# Right to compensation and liability 82(3) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (82(3)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-07-23. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-82#par-3
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Part of **Right to compensation and liability** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-82).

## Provision text

### 82(3)

A controller or processor shall be exempt from liability under paragraph 2 if it proves that it is not in any way responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.


## Topics on this provision

- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **German Supreme Court: No GDPR basis for debt transmission to credit agency; €500 damages** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/53895
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts.#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 6(1) – Conditions for lawful processing – Article 9(1) to (3) – Processing of special categories of data – Data concerning heal** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132276
- **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 (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 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** ¶51 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **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** ¶50 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **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** ¶49 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **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** ¶47 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **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** ¶27 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132262
- **VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite** ¶65 (case-law, CJEU) — https://overview.legal/posts/51485
- **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** ¶175 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132161

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