Court of Justice judgment · Case C-446/21
Maximilian Schrems v Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
- 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)
- Provisions
- Article 5(1)(c), Article 9(2)(e)
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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