Court of Justice judgment · Case C-307/22
FT v DW
- Case
- C-307/22
- Court
- Court of Justice
- Date of judgment
- 26 October 2023
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2023:811
- Instrument
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- Provisions
- Article 12(5), Article 15(1), Article 15(3), Article 23(1)(i)
Holding (summary, not the official text)
The first copy of one's data must be free even if the request has no data protection motive; national law cannot make patients pay for it; a patient is entitled to a full copy of medical records where needed to check accuracy.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
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