Sky ECC: DG appealed after damages claim was rejected
DG appealed the rejection of his Sky ECC damages claim on 31 March 2026. The official notice appeared on 22 June. The proceedings are numbered T-167/24 and C-274/26 P.
The EU General Court dismissed the claim on 25 February 2026. DG alleged harm from the processing of Sky ECC data. He referred to drug investigations in Belgium and the Netherlands and data collected by French authorities.
The allegations against Eurojust were insufficiently substantiated: DG had not established, among other things, which processing of his own data was attributable to that agency. The documents also failed to establish prosecution for the same facts in Belgium and the Netherlands. The remaining damages claim against Europol failed because the existence and extent of the alleged non-material harm were insufficiently proved.
DG sought partial annulment and €5,000 compensation on appeal. He primarily challenged the evidential standard for non-material harm from the allegedly unlawful processing. His appeal argued that the General Court imposed overly strict requirements and should have considered his weaker evidential position compared with Europol.
