Data protection news

In an era where data drives the digital world, data protection and data security are critical pillars for trust and safety. Whether shopping online, using social media, or interacting with authorities, personal data is...

In its judgement of 9 May 2025 (case no. 324 O 278/23), the Press Chamber of the Regional Court of Hamburg ruled that the operator of the legal database OpenJur is not liable for the publication of an incorrectly anonymised...

The Federal Labour Court (BAG) clarified this in its ruling of 8 May 2025 (Ref. 8 AZR 209/21): Company agreements alone do not justify data processing if they do not meet the requirements of the GDPR.

In the case, a company had...

Data protection authorities regularly make key points of their topics available to the public in their activity reports. Among other things, the Saxon authority addresses the topic of how to deal with verbal statements in the...

The global social media company TikTok is under massive pressure - and not just because of a considerable fine: a fine of 530 million euros was imposed after it was revealed that data of European users was transferred to China...

Since January 2025, a legal amendment has made it possible to reduce the tax-relevant retention period for accounting documents from ten to eight years. This is more than just a relief for companies - it is a welcome opportunity...

A new legal dispute accuses the technology company Google of systematically collecting data from pupils in the USA without parental consent and using it for commercial purposes. The allegation is that children who have to use...

WhatsApp is working on enhanced security mechanisms in a current test version of the messenger. The aim is to better protect users from unwanted data export and to restrict the integration of the meta AI system in group chats.

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The international mobility company Europcar is facing a massive IT security breach. A previously unknown hacker apparently gained unauthorised access to internal development systems and sensitive customer data - including source...

With the update to iOS 18.4, Apple's new AI functionality ‘Apple Intelligence’ has arrived - it brings text assistants, image generation and personalised emojis directly to the smartphone. This is also made possible by the...