CJEU - C-102/20 - StWL Städtische Werke Lauf a.d. Pegnitz GmbH
| CJEU - C-102/20 StWL Städtische Werke Lauf a.d. Pegnitz GmbH | |
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| Court: | CJEU |
| Jurisdiction: | European Union |
| Relevant Law: | Article 2(h) Directive 2002/58/EC Article 13(1) Directive 2002/58/EC |
| Decided: | |
| Parties: | StWL Städtische Werke Lauf a.d. Pegnitz GmbH eprimo GmbH |
| Case Number/Name: | C-102/20 StWL Städtische Werke Lauf a.d. Pegnitz GmbH |
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| Reference from: | BGH (Germany) |
| Language: | 24 EU Languages |
| Original Source: | Judgement |
| Initial Contributor: | n/a |
See Holding for questions referred.
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Questions referred:
1. Does the concept of ‘sending’ within the meaning of Article 2(h) of Directive 2002/58/EC cover a situation in which a message is not transmitted by a user of an electronic communications service, via a service provider, to the electronic ‘address’ of a second user, but, as a consequence of the opening of the password-protected web page of an email account, is automatically displayed by ad servers in certain areas designated for that purpose in the email inbox of a randomly selected user (inbox advertising)?
2. Does the collection of a message within the meaning of Article 2(h) of Directive 2002/58/EC presuppose that, after becoming aware of the existence of a message, the recipient triggers the programmatically prescribed transmission of the message data by making an intentional collection request, or is it sufficient for the appearance of a message in an email account inbox to be triggered by the user opening the password-protected web page of his e-mail account?
3. Does a message constitute electronic mail within the meaning of Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/58/EC even where it is not sent to an individual recipient already specifically identified prior to transmission but is displayed in the inbox of a randomly selected user?
4. Is electronic mail used for the purposes of direct marketing within the meaning of Article 13(1) of Directive 2002/58/EC only where the user is found to be the subject of a burden that is greater than a nuisance?
5. Does individual advertising meet the conditions governing the presence of ‘solicitation’, for the purposes of the first sentence of point 26 of Annex I to Directive 2005/29/EC, only where a customer is contacted via a medium traditionally used for individual communication between a sender and a recipient, or is it sufficient if — as with the advertisement at issue in the case in point — an individual connection is established by the fact that the advertisement is displayed in the inbox of a private email account, and thus in an area in which the customer expects to find messages addressed to him personally?
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