EU Court of Justice · 20 December 2017
Nowak
In plain English
A trainee accountant asked for his exam script. The Court held that a candidate's written answers and the examiner's comments on them are his personal data, confirming that 'personal data' covers opinions and assessments, not just private facts.
What the court ruled
the written answers submitted by a candidate at a professional examination and any comments made by an examiner with respect to those answers constitute personal data, within the meaning of that provision.
Related
The official text is quoted word for word from the English version of the source named under it; only the version published in the court’s own records is authoritative. The plain-English line is Fino’s own summary, not legal advice.