Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/03/2025

Subject: According to the Court, the disclosure of the first name, surname, signature and contact details of a natural person representing a legal person constitutes processing of personal data. The fact that that disclosure is made for the sole purpose of enabling the identification of the natural person authorised to act on behalf of that legal person is irrelevant in that regard. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) does not preclude national case-law which requires a controller, being a public authority responsible for reconciling public access to official documents with the right to the protection of personal data, to inform and consult the natural person concerned prior to the disclosure of official documents containing such data, provided that such an obligation is not impossible to implement and that it does not require disproportionate effort and, therefore, it does not result in a disproportionate restriction on public access to those documents

Parties: Ministerstvo zdravotnictví (Données relatives au représentant d’une personne morale)

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Citizens’ rights - Art. 42 Right to access documents of EU institutions

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