Privacy Ticker November 2023

The November issue of our Privacy Ticker deals with changes in legislation, the current case law , regulatory investigations and enforcement actions and opinions.

Topics in this issue are:

Changes in Legislation

• EU Adopts Data Act: New Rules for Data Access and Use
• EU Parliament: No Mass Surveillance of Chats

Case Law

• ECJ: Vehicle Identification Number is not by itself Peronal Data
• Regional Court of Berlin: LinkedIn must Accept Do-Not-Track Function in Browser
• Administrative Court of Hanover: Video Surveillance in Betting Office Inadmissible
• Administrative Court of Berlin: No Right of Access Due to Video Surveillance in Berlin Suburban Train

Regulatory Investigations and Enforcement Actions

• EDPB Prohibits Personalized Advertising on Instagram and Facebook
• Fine of EUR 600.000 Against Groupe Canal

Opinions

• Hamburg Data Protection Authority Publishes Checklist for the Use of AI Chatbots
• Position Paper of the German Data Protection Conference on Cloud-Based Digital Health Applications
• Berlin Group Published Working Paper on Telemetry and Diagnostic Data
• German Data Protection Conference Speaks out Against Mass Surveillance in Chats without Cause

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