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title: "Case C-245/20: judgment of 24 March 2022"
canonical: "https://dposchool.com/gdpr/case/c-245-20"
source: "https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-245/20&language=en"
source_note: "Only the judgment as published by the Court of Justice is authoritative."
text_as_of: "2026-10-28"
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publisher: "DPO School"
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Court of Justice judgment · Case C-245/20

# X and Z v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens

[Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **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)](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/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.

## Official source

- [Case C-245/20 on CURIA](https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-245/20&language=en)
- [Judgment on EUR-Lex (CELEX 62020CJ0245)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62020CJ0245)

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the judgment as published by the Court of Justice is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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