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In its judgment of 9 March 2017 in case C-398/15 the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) handed down an important judgment on the scope of the so-called "right to be forgotten" on the basis of Personal Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. The ECJ considered that this directive does not preclude any person from accessing, without any time limit, personal data set out in the companies registers. Nevertheless, on a case by case basis, where exceptionally justified and upon expiry of sufficient period after dissolution of the company, Member States might restrict access to such data.
Facts
Mr. Manni, an Italian citizen and previous director of a company which went bankrupt, wanted his data to be erased from the company register. He considered that the...
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