Judgment of the Court in Case C-154/21 | Österreichische Post (Information regarding the recipients of personal data)

Date of article: 12/01/2023

Daily News of: 16/01/2023

Country:  EUROPE

Author: Court of Justice of the European Union

Article language: en

Link: https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2023-01/cp230004en.pdf

Language: es cs de et en fr it lv lt hu pl pt ro sk

Every person has the right to know to whom his or her personal data have been disclosed

Nevertheless, the controller may indicate only the categories of recipient if it is impossible to identify the recipients or the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive

A citizen requested Österreichische Post, the principal operator of postal and logistical services in Austria, to disclose to him the identity of the recipients to whom it had disclosed his personal data.

He relied on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). That regulation provides that the data subject has the right to obtain from the controller information about the recipients or categories of recipient to whom his or her personal data have been or will be disclosed. 

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