62022CJ0621_SUM
Case C‑621/22
Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennisbond
v
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the rechtbank Amsterdam)
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 October 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(a) – Lawfulness of processing – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Necessity of processing for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party – Concept of ‘legitimate interests’ – Commercial interest – Sports federation – Disclosure, for consideration, of the personal data of the members of a sports federation to sponsors without the consent of those members)
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 purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, on condition that the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject requiring data protection do not prevail – Concept – Disclosure, for consideration, of data of the members of a sports federation in order to satisfy a commercial interest of the controller – Included – Condition
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 8; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, recital 47 and Arts 5, 6(1), first subpara., point (f), and 13(1)(c) and (d))
(see paragraphs 25, 29-31, 35-42, 45-51, 54, 55, operative part)
See the text of the decision.