In a judgment (C-300/21) handed down on Thursday, 4 May, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled that mere infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does not create a right to compensation. However, it stresses that obtaining compensation does not depend on the seriousness of the damage suffered.
The Österreichische Post has been collecting information on the political preferences of Austrian citizens since 2017. Yet, an individual who had not consented to his...