Court of Justice judgment · Case C-453/21
X-FAB Dresden GmbH & Co. KG v FC
- Case
- C-453/21
- Court
- Court of Justice
- Date of judgment
- 9 February 2023
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2023:79
- Instrument
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- Provisions
- Article 38(3), Article 38(6)
Holding (summary, not the official text)
Confirms national just-cause protection for DPOs; a conflict of interests exists where the DPO also has tasks that involve deciding purposes and means of processing, assessed case by case.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
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