Case C‑461/22

MK

v

WB

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hannover)

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 July 2024

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2)(c) – Scope – Exclusion – Purely personal or household activity – Article 4(7) – Controller – Former guardian who performed his or her duties in a professional capacity – Article 15 – Access of the person who has been placed under legal guardianship to data collected by that former guardian during the performance of his or her duties)

Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation 2016/679 – Scope – Controller – Concept – Former guardian who performed his or her duties in a professional capacity with regard to a person placed under his or her guardianship – Personal data of that person in the possession of that guardian – Included

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2016/679, Arts 2(2)(c), 4(7), 15 and 23)

(see paragraphs 25, 26, 29-31, operative part.)

See the text of the decision.