in paragraph 52 above, legal persons can claim the protection of Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter in relation to such identification only in so far as the official title of the legal person identifies one or more natural persons.
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