OLG Braunschweig - Az.: 2 U 71/24

}}}} The Court awarded €100 in non-material damages following a large-scale scraping incident affecting a social network. Although the impairment was considered minor, the Court held that the unauthorised linking and public dissemination of the data subject’s telephone number with other profile data resulted in a loss of control over personal data, which in itself constituted compensable non-material damage.A Court awarded €100 in non-material damages following a large-scale scraping incident affecting a social network. Although the impairment was considered minor, the Court held that the unauthorised linking and public dissemination of the data subject’s telephone number with other profile data resulted in a loss of control over personal data, which in itself constituted compensable non-material damage. == English Summary ==== English Summary == The Court further found that the controller could not evade responsibility by invoking a lack of knowledge about the scraping incident. As co