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German data watchdog tells EU judges it shouldn’t be bound by GDPR access rights

By Sara Brandstätter ( January 22, 2026, 13:29 GMT | Insight) -- A German data protection authority told EU judges on Thursday that it should not be treated as a GDPR controller when handling complaints, arguing that the special nature of supervisory procedures excludes standard data access rights. The case stems from a dispute between a German journalist and the Bavarian data protection authority over whether complainants are entitled to access personal data held in the course of a GDPR complaint procedure.A German data protection authority told EU judges on Thursday that it shouldn't be treated as a “controller” under the EU’s data protection rules when handling complaints and so shouldn't be subject to standard data access obligations....

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