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The Austrian Supreme Court requested a preliminary ruling from the CJEU on whether Article 80 GDPR hinders organisations, that are entitled to bring collective redress lawsuits under national (consumer protection) law from bringing such lawsuits in data protection cases.
The Austrian Supreme Court requested a preliminary ruling from the CJEU on whether Article 80 GDPR hinders organisations, that are entitled to bring class actions under national (consumer protection) law from bringing such lawsuits in data protection cases.


==English Summary==
==English Summary==


===Facts===
===Facts===
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The Verein für Konsumenten Information (VKI) is an Austrian consumer rights organisation and entiteld to bring collective redress lawsuits and class actions in the interest of consumers pursuant to §§ 28 and 29 of the Austrian Consumer Protection Act (Konsumentenschutzgesetz - KSchG).
 
The VKI brought a lawsuit against two car rental companies due to their allegedly unlawful general terms and conditions, which contained clauses that are (accordning to the VKI) violatingArticle 25(2) GDPR. The decisions of the first and second court were appealed, the case is currently (January 2021) still pending at the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof - EuGH), which referred to following question to the CJEU under Article 267 TFEU:
 
 
 


===Dispute===
===Dispute===

Revision as of 13:16, 15 January 2021

OGH - 6Ob77/20x
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Court: OGH (Austria)
Jurisdiction: Austria
Relevant Law: Article 25 GDPR
Article 77 GDPR
Article 78 GDPR
Article 79 GDPR
Article 80 GDPR
Article 84 GDPR
Article 267 TFEU
§ 28 Austrian Consumer Protection Act (Konsumentenschutzgesetz - KSchG)
§ 29 Austrian Consumer Protection Act (Konsumentenschutzgesetz - KSchG)
Decided: 25.11.2020
Published: 13.01.2021
Parties: Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI)
National Case Number/Name: 6Ob77/20x
European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2020:RS0133358
Appeal from:
Appeal to: Not appealed
Original Language(s): German
Original Source: Rechtinformationssystem des Bundes (RIS) (in German)
Initial Contributor: Marco Blocher

The Austrian Supreme Court requested a preliminary ruling from the CJEU on whether Article 80 GDPR hinders organisations, that are entitled to bring class actions under national (consumer protection) law from bringing such lawsuits in data protection cases.

English Summary

Facts

The Verein für Konsumenten Information (VKI) is an Austrian consumer rights organisation and entiteld to bring collective redress lawsuits and class actions in the interest of consumers pursuant to §§ 28 and 29 of the Austrian Consumer Protection Act (Konsumentenschutzgesetz - KSchG).

The VKI brought a lawsuit against two car rental companies due to their allegedly unlawful general terms and conditions, which contained clauses that are (accordning to the VKI) violatingArticle 25(2) GDPR. The decisions of the first and second court were appealed, the case is currently (January 2021) still pending at the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof - EuGH), which referred to following question to the CJEU under Article 267 TFEU:



Dispute

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Holding

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Comment

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The decision below is a machine translation of the German original. Please refer to the German original for more details.