Court of Justice judgment · Case C-245/20

X and Z v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens

Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026

Case: C-245/20
Court: Court of Justice
Date of judgment: 24 March 2022
ECLI: ECLI:EU:C:2022:216
Instrument: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
Provisions: Article 55(3)

Holding (summary, not the official text)

A court that temporarily gives journalists access to case documents containing personal data, so they can report on proceedings, acts in its 'judicial capacity', so the data protection authority is not competent to supervise that act.

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