{"answer_id":"praxikon:eu:gdpr:answer:schadevergoeding","canonical_page":"https://www.praxikon.com/en/antwoord/avg/schadevergoeding","query":"Is someone entitled to compensation if the GDPR has been infringed?","lang":"en","view":"full","mode":"gdpr","regime":"gdpr","topic":"schadevergoeding","question":"Is someone entitled to compensation if the GDPR has been infringed?","label":"Compensation for a GDPR infringement","answer":"Only if there is also damage. Anyone who has suffered material or non-material damage as a result of an infringement of the GDPR has the right to receive compensation (Article 82(1)). The Court of Justice held in Österreichische Post that the mere infringement is not enough: there must be damage caused by the infringement. National law may not, however, set a threshold of seriousness for non-material damage.","applied_to_question":null,"matched_terms":[],"articles":[{"article":82,"source_locator":"Art. 82(1) GDPR","point":"Right to compensation.","source_title":"GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)","source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj","human_page":"https://www.praxikon.com/en/avg/artikel/82"},{"article":82,"source_locator":"Art. 82(3) GDPR","point":"Exemption if the organisation proves it is not responsible.","source_title":"GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)","source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj","human_page":"https://www.praxikon.com/en/avg/artikel/82"}],"case_law":[{"id":"c-300-21","kind":"judgment","title":"Österreichische Post (damages)","issuer":"CJEU","reference":"C-300/21","ecli":"ECLI:EU:C:2023:370","date":"2023-05-04","status":null,"point":"Operative part: a mere infringement is not enough; no threshold of seriousness for non-material damage.","source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62021CJ0300","human_page":null}],"guidance":[],"enforcement":[],"open_questions":["What damage is there, and was it caused by the infringement?"],"human_page":"https://www.praxikon.com/en/avg/artikel/82","dataset":{"id":"praxikon-gdpr","source":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj","known_at":"2026-09-15"},"casus_check":"https://www.praxikon.com/en/casus-check","disclaimer":"General interpretation, not legal advice. The official source remains authoritative.","methodology":"https://www.praxikon.com/en/methodologie"}