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EU privacy watchdogs not always required to fine for GDPR breaches, EU’s highest court rules

( September 26, 2024, 08:16 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A data protection authority isn’t obliged to “exercise a corrective power” — such as imposing a fine — in all cases of a breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the EU’s highest court said in a statement today. The authority can refrain from taking action when a data controller has already taken “necessary measures” on its own. The case stems from a data breach at an unnamed savings bank in which a bank employee accessed a customer’s data without permission. The Hessian data protection authority found a GDPR breach, but decided there was no reason to take action against the bank. The customer challenged the decision before the German courts and claimed that a fine should have been imposed.The statement and the judgment are attached. The case reference is C-768/21 — Land Hessen. ...

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