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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) · Chapter VIII · Remedies, liability and penalties

Art. 79 · Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor

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  1. Without prejudice to any available administrative or non-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77, each data subject shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy where he or she considers that his or her rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of his or her personal data in non-compliance with this Regulation.

  2. Proceedings against a controller or a processor shall be brought before the courts of the Member State where the controller or processor has an establishment. Alternatively, such proceedings may be brought before the courts of the Member State where the data subject has his or her habitual residence, unless the controller or processor is a public authority of a Member State acting in the exercise of its public powers.

Text: EUR-Lex, CELEX 32016R0679 (consolidated text with corrigenda).

Commentary

A judicial remedy directly against the controller or processor, independently of a complaint to an authority. Proceedings may be brought where the establishment is or where the data subject resides.

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