# Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor 79(1) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (79(1)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-79#par-1
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Part of **Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-79).

## Provision text

### 79(1)

Without prejudice to any available administrative or non-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77, each data subject shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy where he or she considers that his or her rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of his or her personal data in non-compliance with this Regulation.


## Topics on this provision

- **Supervisory Authorities** — https://overview.legal/topics/supervisory-authorities
  National data protection authorities and their powers
- **Supervision** — https://overview.legal/topics/toezicht
  Oversight and enforcement by supervisory authorities
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 January 2023.#BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 77 to 79 – Remedies – Parallel exercise – Relationship – Procedural autonomy – Effectiveness of the protection rules established by that regulation – Consistent and homo** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132298
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 80 – Representation of the data subjects by a not-for-profit association – Representative action** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132312
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 June 2024.#AT and BT v PS GbR and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Wesel.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82(1) – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing which infringes that regulation – Concept of ‘non-material damage’ – Impact of the seriousness of the damage suffered – Assessment of t** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132253
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2023.#UF and AB v Land Hessen.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5(1)(a) – Principle of ‘lawfulness’ – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Necessity of processing for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132278
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020.#État luxembourgeois v B and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative (Luxembourg).#References for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2011/16/EU – Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation – Articles 1 and 5 – Decision ordering that information be provided to the competent authority of a Member State, acting in response to a request for exchange of information from the competent authority of another Mem** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132329
- **CJEU - C‑313/23, C‑316/23 and C‑332/23 - Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/158459
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#ND v DR.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Chapter VIII – Remedies – Medicinal products marketed by a pharmacist on an online platform – Action brought before the national civil courts by a competitor of that pharmacist on the basis of the prohibition of unfair commercial practices for infringement by the pharmacist of t** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132163
- **CJEU - C‑474/24 - NADA Austria and Others** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/108989
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 April 2024.#GP v juris GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82 – Right to compensation for damage caused by data processing that infringes that regulation – Concept of ‘non-material damage’ – Impact of the seriousness of the damage suffered – Liability of the controlle** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022.#Meta Platforms Ireland Limited v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 80 – Representation of the data subjects by a not-for-profit association – Representative action** ¶45 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132312
- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 January 2023.#BE v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Articles 77 to 79 – Remedies – Parallel exercise – Relationship – Procedural autonomy – Effectiveness of the protection rules established by that regulation – Consistent and homo** ¶42 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132298

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