CASE OF LÓPEZ RIBALDA AND OTHERS v. SPAIN
Hearing: López Ribalda and Others v. Spain (no. 1874/13) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2018-11-28 00:00:00)
Application no.: 1874/13
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2019-10-17 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2019:1017JUD000187413
Respondent state: ESP
Articles of the Convention: 6;6-1;8;8-1;35;35-1
Judges: Alena Poláčková;Aleš Pejchal;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Dmitry Dedov;Ganna Yudkivska;Georgios A. Serghides;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Luis López Guerra;Mārtiņš Mits;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Yonko Grozev;Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer;Ksenija Turković;Pere Pastor Vilanova;María Elósegui
Represented by: GONZALES ESPADA J.A.
Issue: Section 5 of the Personal Data Protection Act ; Instruction no. 1/2006 of 8 November 2006 ; Article 20.3 of the Labour Regulations (Estatuto de los Trabajadores) approved by Royal Legislative Decree no. 1/1995


Strasbourg case-law cited: Allan v. the United Kingdom, no 48539/99, § 35, ECHR 2002 IX;Angelov v. Bulgaria, no 44076/98, § 28, 22 April 2004;Antović and Mirković v. Montenegro, no 70838/13, §§ 42-45, 28 November 2017;Bărbulescu v. Romania [GC], no 61496/08, 5 September 2017;Bochan v. Ukraine (no 2) [GC], no 22251/08, § 61, ECHR 2015;Carmel Saliba v. Malta, no 24221/13, § 67, 29 November 2016;De La Flor Cabrera v. Spain, no 10764/09, § 31, 27 May 2014;Denisov v. Ukraine [GC], no 76639/11, §§ 95 and 100, 25 September 2018;Fernández Martínez v. Spain [GC], no 56030/07, § 110, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no 22978/05, § 163, ECHR 2010;Herbecq and the Association "Ligue des droits de l’homme" v. Belgium, nos. 32200/96 and 32201/96, decision of the Commission of 14 January 1998, Decisions and Reports 92-A, p. 92;Ilnseher v. Germany [GC], nos. 10211/12 and 27505/14, § 100, 4 December 2018;K. and T. v. Finland [GC], no 25702/94, §§ 140-141, ECHR 2001 VII;Köpke v. Germany (dec.), no 420/07, 5 October 2010;M.C. v. Bulgaria, no 39272/98, § 150, ECHR 2003 XII;Malhous v. the Czech Republic (dec.) [GC], no 33071/96, ECHR 2000-XII;Navalnyy v. Russia [GC], nos. 29580/12 and 4 others, § 61, 15 November 2018;Nicola v. Turkey, no 18404/91, § 15, 27 January 2009;P.G. and J.H. v. the United Kingdom, no 44787/98, ECHR 2001 IX;Palomo Sánchez and Others v. Spain [GC], nos. 28955/06 and 3 others, § 62, ECHR 2011;Peck v. the United Kingdom, no 44647/98, §§ 58-63, ECHR 2003 I;Perry v. the United Kingdom, no 63737/00, §§ 36-43, ECHR 2003 IX (extracts);Reklos and Davourlis v. Greece, no 1234/05, §§ 34-43, 15 January 2009;Schenk v. Switzerland, 12 July 1988, §§ 46-48, Series A no 140;Schüssel v. Austria (dec.), no 42409/98, 21 February 2002;Schüth v. Germany, no 1620/03, §§ 54 and 57, ECHR 2010;Söderman v. Sweden [GC], no 5786/08, § 78, ECHR 2013;Von Hannover v. Germany (no 2) [GC], nos. 40660/08 and 60641/08, §§ 95 and 98, ECHR 2012;Vukota-Bojić v. Switzerland, no 61838/10, §§ 55-59, 18 October 2016;X and Y v. the Netherlands, 26 March 1985, §§ 23, 24 and 27, Series A no 91
External sources: Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
Conclusion: Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;No violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8 - Positive obligations;Article 8-1 - Respect for private life);No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing);No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)
Separate opinion: TRUE