# Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor 79(2) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (79(2)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-79#par-2
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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(2)

Proceedings against a controller or a processor shall be brought before the courts of the Member State where the controller or processor has an establishment. Alternatively, such proceedings may be brought before the courts of the Member State where the data subject has his or her habitual residence, unless the controller or processor is a public authority of a Member State acting in the exercise of its public powers.


## Topics on this provision

- **Public Authority** — https://overview.legal/topics/overheid
  Government bodies and their data processing activities
- **Public Sector** — https://overview.legal/topics/public-sector
  Processing by public authorities
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Rb. Den Haag - C/09/689833** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53095
- **LG Köln - 28 O 168/22** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/125604
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber), 12 December 2013.#X.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te ’s-Hertogenbosch.#Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Conditions for exercising a right of access — Levying of excessive fees.#Case C‑486/12.** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132372
- **OLG München - 36 U 1054/25 e** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/184545
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Rb. Den Haag - C/09/689833** ¶5.2 (case-law, District Court Den Haag) — https://overview.legal/posts/53095
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** ¶15 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Meta Platforms and Others v Bundeskartellamt** ¶14 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51482
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber), 12 December 2013.#X.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te ’s-Hertogenbosch.#Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Directive 95/46/EC — Conditions for exercising a right of access — Levying of excessive fees.#Case C‑486/12.** ¶15 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132372

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