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Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 July 2019

Fashion ID GmbH & Co.KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Article 2(d) — Notion of ‘controller’ — Operator of a website who has embedded on that website a social plugin that allows the personal data of a visitor to that website to be transferred to the provider of that plugin — Article 7(f) — Lawfulness of data processing — Taking into account of the interest of the operator of the website or of that of the provider of the social plugin — Article 2(h) and Article 7(a) — Consent of the data subject — Article 10 — Informing the data subject — National legislation allowing consumer-protection associations to bring or defend legal proceedings

Case C-40/17

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

06/09/2019

Fashion ID

Data protection

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:629

29/07/2019

Fashion ID

Data protection

Application (OJ)

24/03/2017

Fashion ID

Data protection

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:1039

19/12/2018

Fashion ID

Data protection

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.11 Approximation of laws
4.11.01 Protection of personal data

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

TFEU, Article 288 -L3 : paragraph 49
Directive 95/46 : paragraphs 3, 32, 36, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 61, 62, 89, 91
Directive 95/46 -A01 : paragraph 5
Directive 95/46 -A01P1 : paragraph 94
Directive 95/46 -A02 : paragraphs 1, 6
Directive 95/46 -A02LA : paragraph 46
Directive 95/46 -A02LB : paragraphs 71, 76
Directive 95/46 -A02LD : paragraphs 34, 37, 42, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 73, 74, 82, 84, 85, 99
Directive 95/46 -A02LH : paragraphs 42, 98, 100 - 102, 106
Directive 95/46 -A07 : paragraphs 1, 7, 55, 93
Directive 95/46 -A07LA : paragraphs 42, 98, 100 - 102, 106
Directive 95/46 -A07LF : paragraphs 40, 42, 87, 92, 94 - 97
Directive 95/46 -A10 : paragraphs 1, 8, 39, 41, 42, 98, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106
Directive 95/46 -A13 : paragraph 93
Directive 95/46 -A22 : paragraphs 1, 9, 33, 42 - 44, 52, 57, 58, 63
Directive 95/46 -A23 : paragraphs 1, 10, 33, 42, 43, 52, 57, 63
Directive 95/46 -A24 : paragraphs 1, 11, 33, 35, 42, 43, 57, 59, 63
Directive 95/46 -A28 : paragraphs 12, 52, 60
Directive 95/46 -A28P1 : paragraph 45
Directive 95/46 -A28P3L3 : paragraph 45
Directive 95/46 -A28P4 : paragraph 46
Directive 95/46 -C10 : paragraph 4
Directive 2002/58 -A05P3 : paragraphs 13, 88 - 90
Directive 2009/22 -A01P1 : paragraph 14
Directive 2009/22 -A02 : paragraph 15
Directive 2009/22 -A07 : paragraphs 16, 61
Directive 2009/22 -N1 : paragraph 61
Regulation 679/2016 : paragraph 3
Regulation 679/2016 -A80 : paragraph 17
Regulation 679/2016 -A80P2 : paragraphs 36, 62
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/01 -N83 : paragraph 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/01 -N84 : paragraph 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/01 -N95 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/01 -N97 : paragraphs 56, 59
Court of Justice - Judgment C -524/06 -N50 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -553/07 -N68 : paragraph 104
Court of Justice - Judgment C -389/08 -N24 : paragraph 49
Court of Justice - Judgment C -389/08 -N25 : paragraph 49
Court of Justice - Judgment C -468/10 -N28 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -468/10 -N29 : paragraph 54
Court of Justice - Judgment C -468/10 -N30 : paragraph 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -468/10 -N35 : paragraph 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/12 -N34 : paragraph 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/12 -N53 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/12 -N71 : paragraph 93
Court of Justice - Judgment C -473/12 -N23 : paragraph 104
Court of Justice - Judgment C -473/12 -N31 : paragraph 54
Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/14 -N30 : paragraph 93
Court of Justice - Judgment C -582/14 -N57 : paragraph 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/16 -N28 : paragraph 95
Court of Justice - Judgment C -73/16 -N38 : paragraph 50
Court of Justice - Judgment C -73/16 -N54 : paragraph 58
Court of Justice - Judgment C -73/16 -N55 : paragraph 58
Court of Justice - Judgment C -103/16 -N57 : paragraph 49
Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/16 -N57 : paragraph 57
Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/16 -N58 : paragraph 57
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 : paragraph 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N26 : paragraph 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N27 : paragraph 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N28 : paragraph 66
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N29 : paragraph 67
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N38 : paragraph 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N41 : paragraph 83
Court of Justice - Opinion C -40/17 : paragraphs 57, 74, 91, 102
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 -N65 : paragraph 67
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 -N66 : paragraph 70
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 -N68 : paragraph 68
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 -N69 : paragraph 69

