The Weekly Law Reports
[2025] 4 WLR 3
Court of Justice of the European Union
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd (formerly Facebook Ireland Ltd) v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV
(Case C‑757/22)
EU:C:2024:598
2023 Nov 23;
2024 Jan 25; July 11
2024 Jan 25; July 11
President of Chamber C Lycourgos,Judges O Spineanu-Matei, JC Bonichot, S Rodin, LS RossiAdvocate General Richard de la Tour
Data protection— Personal data— Processing— European Court of Justice ruling that authorised entity having standing to bring proceedings against alleged infringer of data protection laws in absence of mandate from data subject and without any infringement of their specific rights— German entity bringing action against data controller on basis that controller failing to provide transparent information relating to purpose of data processing— Whether failure to provide transparent information constituting infringement of data subject’s rights “as a result of the processing” of personal data for purposes of representative action mechanism—
Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/679, arts 12(1), 13(1)(c)(e), 80(2)