EU Court Says EC Must Pay Damages Over Data Protection Regulations

In a first, the EU General Court ruled that the European Commission must pay damages to a German citizen for failing to comply with its own data protection regulations. The court determined that the Commission transferred the citizen's personal data to the United States without proper safeguards and ordered it to pay him 400 euros ($412) in damages.

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