# VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”) - Type: Case Law - Source: CJEU - Date: 2010-11-09 - Original: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62009CJ0092&ref=6181 - Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/6181 - Topics: Personal Data, Profiling, Human Resources, Pseudonymization, Identification, Law Enforcement ## Summary 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) ## Full text ## Court Summary 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) ## Excerpt 53 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. ## Cited law provisions (1) ### GDPR — gdpr-art-44-en Any transfer of personal data which are undergoing processing or are intended for processing after transfer to a third country or to an international organisation shall take place only if, subject to the other provisions of this Regulation, the conditions laid down in this Chapter are complied with by the controller and processor, including for onward transfers of personal data from the third country or an international organisation to another third country or to another international organisation. All provisions in this Chapter shall be applied in order to ensure that the level of protection of natural persons guaranteed by this Regulation is not undermined. --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/posts/6181 · 2026-08-22