# Legal Analysis: No non-material damages for GDPR violations?

- Type: News
- Source: noyb - European Center for Digital Rights
- Date: 2022-10-12
- Original: https://noyb.eu/en/analysis-no-non-material-damages-gdpr
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/53264
- Topics: Personal Data, Supervision

## Summary

Legal Analysis: No non-material damages for GDPR violations (C-300/21)? By Max Schrems | Download the PDF Version of this Legal Analysis On 6 October 2022, Advocate General (AG) Sánchez-Bordona issued his Opinion on CJEU case C-300/21 (UI v. Österreichische Post AG), the first of several preliminary ruling requests on the topic of damages for GDPR violations pending with the CJEU. Relevant material: Reference by the Austrian Supreme Court (in German) Final judgment by the Austrian Supreme Court

## Full text

Legal Analysis: No non-material damages for GDPR violations (C-300/21)? By Max Schrems | Download the PDF Version of this Legal Analysis On 6 October 2022, Advocate General (AG) Sánchez-Bordona issued his Opinion on CJEU case C-300/21 (UI v. Österreichische Post AG), the first of several preliminary ruling requests on the topic of damages for GDPR violations pending with the CJEU. Relevant material: Reference by the Austrian Supreme Court (in German) Final judgment by the Austrian Supreme Court on the other claims (in German) Submission by the plaintiff before the CJEU (in German)* Opinion by the AG in C-300/21 Background material: noyb Update "Alarming: Court of Justice may severely limit enforcement of European’s privacy rights" "Grump GDPR" Podcast with Max Schrems on this Opinion (on transistor.fm) (A) Facts: plaintiff illegally labeled as likely right-wing-populist supporter The Austrian Postal Service (Österreichische Post AG) had collected the personal data of millions of Austri

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