Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 December 2023.#VB v Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 5 – Principles relating to that processing – Article 24 – Accountability of the controller – Article 32 – Measures implemented to ensure security of processing – Assessment of the appropriateness of such measures – Scope of judicial review – Taking of evidence – Article 82 – Right to compensation and liability – Possible exemption from liability of the controller in the event of infringement by third parties – Claim for compensation for non-material damage based on fear of potential misuse of personal data.#Case C-340/21.