Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-446/21Maximilian Schrems v Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
- Decided
- 2024-10-04
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2024:834
- CELEX
- 62021CJ0446
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Online social networks – General terms of use relating to contracts concluded between a digital platform and a user – Personalised advertising – Article 5(1)(b) – Principle of purpose limitation – Article 5(1)(c) – Principle of data minimisation – Article 9(1) and (2) – Processing of special categories of personal data – Data concerning sexual orientation – Data which are made public by the data subject.
Interprets
- GDPR — Regulation (EU) 2016/67932016R0679
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