Law note · Lithuania

GDPR Articles 82-83 and VDAI Enforcement in Lithuania

cite Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Arts. 82-83 stage In effect since 2018-07-16 reviewed 2026-08-24

VDAI enforces the Act with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 58 corrective powers and fining authority, confirmed by both DLA Piper and Linklaters. The private-sector fine ceiling follows the standard GDPR Article 83(5) figures, up to EUR 20 million or 4 percent of global annual turnover; both sources separately report a lower public-sector ceiling capped at a percentage of that body's own budget, a figure not independently confirmed against primary legislative text this pass.

GDPR Article 82 gives any person who suffered material or non-material damage a right to compensation from the controller or processor.

What it asks of an app

  • Expect VDAI to have jurisdiction and fining power over your processing of personal data of a person in Lithuania, up to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 83(5) tiers.
  • Expect any person who suffered material or non-material damage from an infringement to have a direct right to claim compensation from you as controller or processor, under GDPR Article 82.

When LexLint raises it

Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot, high_risk_decisions, processes_biometrics, processes_voice

Primary source: Official Journal text, EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2016/679
DLA Piper and Linklaters secondary legal trackers for the public-sector fine ceiling, not independently confirmed against primary text

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