Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 October 2015

Weltimmo s.r.o. v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Articles 4(1) and 28(1), (3) and (6) — Controller who is formally established in a Member State — Impairment of the right to the protection of personal data concerning natural persons in another Member State — Determination of the applicable law and the competent supervisory authority — Exercise of the powers of the supervisory authority — Power to impose penalties

Case C-230/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
30/10/2015 Weltimmo
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2015:639
01/10/2015 Weltimmo
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2015:639
01/10/2015 Weltimmo
Application (OJ)
11/07/2014 Weltimmo
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2015:426
25/06/2015 Weltimmo
Top of the page 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

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
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

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 12/05/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 25/06/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

01/10/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 381 from 16.11.2015, p.6

Application: OJ C 245 from 28.07.2014, p.5

Name of the parties

Weltimmo

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Meuwese, A.C.M.: Europese bescherming persoonsgegevens is geen one-shop-stop, Ars aequi 2015 p.998-1002 (NL)
  2. Costes, Lionel: Traitement de données personnelles : détermination du droit applicable, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2015 nº 120 p.37-38 (FR)
  3. Skubic, Zoran: Meje čezmejne pristojnosti nacionalnega varuha osebnih podatkov po pravu EU, Pravna praksa 2015 nº 49-50 p.33-34 (SL)
  4. Cole, Mark D. ; Giurgiu, Andra: The 'Minimal' Approach: the CJEU on the Concept of 'Establishment' Triggering Jurisdiction for DPAs and Limitations of Their Sanctioning Powers, European Data Protection Law Review 2015 Vol.4 p.310 - 315 (EN)
  5. Daniel, Élise: Traitement des données à caractère personnel, Europe 2015 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.12-13 (FR)
  6. Steinrötter, Björn: Dogmatische Kohärenz im Internationalen Wirtschaftsrecht der EU - ..., Europäisches Wirtschafts- & Steuerrecht - EWS 2015 Heft4 p.1 (DE)
  7. Spittka, Jan ; Wybitul, Tim: Anwendbarkeit nationalen Datenschutzrechts auf ausländische Gesellschaft, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2015 Heft 50 p.3640-3641 (DE)
  8. Beyvers, Eva: Datenschutzrecht: Anwendbarkeit nationalen Rechts auf ausländische Gesellschaft, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2015 Heft 23 p.916-917 (DE)
  9. Leupold, Andreas: Anwendungsbereich nationaler Datenschutzgesetze - Niederlassung in anderem Mitgliedstaat - zuständige Datenschutzbehörde, MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2015 p.96-98 (DE)
  10. Peyrou, Sylvie: La Cour de justice de l'Union européenne, à l'avant-garde de la défense des droits numériques, Journal de droit européen 2015 nº 224 p.395-398 (FR)
  11. Bojnár, Katinka: Az Európai Unió Bíróságának döntése az egyének magánszférájának védelméről a Weltimmo-ügyben, Jogesetek Magyarázata 2015 nº 4 p.45-54 (HU)
  12. Svantesson, Dan Jerker B.: The CJEU’s Weltimmo Data Privacy Ruling: Lost in the Data Privacy Turmoil, Yet So Very Important, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2016 p.332-341 (EN)
  13. Haftel, Bernard: Protection des données personnelles : autorité de contrôle compétente et loi applicable, Revue critique de droit international privé 2016 nº 2 p.377-387 (FR)
  14. Perray, Romain: De la (bonne ?) application de la jurisprudence Weltimmo au bénéfice... d'Amazon et de Facebook, Revue de l'Union européenne 2016 n° 603 p.597-609 (FR)
  15. Wendler, Julia ; Günther, Jan-Philipp: Europäischer Gerichtshof: Anwendungsbereich des nationalen Datenschutzrechts in Europa, PinG - Privacy in Germany 2016 p.115-116 (DE)
  16. Metallinos, Nathalie: Données personnelles: la CJUE renforce les règles de protection, Dalloz IP / IT 2016 nº 1 p.47-50 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Kúria - Hungary

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Principles of Union law
  • - Protection of personal data

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

Troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Fernlund

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

  • Hungarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish