# Right to compensation and liability 82(5) — 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(5)

Where a controller or processor has, in accordance with paragraph 4, paid full compensation for the damage suffered, that controller or processor shall be entitled to claim back from the other controllers or processors involved in the same processing that part of the compensation corresponding to their part of responsibility for the damage, in accordance with the conditions set out in paragraph 2.


## 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)

- **CJEU - C‑755/21 P - Kočner v Europol** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/122879
- **Opinion 22/2024 on certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and sub-processor(s)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125715

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