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Court of Justice judgment · Case C-446/21

Maximilian Schrems v Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026

Case
C-446/21
Court
Court of Justice
Date of judgment
4 October 2024
ECLI
ECLI:EU:C:2024:834
Instrument
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)

Holding (summary, not the official text)

Data minimisation prevents a social network from using all personal data it collects, on or off the platform, for targeted advertising without limits of time or type; a person who speaks publicly about their sexual orientation does not thereby allow the network to process other data about it for advertising.

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

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