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	European Court of Justice
Submitted 1 March 2001; Decided 6 November 2003
Full case name	Bodil Lindqvist v Åklagarkammaren i Jönköping
Case	Case C-101/01
CelexID	62012CJ0131
ECLI	ECLI:EU:C:2003:596
Case type	Reference for a preliminary ruling
Chamber	Full chamber
Nationality of parties	Swedish
Procedural history	Reference of the Göta hovrätt (Sweden)
Ruling
	Referring to various persons on an internet page and identifying them either by name or by other means constitutes processing of personal data by automatic means within the meaning of Community law.
Court composition
	Judge-Rapporteur; D.A.O. Edward
	President; P. Jann
	Judges C.W.A. Timmermans; C. Gulmann; J.N. Cunha Rodrigues; A. Rosas; J.-P. Puissochet; F. Macken; S. von Bahr;
	Advocate General; A. Tizzano
Legislation affecting
	Interprets Directive 95/46/EC
Keywords
	Directive 95/46/EC - Scope - Publication of personal data on the internet - Place of publication - Definition of transfer of personal data to third countries - Freedom of expression - Compatibility with Directive 95/46 of greater protection for personal data under the national legislation of a Member State

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Bodil Lindqvist v Åklagarkammaren i Jönköping (2003) is a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). It held that referring to various persons on an internet page and identifying them either by name or by other means constitutes processing of personal data by automatic means within the meaning of Community law.^[1]

It was the first time the Court ruled on the scope of Directive 95/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) and freedom of movement for such data on the internet.^[2] It was cited in Costeja (2014), a controversial ruling that held internet search engine operators established in the European Union (EU) responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal information which appears on web pages published by third parties, confirming a right of erasure widely regarded as a so-called right to be forgotten.^[3]