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Fashion ID GmbH & Co.KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV (C-40/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
The second question
78

Fashion ID GmbH & Co.KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV (C-40/17)

Judgment of 29 Jul 2019law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-40-17/para_78@2026-11-11

78Moreover, by embedding that social plugin on its website, Fashion ID exerts a decisive influence over the collection and transmission of the personal data of visitors to that website to the provider of that plugin, Facebook Ireland, which would not have occurred without that plugin.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-40/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:629
Decided: 29 Jul 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, Germany)
Applicant: Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG
Defendant: Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV
Interveners: Facebook Ireland Ltd; Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rapporteur: A. Rosas
Advocate General: M. Bobek
Bench: 5 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Prechal, C. Toader, A. Rosas, M. Ilešič
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0040

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Approximation of laws Protection of personal data

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Interprets 1: Directive 95/46/EC
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