Skip to content

GlobalLawDBby GenieAI

Laws Search Sanctions Map Data Developers

Search the text of the law

Log in Get an API key

Laws Search Sanctions Map Data Developers

Log in Get an API key

The Global Law Database. Free to read, built for people and AI agents.

Explore

All laws
Search the text
Sanctions
Map of connections
Compare UK and EU

Developers

AI agents (MCP)
REST API
Bulk data
API keys

Coverage

United Kingdom
European Union
United States
Canada
Australia
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
Austria
Norway
Finland
Switzerland
Ireland

GlobalLawDB is made by GenieAI, London. It is not legal advice: check the official text before relying on it. Text comes from official publishers under their licences, listed on the Data page.

ThemeMatch my systemLightDark

European Union
Meta Platforms Inc and Others v Bundeskartellamt (C-252/21)
The questions referred
Questions 3 to 5
Questions 3 and 4
115

Meta Platforms Inc and Others v Bundeskartellamt (C-252/21)

Judgment of 4 Jul 2023law://eu/cjeu/2021/c-252-21/para_115@2026-11-10

115First, with regard to personalised advertising, it must be borne in mind that, according to recital 47 of the GDPR, the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes may be regarded as carried out for a legitimate interest of the controller.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-252/21 · ECLI:EU:C:2023:537
Decided: 4 Jul 2023
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, Germany)
Applicants: Meta Platforms Inc; Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd; Facebook Deutschland GmbH
Defendant: Bundeskartellamt
Intervener: Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV
Rapporteur: L.S. Rossi
Advocate General: A. Rantos
Bench: 15 judges
K. Lenaerts, L. Bay Larsen, A. Prechal, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos, M. Safjan, L.S. Rossi, D. Gratsias, M.L. Arastey Sahún, J.-C. Bonichot, S. Rodin, F. Biltgen, M. Gavalec, Z. Csehi, O. Spineanu-Matei
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62021CJ0252

Topics

Principles of Union law Protection of personal data

History · 1 version

4 Jul 2023Reading

Connections

Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation)8 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016)
Cited by 15: VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite (C-340/21); ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (C-667/21); UF and AB v Land Hessen (C-26/22); Mousse v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) and SNCF Connect (C-394/23)2 provisions; HTB Neunte Immobilien Portfolio geschlossene Investment UG & Co. KG and Ökorenta Neue Energien Ökostabil IV geschlossene Investment GmbH & Co. KG v Müller Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and Others (C-17/22)3 provisions; ND v DR (C-21/23); Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennisbond v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (C-621/22)3 provisions; Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet (C-313/23); Maximilian Schrems v Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (C-446/21)3 provisions; La Quadrature du Net and Others v Premier ministre and Ministère de la Culture (C-470/21); European Commission v Hungary (C-769/22); Kwizda Pharma GmbH v Landeshauptmann von Wien (C-451/24); European Commission v Republic of Malta (C-181/23); Regulation (EU) 2024/900; Helene Hamers v European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) (C-111/22)
Cites 17: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Proceedings brought by B (C-439/19); Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance); SIA 'SS' v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (C-175/20); Facebook Ireland Ltd and Others v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (C-645/19); OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija (C-184/20); Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA (C-597/19); TK v Asociaţia de Proprietari bloc M5A-ScaraA (C-708/18); Ágnes Weil v Géza Gulácsi (C-361/18); UPC Nederland BV v Gemeente Hilversum (C-518/11); Baltic Agro AS v Maksu- ja Tolliameti Ida maksu- ja tollikeskus (C-3/13); Deutsche Telekom AG v European Commission (C-152/19 P); Sea Watch eV v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti and Others (C-14/21); Meta Platforms Inc and Others v Bundeskartellamt (C-252/21)