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EU courts can use unlawfully stored data, EU legal opinion says

By Charlotte Westphal ( October 16, 2025, 10:32 GMT | Insight) -- Unlawfully stored personal data may be used as evidence by a court, according to a legal opinion issued on Thursday. Courts act as data processors and must ensure the use is compliant with national law, in public interest and proportionate under the EU’s GDPR rules, Advocate General Dean Spielmann said. The referred questions from Germany stem from a dispute about a company’s former employee selling its property online.Courts can rely on illegally stored personal data to ensure a fair trial, according to a legal opinion from the EU’s top court. The case establishes how to balance the right to effective judicial protection against the right to privacy and data protection....

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