Operative part

Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A22
Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A23
Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A24
Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A02LD
Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A07LF
Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A02LH
Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A07LA
Interprets : Directive 95/46 -A10

Opinion

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 7 : point 126
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 8 : point 126
TFEU, Article 288 -L3 : point 28
Directive 95/46 : points 16, 25, 26, 30, 33, 37, 39, 40, 47 - 49, 76, 78, 79, 85, 109, 110, 114, 122, 123, 136
Directive 95/46 -A01P1 : point 4
Directive 95/46 -A01P2 : point 4
Directive 95/46 -A02 : points 5, 87
Directive 95/46 -A02LA : points 55, 56, 58
Directive 95/46 -A02LB : points 97, 99
Directive 95/46 -A02LD : points 21, 50, 61, 62, 97, 100, 108, 142
Directive 95/46 -A02LH : points 21, 128
Directive 95/46 -A07 : points 6, 120
Directive 95/46 -A07LA : points 21, 111, 128, 141, 142
Directive 95/46 -A07LF : points 3, 21, 23, 112, 114, 121, 124, 126, 127, 142
Directive 95/46 -A10 : points 7, 21, 80 - 82, 129, 133, 141, 142
Directive 95/46 -A12 : point 83
Directive 95/46 -A22 : points 8, 21, 24, 35, 42
Directive 95/46 -A23 : points 8, 21, 24, 42
Directive 95/46 -A24 : points 8, 21, 24, 35, 42
Directive 95/46 -A28P1 : points 43, 44
Directive 95/46 -A29 : point 99
Directive 95/46 -C10 : point 31
Directive 95/46 -C26 : point 55
Directive 2002/58 : point 113
Directive 2002/58 -A01P2 : point 114
Directive 2002/58 -A05P3 : point 114
Directive 2002/58 -C10 : point 114
Directive 2002/58 -C17 : point 114
Directive 2009/22 -A03 : point 37
Directive 2009/22 -A04P3 : point 10
Directive 2009/22 -N1 : points 37, 38
Directive 2014/104 -C5 : point 44
Regulation 679/2016 : point 47
Regulation 679/2016 -A04 : point 87
Regulation 679/2016 -A26 : point 87
Regulation 679/2016 -A26P1 : point 88
Regulation 679/2016 -A26P3 : points 88, 96
Regulation 679/2016 -A68 : point 99
Regulation 679/2016 -A80P2 : points 24, 45
Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/84 -N22 : point 28
Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/99 -N26 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/99 -N27 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/99 -N29 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/01 -N96 : point 40
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/01 -N97 : point 40
Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/04 -N59 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -295/04 -N60 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/06 -N53 : point 122
Court of Justice - Judgment C -524/06 -N50 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -524/06 -N51 : point 40
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N18 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N19 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N20 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N21 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N22 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N23 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N24 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N25 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N26 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N27 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N28 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N29 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 -N30 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -92/09 -N77 : point 122
Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/09 -N60 : point 28
Court of Justice - Judgment C -543/09 -N50 : point 114
Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/10 -N51 : point 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -468/10 -N29 : point 40
Court of Justice - Judgment C -468/10 -N38 : point 121
Court of Justice - Judgment C -614/10 -N41 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/12 : point 119
Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/12 -N34 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/12 -N53 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/12 -N71 : point 120
Court of Justice - Judgment C -473/12 -N31 : point 40
Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/13 -N34 : point 122
Court of Justice - Judgment C -582/14 -N33 : point 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -582/14 -N41 : point 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/15 : point 27
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/16 -N56 : point 126
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/16 -N64 : point 122
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/16 -N65 : point 122
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/16 -N66 : point 126
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/16 -N67 : point 126
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/16 -N68 : point 126
Court of Justice - Opinion C -13/16 -N69 : point 126
Court of Justice - Opinion C -210/16 -N66 : point 66
Court of Justice - Opinion C -310/16 -N72 : point 41
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/16 -N25 : point 120
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/16 -N28 : point 121
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/16 -N29 : point 122
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/16 -N30 : point 126
Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/16 -N31 : point 126
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 : point 95
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N29 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N34 : point 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N35 : points 63, 73
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N36 : point 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N38 : point 83
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N39 : points 62, 64
Court of Justice - Judgment C -210/16 -N43 : point 94
Court of Justice - Judgment C -498/16 : point 33
Court of Justice - Judgment C -645/16 -N19 : point 28
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 : points 70, 73
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 -N65 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 -N66 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -25/17 -N68 : point 65

