EU data watchdogs can’t reject complaints over parallel court case, ECJ says
( June 18, 2026, 09:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A data protection authority can't reject a subject’s complaint on the grounds that parallel proceedings are under way in a court regarding the same issue, the EU’s highest court ruled on Thursday. The judgment comes in response to questions referred from the Administrative Court of Vienna in a dispute involving the Austrian data protection authority.The judgment is attached. Case reference is C-414/24....
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