In a first, the EU General Court ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission must pay damages to a German citizen for failing to comply with its own data protection regulations.

The EU court said the bloc's executive authority violated a citizen's rights by transferring some of his personal data to the U.S. without proper safeguards.

The European Union has been fined for breaking its own data protection laws after a court forced it to pay €400 (£335) to a German citizen for transferring his data to the US.

The European Union (EU) has fined itself €400 ($412) for violating its own data protection regulations by transferring data to the US. The EU General Court ruled that the European Commission failed to ensure adequate data protection when Munich resident Thomas Bindl registered for an EU conference using his Facebook account in 2022,