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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12845

3 December 2021
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Justice
Representative actions by consumer associations are possible in cases of infringement of personal data protection
Brussels, 02/12/2021 (Agence Europe)

Member States may allow consumer protection associations to bring representative actions against infringements of the protection of personal data under the ‘GDPR’ Regulation (2016/679), the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Jean Richard de la Tour, ruled in his opinion delivered on Thursday 2 December (Case C-319/20).

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