> 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.<p>This is not, however, the first time that the EU courts have ruled that the EC has failed to comply with its own regulations. It happens frequently.<p>When the EC hands out its first fines for violations of the DMA (almost certainly to Apple), you can expect that it will be big in the news and widely celebrated here on HN. But you can also expect that it will be appealed to the courts and that years later the fine will be annulled, with the EU court ruling that the EC failed to conduct a thorough investigation and failed to consider relevant circumstances, etc. The news of this will <i>not</i> be big in the news; it will be posted on HN and get 1 or 2 comments, never reaching the front page.