Court of Appeal of Braunschweig - Case Number: 2 U 71/24

The court awarded €100 in non-pecuniary damages following a large-scale data breach that affected a social network. Although the damage was considered minor, the court ruled that the unauthorized linking and public dissemination of the affected individual's phone number with other profile data resulted in a loss of control over personal data, which in itself constituted a form of non-pecuniary damage warranting compensation. The court awarded €100 in non-pecuniary damages following a large-scale data breach that affected a social network. Although the damage was considered minor, the court ruled that the unauthorized linking and public dissemination of the affected individual's phone number with other profile data resulted in a loss of control over personal data, which in itself constituted a form of non-pecuniary damage warranting compensation.

== Summary in English ==
== Summary in English ==
Furthermore, the court found that the responsible party could not evade responsibility by claiming that they were unaware of the data breach. As a co-

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