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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Second Chamber)

19 October 2016 (*)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Article 2(a) — Article 7(f) — Definition of ‘personal data’ — Internet protocol addresses — Storage of data by an online media services provider — National legislation not permitting the legitimate interest pursued by the controller to be taken into account)

In Case C‑582/14,

REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice, Germany), made by decision of 28 October 2014, received at the Court on 17 December 2014, in the proceedings

Patrick Breyer

v

Bundesrepublik Deutschland,

THE COURT (Second Chamber),

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

Advocate General: M. Campos Sánchez-Bordona,

Registrar: V. Giacobbo-Peyronnel, Administrator,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 25 February 2016,

after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:

–        Mr Breyer, by M. Starostik, Rechtsanwalt,

–        the German Government, by A. Lippstreu and T. Henze, acting as Agents,

–        the Austrian Government, by G. Eberhard, acting as Agent,

–        the Portuguese Government, by L. Inez Fernandes and C. Vieira Guerra, acting as Agents,