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RECHNUNGSHOF V. OSTER REICHISCHER RUNDFUNK, 20.5.2003 (“RUNDFUNK”)

C-465/00, C-138/01 Case
CJEU
Fundamental rights
AG Opinion
Minors Personal Data Processing Healthcare IP Address Security Human Resources
May 20, 2003 ECLI:EU:C:2003:294-84 Source
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[Article 8 (Right to Private Life) of ECHR](https://docs.legal.digital/coe/#article-8): To the extent Directive 95/46 governs the processing of personal data liable to infringe fundamental freedoms, in particular the right to privacy, must be interpreted in light of that right, which forms an integral part of the general principles of EU law. [Article 8 ECHR](https://docs.legal.digital/coe/#article-8) states that public authorities must not interfere with the right to respect for private life, u

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The ECtHR has held that communication of the data infringes the right of the persons concerned to respect for private life. (¶¶ 73–74) ## Excerpt

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Directive 95/46 itself, while having as its principal aim to ensure the free movement of personal data, provides in Article 1(1) that ‘Member States shall protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, and in particular their right to privacy with respect to the processing of personal data’. Several recitals in its preamble, in particular recitals 10 and 11, also express that requirement.

Personal Data Processing applies Art. 1(1)
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In this respect, it is to be noted that Article 8 of the Convention, while stating in paragraph 1 the principle that the public authorities must not interfere with the right to respect for private life, accepts in paragraph 2 that such an interference is possible where it is ‘in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.

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