noyb win at CJEU: Right of access may include documents and database extracts
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noyb wins at the CJEU: Right to information must include context - in some cases also documents and database excerpts Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that users must not only receive a copy of their raw data, but also the context of the data in an understandable way. This can also include the documents that contain personal data. The term "copy" means true and accurate reproduction of the actual data. Mere listing of raw data, or true copy? The initial legal dispute concerned a request for information under Article 15 of the GDPR to the credit reporting agency CRIF - which noyb has also successfully prosecuted for other data protection violations. CRIF responded to the data subject with a mere list of the data processed about him. The data subject, who requested a copy of all data relating to him, including database extracts, lodged a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority. The case eventually ended up before the Austrian Federal Admini