Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd (formerly Facebook Ireland Ltd) v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV

Subject Matter

DATA PROTECTION — Personal data — Processing — German consumer association bringing representative action in absence of mandate from data subject and without any infringement of data subject’s specific rights — German legislation allowing association to bring proceedings based on infringement of rules on unfair commercial practices, consumer protection or invalid terms — Whether association having standing to bring proceedings despite no processing of specific data — Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/679, art 80

(Case C-319/20); EU:C:2022:322; [2022] 4 WLR 69; [2022] WLR(D) 195, ECJ

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)

(Case C-757/22); EU:C:2024:598; [2025] 4 WLR 3, ECJ