# Right to compensation and liability 82(1) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Right to compensation and liability** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-82).

## Provision text

### 82(1)

Any person who has suffered material or non-material damage as a result of an infringement of this Regulation shall have the right to receive compensation from the controller or processor for the damage suffered.


## Topics on this provision

- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing
- **Liability** — https://overview.legal/topics/aansprakelijkheid
  Legal responsibility for GDPR violations and damages
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#Agentsia po vpisvaniyata v OL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Publication in the commercial register of a company’s constitutive instrument containing personal data – Directive (EU) 2017/1132 – Non-compulsory personal data – Lack of consent of the data subjec** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132161
- **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-526/24 - Brillen Rottler** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/96819
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 October 2024.#A v Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības centrs.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 82(1) – Right to compensation and liability – Unlawful processing of data – Infringement of the right to protection of personal data – Concept of ‘damage’ – Compensation for non-material damage in the form of apologies – Whether** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132162
- **UI v Österreichische Post AG** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51483
- **AG Arnsberg - 42 C 434/23** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/90173
- **LAG Schleswig-Holstein - 6 Ta 49/22** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/6304
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **SO Warszawa - III C 904/23** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53100
- **Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 December 2024.#MK v K GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 88(1) and (2) – Processing in the context of employment – Employees’ personal data – More specific rules provided for by a Member State pursuant to that Article 88 – Obligation to comply with Article 5, Article 6** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132156
- **German Supreme Court: No GDPR basis for debt transmission to credit agency; €500 damages** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53895
- **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

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