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Court of Justice judgment · Case C-534/20

Leistritz AG v LH

Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026

Case
C-534/20
Court
Court of Justice
Date of judgment
22 June 2022
ECLI
ECLI:EU:C:2022:495
Instrument
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
Provisions
Article 38(3)

Holding (summary, not the official text)

Member States may give data protection officers stronger protection against dismissal than the GDPR, such as dismissal only for just cause, if this does not undermine the GDPR's aims.

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

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