Judgment_paragraph 40 · Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer beim Hessischen Kultusministerium v Minister des Hessischen Kultusministeriums (C-34/21)

40In that regard, it should be pointed out that the GDPR does not define the terms ‘employees’ and ‘employment’, nor does it refer to the law of the Member States to define those terms. In the absence of any such reference, it should be recalled that, as follows from the need for a uniform application of EU law and from the principle of equality, the terms of a provision of EU law which makes no express reference to the law of the Member States for the purpose of determining its meaning and scope must normally be given an autonomous and uniform interpretation throughout the European Union (judgment of 2 June 2022, HK/Danmark and HK/Privat, C‑587/20, EU:C:2022:419, paragraph 25 and the case-law cited).