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DENNEKAMP V. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, 23.11.2011 (“DENNEKAMPI”) Dennekamp I CJEU Nov 23, 2011
JORDANA V. COMMISSION, 7.7.2011 (“JORDANA”) Access: Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation 1049/2001 is indivisible, and requires that the violation of private life and the integrity of the individual are always analyzed in… CJEU Jul 7, 2011
JORDANA V. COMMISSION, 7.7.2011 (“JORDANA”) Processing: Transfer of data constitutes processing. (¶ 91) CJEU Jul 7, 2011
JORDANA V. COMMISSION, 7.7.2011 (“JORDANA”) Definition of personal data: The first and last names of the persons on the reserve list and the officials mentioned in the individual decisions of appointment to grade A6 can be… CJEU Jul 7, 2011
V & EDPS V. EUROPEAN PARLAMENT, 5.7.2011 (“V v. European Parliament”) V. v. Parliament CJEU Jul 5, 2011
VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”) 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… CJEU Nov 9, 2010
VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”) Purpose for processing: The legislation at issue does base the processing on consent. Rather, it provides that they are to be informed. Thus, processing is not based on their… CJEU Nov 9, 2010
VOLKER UND MARKUS SCHECKE GBR V. LAND HESSEN, EIFERT V. LAND HESSEN AND BUNDESANSTALT FUR LANDWIRTSCHAFT UND ERNAHRUNG, 9.Nov.2010 (“SCHECKE”) Interference with the fundamental rights of privacy and data protection: Chapter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) Article 52(1) accepts that limitations may be imposed on fundamental… CJEU Nov 9, 2010
CJEU: Commission lawfully redacted participant names from meeting minutes under Access Access: Where a request based on Regulation No 1049/2001 (Access to Documents Regulation) seeks to obtain documents including personal data, applicable EU data protection law… Jun 29, 2010
CJEU Bavarian Lager: Disclosing personal data in access-to-documents requests is Processing: Communication of personal data in response to a request for access to documents constitutes processing. (¶69) Jun 29, 2010
COMMISSION V. BAVARIAN LAGER CO., 29.Jun.2010 (“BAVARIAN LAGER”) Personal data: Surnames and forenames may be regarded as personal data. Thus the list of names of participants in a meeting is personal data, since persons can be identified. (¶… CJEU Jun 29, 2010
COMMISSION V. GERMANY, 9.Mar.2010 (“GERMANY”) Independence of Supervisory Authorities: Independence means a status which ensures that the body concerned can act completely freely, without taking any instructions or being put… CJEU Mar 9, 2010
COLLEGE VAN BURGEMEESTER EN WETHOUDERS VAN ROTTERDAM V. RIJKEBOER, 7.5.2009 (“RIJKEBOER”) Right of Access: Rules limiting the storage of information on the recipients or categories of recipient of personal data and on the content of the data disclosed to a period of… CJEU May 7, 2009
LSG-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR WAHRNEHMUNG VON LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTEN GMBH V. TELE2 TELECOMMUNICATION GMBH, 19.Feb.2009 (“Tele2”) Personal Data: Communication of names and physical addresses of certain users, whose IP address and date and time of connection were know, involves the making available of… CJEU Feb 19, 2009
LSG-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR WAHRNEHMUNG VON LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTEN GMBH V. TELE2 TELECOMMUNICATION GMBH, 19.Feb.2009 (“Tele2”) Balancing rights: The judgment relies heavily on the Promusicae judgment to hold that: (1) Access providers which merely provide users with Internet access, without offering other… CJEU Feb 19, 2009
TIETOSUOJAVALTUUTETTU [FINNISH DATA PROTECTION OMBUDSMAN] V. SATAKUNNAN MARKKINAPORSSI OY AND SATAMEDIA OY, 16.12.2008 (“SATAKUNNAN&SATAMEDIA”) SATAKUNNAN & SATAMEDIA CJEU Dec 16, 2008
TIETOSUOJAVALTUUTETTU [FINNISH DATA PROTECTION OMBUDSMAN] V. SATAKUNNAN MARKKINAPORSSI OY AND SATAMEDIA OY, 16.12.2008 (“SATAKUNNAN&SATAMEDIA”) SATAKUNNAN & SATAMEDIA CJEU Dec 16, 2008
TIETOSUOJAVALTUUTETTU [FINNISH DATA PROTECTION OMBUDSMAN] V. SATAKUNNAN MARKKINAPORSSI OY AND SATAMEDIA OY, 16.12.2008 (“SATAKUNNAN&SATAMEDIA”) SATAKUNNAN & SATAMEDIA CJEU Dec 16, 2008
PROMUSICAE, 29.Jan.2008 (“PROMUSICAE”) Personal Data: Names and physical addresses of certain users of an internet service, whose IP address and date and time of connection were know, are personal data, that is,… CJEU Jan 29, 2008
