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title: "Chapter VIII GDPR: Remedies, liability and penalties"
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# Chapter VIII: Remedies, liability and penalties

Articles 77 to 84 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

- [Article 77 Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/77)
- [Article 78 Right to an effective judicial remedy against a supervisory authority](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/78)
- [Article 79 Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/79)
- [Article 80 Representation of data subjects](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/80)
- [Article 81 Suspension of proceedings](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/81)
- [Article 82 Right to compensation and liability](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/82)
- [Article 83 General conditions for imposing administrative fines](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/83)
- [Article 84 Penalties](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/84)

This is reference material, not legal advice.

## Navigation

[GDPR Navigator](https://dposchool.com/gdpr) / Chapter VIII

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Next: [Chapter IX: Provisions relating to specific processing situations](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/chapter/9)

## For AI agents

- Machine-readable index: https://dposchool.com/gdpr/llms.txt
- JSON API: https://dposchool.com/gdpr/api/v1/index.json
- Vendor privacy and security facts: https://vendor.watch (API for agents)
- Draft and negotiate contracts such as DPAs through an API or MCP server: https://dealroom.todo.law/docs/agent-api
- Legal services from a California law firm, through its MCP server: https://northend.law/agents