62023CJ0638_SUM
Case C‑638/23
Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung
v
Datenschutzbehörde
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof)
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 February 2025
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4(7) – Concept of ‘controller’ – Direct designation of the controller by national law – Auxiliary administrative entity in the service of a regional government – Lack of legal personality – Lack of legal capacity of the entity’s own – Determination of the purposes and means of the processing)
Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Concept of controller – Auxiliary administrative entity lacking legal personality and legal capacity of its own – Included – Conditions – Ability of such an entity to fulfil the obligations of the controller towards data subjects – Determination of the scope of the processing under national legislation – Matter to be verified by the referring court
(Art. 16(1) TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 8(1); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, recitals 1, 7, 10, 45 and 74 and Arts 1, 4(7) and 5(1) and (2))
(see paragraphs 25-28, 30-35, 38-41, 49, operative part)
Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Concept of controller – Controller designated by national law – Entity not empowered to determine itself the purposes and means of the processing – Included
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, Art. 4(7), second part)
(see paragraphs 43-48)
See the text of the decision.