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Do GDPR access rules bind privacy watchdogs? Question reaches EU judges tomorrow

By Sara Brandstätter ( January 21, 2026, 13:16 GMT | Insight) -- Whether EU privacy law obliges regulators to give access to data when handling complaints will come under consideration by the EU’s highest court on Thursday, in a case that could have implications for transparency in EU data protection enforcement. It stems from a dispute between a journalist and the data watchdog for the German state of Bavaria, and revolves around whether such authorities can be data "controllers" under the GDPR.Are EU data protection authorities themselves bound by right-of-access obligations under the bloc's privacy law when handling complaints?...

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