Case C‑710/23
L.H.
v
Ministerstvo zdravotnictví
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 April 2025
( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 4 – Definitions – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Article 86 – Public access to official documents – Data concerning the representative of a legal person – Case-law of a national court imposing an obligation to inform and consult the data subject prior to disclosure of official documents containing such data )
1.        Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Concept of personal data – Data concerning the representative of a legal person – Data concerning an identified or identifiable natural person – Included – Verification a matter for the national court
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, recital 14 and Art. 4(1))
(see paragraphs 20-25)
2.        Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Concept of the processing of personal data – Disclosure of personal data concerning the representative of a legal person – Included – Disclosure for the sole purpose of identifying the natural person authorised to act on behalf of that legal person – Irrelevant
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, recitals 1 and 10 and Arts 1 and 4(1) and (2))
(see paragraphs 27-31, operative part 1)
3.        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 compliance with a legal obligation incumbent on the controller – Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority – National case-law imposing on the controller an obligation to inform and consult the data subject prior to disclosure of official documents containing such data – Whether permissible – Conditions
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, Arts 6(1)(c) and (e) and (3), and 86)
(see paragraphs 33, 42, 44-48, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.