Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-252/21 Meta Platforms and Others (Conditions générales d’utilisation d’un réseau social)

29 settembre 2022

On September 20,2022, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos of the Court of Justice of EU issued his opinion

Opinion C-252/21 | Meta Platforms and Others (General terms of use of a social network) and affirmed that a competition authority may, in exercising its powers, take account of the compatibility of a commercial practice with the General Data Protection Regulation.

In his Opinion , Advocate General Athanasios Rantos, first, takes the view that, while a competition authority does not have jurisdiction to rule on an infringement of the GDPR, it may nevertheless, in the exercise of its own powers, take account of the compatibility of a commercial practice with the GDPR. In that respect, the Advocate General emphasises that the compliance or non-compliance of that conduct with the provisions of the GDPR may, in the light of all the circumstances of the case, be an important indication of whether that conduct amounts to a breach of competition rules.

However, the Advocate General points out that a competition authority can only assess compliance with the GDPR as an incidental question, without prejudice to the powers of the competent supervisory authority under that regulation. Therefore, the competition authority must take account of any decision or investigation by the competent supervisory authority, inform the latter of any relevant details and, where appropriate, consult it.

Archivio news

 

News dello studio

apr28

28/04/2026

Assess your National Cybersecurity Capabilities and Maturity with the updated ENISA Framework

ENISA has released the updated National Capabilities Assessment framework – NCAF 2.0,  a methodology aimed at supporting national authorities strenghten their cybersecurity capabilities

apr28

28/04/2026

Smart simplification' in the EU telecom policy

During his recent participation at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the BEREC Chair Marko Mišmaš (AKOS, Slovenia) reaffirmed BEREC's commitment to playing an active and constructive

apr28

28/04/2026

Save the date:“From Omnibus to Opportunity: Driving Data Protection and Innovation”

On 8 June 2026, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI), and the Bavarian Data Protection Commissioner

News Giuridiche

apr28

28/04/2026

La violazione della procedura amministrativa non rende improcedibile l’azione penale

<p>La violazione della procedura

apr28

28/04/2026

Sanzioni pecuniarie, i Garanti devono dimostrare l'elemento soggettivo

La Corte del Lussemburgo annulla la maxi

apr28

28/04/2026

Favoreggiamento della prostituzione: occorre un quid pluris rispetto alla mera locazione

È necessaria la presenza di prestazioni