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

26/01/2017

Date of the Opinion

19/12/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

29/07/2019

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 319 from 23.09.2019, p.2

Application: OJ C 112 from 10.04.2017, p.22

Name of the parties

Fashion ID

Notes on Academic Writings

Rýdlová, Hana: Kdy je provozovatel internetových stránek považován za správce ve vztahu ke sběru osobních údajů, Bulletin advokacie 2019 nº 9 p.63-64 (CS)
TOBIAS, Lantwin: Deep Fakes - Düstere Zeiten für den Persönlichkeitsschutz ? Rechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze, Multimedia und Recht 2019 p.574-587 (DE)
Spittka, Jan ; Mantz, Reto: Datenschutzrechtliche Anforderungen an den Einsatz von Social Plugins, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2019 p.2742-2745 (DE)
Sattler, Andreas: Gemeisame Veerantwortlichkeit - getrennte Pflichten, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2019 p.1023-1026 (DE)
Péraldi Leneuf, Fabienne: Protection des données à caractère personnel, Europe 2019 Mois Comm. nº 10 p.27-28 (FR)
Kollmar, Frederike: Umfang und Reichweite gemeinsamer Verantwortlichkeit im Datenschutz, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2019 p.1740-1743 (DE)
Rücker, Daniel ; Brandt, Alexander: Der Einsatz von (Social) Plugins im Lichte des "Fashion ID" - Urteils des EuGH, Der Betrieb 2019 p.2451-2457 (DE)
Böllhoff, Cornelius ; Rataj, Diane: Die Mehrstufigkeit der datenschutzrechtlichen Verantwortlichkeit - Neues aus Luxemburg in Sachen Fashion ID, Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis 2019 p.1536-1539 (DE)
Lurtz, Helmut ; Schindler, Stephan: Anmerkung, Verbraucher und Recht 2019 p.471-475 (DE)
Mattatia, Fabrice: Données personnelles : la reponsabilité d'un utilisateur des services proposés par Facebook, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2019 nº 40 p.1730-1735 (FR)
Craddock, Peter: Arrêt "Fashion ID" : qui est le "responsable du traitement" des données sur un site Internet incorporant un renvoi à un réseau social ?, Journal de droit européen 2019 nº 264 p.404-406 (FR)
Gorkič, Primož: Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V.: More Control, More Data Protection for Website Visitors? (C-40/17 Fashion ID): case note, European Data Protection Law Review 2019 Vol. 4 p. 579-582 (EN)
Dommering, Egbert J.: Fashion ID GmbH & Co.KG tegen Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV : noot, Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2020 nº 13/14 p. 1659-1661 (NL)
Zalnieriute, Monika: When a ʹlikeʹ is not a ʹlikeʹ : a new fragmented approach to data controllership, The Modern Law Review 2020 Vol. 83 nº 4, p. 861-876 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany

Subject-matter

Data protection
Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Rosas

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

German

Language(s) of the Opinion

English