Court of Justice judgment · Case C-300/21
UI v Österreichische Post AG
- Case
- C-300/21
- Court
- Court of Justice
- Date of judgment
- 4 May 2023
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2023:370
- Instrument
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- Provisions
- Article 82(1)
Holding (summary, not the official text)
A breach of the GDPR alone does not give a right to compensation: damage and causation must be shown, but there is no seriousness threshold; the amount follows national rules, subject to EU principles.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
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