ECLI:EU:C:2008:54 Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) v Telefónica de España SAU Balancing fundamental rights: EU law does not require Member States to lay down an obligation to communicate personal data in order to ensure effective protection of copyright in… CJEU Jan 29, 2008
NIKOLAOU V. COMMISSION Processing: A leak (unauthorised transmission of personal data to a journalist by someone inside OLAF) and the publication of a press release each constitute processing (¶204) CJEU Sep 12, 2007
NIKOLAOU V. COMMISSION Personal data: The information published in the press release was personal data, since the data subject was easily identifiable, under the circumstances. The fact that the… CJEU Sep 12, 2007
NIKOLAOU V. COMMISSION Non-contractual liability under EU law: The normal rule is that the burden of proof is on the applicant to establish: i) the illegal action of a EU institution; ii) damages; iii)… CJEU Sep 12, 2007
PARLIAMENT V. COUNCIL (PNR) Transfers: Where the transfers of personal data are authorized under an agreement that was adopted ultra vires, the authorization is void. CJEU May 30, 2006
BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT AG V COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 30.5.2006 (“BANK AUSTRIA”) Personal data: The data of a legal person is not protected under EU data protection law. (¶ 95) CJEU May 30, 2006
ESCH-LEONHARDT AND OTHERS V EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK Processing: Inclusion of the letters in the personal files constitutes processing. (¶ 39) CJEU Feb 18, 2004
ESCH-LEONHARDT AND OTHERS V EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK Necessity/proportionality: An employer may consider whether the use of internal email by staff (i) was necessary for the performance of their contract of employment; (ii) whether… CJEU Feb 18, 2004
ESCH-LEONHARDT AND OTHERS V EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK Lawful basis for processing: Inclusion of a letter concerning an staff member’s use of internal e-mail to transmit union information in his personal file is specially restricted… CJEU Feb 18, 2004
LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”) Transfers to third countries: The publication on the internet does not constitute a transfer, as an internet user would have to connect to the internet and personally carry out… CJEU Nov 6, 2003
LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”) Health personal data: Reference to the fact that an individual has injured her foot and is on medical leave constitutes personal data concerning health , as the concept must be… CJEU Nov 6, 2003
LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”) Definition of processing: The operation of loading personal data on an internet page must be considered to be processing. (¶ 25) CJEU Nov 6, 2003
LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”) Persona Data: Holding that the name of a person in conjunction with his/her telephone number, and information about his/her working conditions or hobbies constitute personal data.… CJEU Nov 6, 2003
LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”) Processing for purely personal or household activity: Creating a website for a Church which includes personal information of co-workers, constitutes activities that may be mainly… CJEU Nov 6, 2003
ECLI:EU:C:2003:596 83 LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”) Balancing of fundamental rights: Data protection and freedom of expression must be balanced against each other, and data protection law provides in itself multiple mechanisms… CJEU Nov 6, 2003
RECHNUNGSHOF V. OSTER REICHISCHER RUNDFUNK, 20.5.2003 (“RUNDFUNK”) Personal Data: The collection of data by name relating to an individual’s professional income, with a view to communicating it to third parties, falls within the scope of Article… CJEU May 20, 2003
ECLI:EU:C:2003:294 118 RECHNUNGSHOF V. OSTER REICHISCHER RUNDFUNK, 20.5.2003 (“RUNDFUNK”) Lawful basis for proceeding (Necessity requirement): The CJEU held that for an employer to publish the names and incomes of employees to a third party is an interference with the… CJEU May 20, 2003
ECLI:EU:C:2003:294 84 RECHNUNGSHOF V. OSTER REICHISCHER RUNDFUNK, 20.5.2003 (“RUNDFUNK”) [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… CJEU May 20, 2003
RECHNUNGSHOF V. OSTER REICHISCHER RUNDFUNK, 20.5.2003 (“RUNDFUNK”) Direct applicability of Directive 95/46: Wherever provisions of a directive appear to be unconditional and sufficiently precise, they may, in the absence of implementing measures… CJEU May 20, 2003