Judgment_paragraph 38 · WM and Sovim SA v Luxembourg Business Registers (C-37/20)

38In that regard, it should be noted that since the data referred to in Article 30(5) include information on identified individuals, namely the beneficial owners of corporate and other legal entities incorporated within the Member States’ territory, the access of any member of the general public to those data affects the fundamental right to respect for private life, guaranteed in Article 7 of the Charter (see, by analogy, judgment of 21 June 2022, Ligue des droits humains, C‑817/19, EU:C:2022:491, paragraph 94 and the case-law cited), it being of no relevance in that respect that the data concerned may relate to activities of a professional nature (see, by analogy, judgment of 9 November 2010, Volker und Markus Schecke and Eifert, C‑92/09 and C‑93/09, EU:C:2010:662, paragraph 59). In addition, making available those data to the general public in that manner constitutes the processing of personal data falling under Article 8 of the Charter (see, by analogy, judgment of 9 November 2010, Volker und Markus Schecke and Eifert, C‑92/09 and C‑93/09, EU:C:2010:662, paragraphs 52 and 60).