Privacy Ticker November 2024

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

Topics in this issue are:

CASE LAW

• Federal Court of Justice: Loss of Control from Facebook Scraping can be Damage
• Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt: Self-Service Tool in X Fulfils Right to Information Under Art. 15 GDPR
• Regional Labour Court of Düsseldorf: Employer Must Inform Applicants that it Googles them

REGULATORY INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

• Spain: Fine of EUR 3.5 Million Against Telecommunications Provider due to Ransomware Attack
• Hamburg Data Protection Authority: Fine of EUR 900,00 for Breach of Deletion Obligations
• Finland: Fine of 2.4 Million for Setting up an E-Mail Inbox

OPINIONS

• EDPB: First Report on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
• German Data Protection Conference: Updates Guidelines for Providers of Digital Services
• German Data Protection Conference: Guidelines on Selected Issues of the New Online Access Act

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