Germany Makes Most Requests For Disclosure Of User Data To Facebook

Employers in Germany can face heavy fines for breaches of the data protection rules in relation to video surveillance of employees. This article gives guidance on how to avoid the pitfalls.

On 31 July 2024 the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz (Oberlandesgericht Koblenz) has rejected an appeal to a verdict of the Regional Court of Koblenz (Landgericht Koblenz) for deletion...

On January 21, 2019, French data protection supervisory authority CNIL imposed a fine of 50 million euros on GOOGLE LLC ...

Cyber-attacks have become a frequent theme in daily news. In Germany, the attacks on Deutsche Telekom and the parliament Deutsche Bundestag have proven that companies are regular and prime target for hackers.

In its decision of 06.02.2019, Germany's Federal Cartel Office has imposed certain restrictions on Facebook in its processing of user data based on its data processing policy and has ordered the termination of its conduct in this respect.

The Regional Court of Berlin held in a judgment of 16 January 2018 that Facebook's default privacy settings and parts of their terms and conditions were invalid.

On November 21, the Data Protection Authority of Baden-Württemberg issued the first fine under the GDPR in Germany against a social media provider for violating data security requirements

Two weeks ago, the German Conference of the Independent Data Protection Authorities of Germany (Datenschutzkonferenz or "DSK") released a report looking into Microsoft 365's...

Perhaps emboldened by the Article 29 Working Party's late July announcement that European regulators will not challenge the program's adequacy for at least a year.

Whereas some of the proceedings are still pending, three penalty notices issued by DPA Hamburg have in the meantime become binding.

The Situation: Surging interest in digital tokens has caught the attention of regulators in Hong Kong.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, determining that when an AI agent acts at a user's direction, it is the user—not the AI company—who "accesses" computer systems under federal and California computer fraud statutes. This landmark appellate decision addresses how existing computer-access laws apply to agentic artificial intelligence and has significant implications...

The Code is voluntary, but it will likely become an important reference point for demonstrating compliance with Article 50 of the AI Act.

China has recently taken several actions showing its commitment to counter trade restrictions imposed by other countries. In March 2025, it released regulations implementing the 2021 Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law.

On April 9, 2018, the PDPC issued new advisory guidelines on in-vehicle recordings by transport services for hire.

On October 9, the nation's first data breach class action trial began.

On February 5, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a defendant that had been sued by a competitor for allegedly accessing the competitor's computer systems...

The defendant argued that the CFAA does not make it a federal crime to obtain permission to use another's login credentials to access a third party's computer system.

In the January 30, 2015, Federal Register, USDA issued a final rule amending citrus fruit importation regulations to allow the importation of commercial consignments of two Unshu orange hybrids...

On August 23, 2024, the HKEx and the SFC jointly announced temporary modifications to the Hong Kong Listing Rules. These modifications, effective from September 1, 2024...