Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 06/22/2021

Subject: The Court affirmed that EU data protection law precludes Latvian legislation which obliges the road safety authority to make the data relating to the penalty points imposed on drivers for road traffic offences accessible to the public. It has not been established that this system is necessary in order to achieve the objective pursued, namely improving road safety

Parties: Latvijas Republikas Saeima (Points de pénalité)

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Art. 11 Freedom of information

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