On April 28, 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) decided that consumer protection associations may bring collective claims without a mandate from the affected consumers, including for violations of the GDPR, relying on national consumer law provisions. The words “without a mandate” refers to the fact that the organization is not representing a particular consumer or group of consumers, rather, it is representing the collective interests of those whose personal data have been processed in a manner contrary to the GDPR, without naming particular data subjects.Continue Reading Court of Justice of the EU Greenlights GDPR Collective Claims Without a Mandate
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Advocate General Greenlights GDPR Collective Claims Without a Mandate
By Dan Cooper & Anna Oberschelp de Meneses on
Posted in EU Data Protection
On December 2, 2021, the Advocate General (“AG”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) held that consumer protection associations may bring collective claims without a mandate for violations of the GDPR relying on national consumer law provisions (see here). The words “without a mandate” mean…
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