Court of Justice judgment · Case C-597/19

Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA

Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026

Case: C-597/19
Court: Court of Justice
Date of judgment: 17 June 2021
ECLI: ECLI:EU:C:2021:492
Instrument: GDPR together with the IP Enforcement and ePrivacy Directives
Provisions: Article 6(1)(f), Article 23

Listed under "Related (earlier law or other instruments)": this judgment concerns earlier law or another instrument, not the GDPR alone.

Holding (summary, not the official text)

A copyright holder's systematic recording of IP addresses of file sharers, and the internet provider's disclosure of subscribers' names for a damages claim, can rest on legitimate interest, provided the request is justified, proportionate and not abusive, and any obligation to disclose is based on a legislative measure.

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

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