EU Court of Justice · 24 November 2011

ASNEF and FECEMD (legitimate interests)

In plain English

Spain could not add a condition that data processed under the legitimate interests ground must come from public sources. Member States cannot narrow that ground with extra rules, and people can rely on it directly in court.

  • Asociación Nacional de Establecimientos Financieros de Crédito (ASNEF) (C-468/10) and Federación de Comercio Electrónico y Marketing Directo (FECEMD) (C-469/10) v Administración del Estado
  • Case C-468/10 and C-469/10
  • ECLI:EU:C:2011:777

What the court ruled

Article 7(f) of Directive 95/46/EC … must be interpreted as precluding national rules which, in the absence of the data subject's consent, … require not only that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject be respected, but also that the data should appear in public sources …

Judgment of 24 November 2011, ASNEF and FECEMD, C-468/10 and C-469/10, EU:C:2011:777, operative part, point 1EUR-Lex

Article 7(f) of Directive 95/46 has direct effect.

Judgment of 24 November 2011, ASNEF and FECEMD, C-468/10 and C-469/10, EU:C:2011:777, operative part, point 2EUR-Lex

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