Court of Justice of the European Union

Published September 24, 2018

Tietosuojavaltuutettu v Jehovan todistajat — uskonnollinen yhdyskunta

Case C-25/17

Before K Lenaerts, president, A Tizzano, vice-president, R Silva de Lapuerta, T von Danwitz (rapporteur), JL da Cruz Vilaça, J Malenovský, E Levits and C Vajda, presidents of chambers, and A Borg Barthet, J-C Bonichot, A Arabadjiev, S Rodin, F Biltgen, K Jürimäe and C Lycourgos, judges.

Advocate-general P Mengozzi

Judgment July 10, 2018

Members of a religious community who collected personal information about people they contacted when engaged in door-to-door preaching were subject to European Union data protection laws.

The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union so held on a reference from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Supreme Administrative Court, Finland)