– the European Commission, by P. Aalto, H. Kranenborg and D. Nardi, acting as Agents,Īfter hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 1 February 2018,ġ This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 2(c) and (d) and Article 3 of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ 1995 L 281, p. 31) read in the light of Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’).Ģ The request has been made in proceedings brought by the tietosuojavaltuutettu (Data Protection Supervisor, Finland) concerning the legality of a decision of the tietosuojalautakunta (Data Protection Board, Finland) prohibiting the Jehovan todistajat - uskonnollinen yhdyskunta (Jehovah’s Witnesses religious community, ‘the Jehovah’s Witnesses Community’) from collecting or processing personal data in the course of their door-to-door preaching unless the requirements of Finnish legislation relating to the processing of personal data are observed.ģ Recitals 10, 12, 15, 26 and 27 of Directive 95/46 state: – the Italian Government, by G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato, – the Czech Government, by M. Smolek and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents, – the Finnish Government, by H. Leppo, acting as Agent,
– Jehovan todistajat - uskonnollinen yhdyskunta, by S.H. Brady, asianajaja, and by P. Muzny, – the tietosuojavaltuutettu, by R. Aarnio, acting as Agent, Having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 28 November 2017,Īfter considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Jehovan todistajat - uskonnollinen yhdyskunta,Ĭomposed of K. Lenaerts, President, A. Tizzano, Vice-President, R. Silva de Lapuerta, T. von Danwitz (Rapporteur), J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, J. Malenovský, E. Levits and C. Vajda, Presidents of Chambers, A. Borg Barthet, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, S. Rodin, F. Biltgen, K. Jürimäe and C. Lycourgos, Judges, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Supreme Administrative Court, Finland), made by decision of 22 December 2016, received at the Court on 19 January 2017, in the proceedings (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data - Directive 95/46/EC - Scope of the directive - Article 3 - Data collected and processed by the members of a religious community in the course of their door-to-door preaching - Article 2(c) - Definition of a ‘personal data filing system’ - Article 2(d) - Definition of a ‘controller’ of the processing of personal data - Article 10(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)
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