62020CJ0175_SUM
Case C‑175/20
‘SS’ SIA
v
Valsts ieņēmumu dienests
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 February 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2 – Scope – Article 4 – Concept of ‘processing’ – Article 5 – Principles relating to processing – Purpose limitation – Data minimisation – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest by the controller – Processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject – Article 23 – Limitations – Processing of data for tax purposes – Request for the disclosure of information relating to vehicle sale advertisements placed online – Proportionality)
Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Scope
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, recitals 10, 11 and 19 and Arts 2(1) and (2), 4(1) and (2), and 5(1); European Parliament and Council Directive 2016/680, Art. 3(7))
(see paragraphs 36-47, operative part 1)
Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Principles relating to processing – Power of Member States to limit the scope of certain rights and obligations
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, recitals 4, 10 and 41 and Arts 5(1) and 23(1))
(see paragraphs 51-58, operative part 2)
Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Conditions governing the lawfulness of the processing of personal data – Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, recital 39 and Arts 5(1)(b) and (c) and (2), 6(1), first para. and (3), second para. and 25(2))
(see paragraphs 64-72, 74, 76-80, 83-85, operative part 3)
See the text of the decision.