Article 16Right to rectification

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Judgments of the Court of Justice

2 decisions

• C-247/23Court of Justice of the European Union2025-03-13

  VP v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(d) – Principle of accuracy – Article 16 – Right to rectification – Article 23 – Restrictions – Data relating to gender identity – Data incorrect from the time of inclusion in a public register – Means of proof – Administrative practice of requesting proof of gender reassignment surgery.

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• C-33/22Court of Justice of the European Union2024-01-16

  Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde v WK

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Article 16 TFEU – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(a) – Scope – Exclusions – Activities which fall outside the scope of Union law – Article 4(2) TEU – Activities concerning national security – Committee of inquiry set up by the parliament of a Member State – Article 23(1)(a) and (h), Articles 51 and 55 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Competence of the supervisory authority responsible for data protection – Article 77 – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority – Direct effect.

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Judgments applying this article

13 judgments in the register cite the article in their text. EU 7 · DE 6

• eu:c-247-23
• eu:c-33-22
• eu:c-129-21-62021cj0129
• eu:c-154-21
• eu:c-200-23-62023cj0200
• eu:c-460-20-62020cj0460
• eu:c-487-21

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