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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Second Chamber)

20 December 2017 ( *1 )

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Article 2(a) — Concept of ‘personal data’ — Written answers submitted by a candidate in a professional examination — Examiner’s comments with respect to those answers — Article 12(a) and (b) — Extent of the data subject’s rights to access and rectification)

In Case C‑434/16,

REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Supreme Court (Ireland), made by decision of 29 July 2016, received at the Court on 4 August 2016, in the proceedings

Peter Nowak

v

Data Protection Commissioner,

THE COURT (Second Chamber),

composed of M. Ilešič (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, A. Rosas, C. Toader, A. Prechal, and E. Jarašiūnas, Judges,

Advocate General: J. Kokott,

Registrar: M. Aleksejev, Administrator,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 22 June 2017,

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:

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Mr Nowak, by G. Rudden, Solicitor, and N. Travers, Senior Counsel,

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the Data Protection Commissioner, by D. Young, Solicitor, and P.A. McDermott, Senior Counsel,

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