EU Court of Justice: Personal data must be interpreted broadly

Court of Justice EU June 22, 2023, IT 4301, ECLI:EU:C:2023:501 (J.M.v. Pankki) In this case, for the benefit of J.M., who worked for a while at the bank Pankki S and was also a customer there himself, some questions are put to the Court of Justice. His complaint is that some of his co-workers viewed his personal data in the bank register. He asks Pankki S who viewed his data and the reason for the inquiry. The bank refuses to relinquish this information, but does tell J.M. that his data was viewed because someone with the same last name as J.M. was joining the bank and it was deemed prudent to check that there was no danger of a conflict of interest. The bank adds that data processing of J.M. was necessary for this purpose. J.M.'s request was not granted. Hereupon he went to court, who directed his questions to the Court.The questions focus on how the AVG should be interpreted. The question is whether information that wo (Machine translated)

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