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    26.02.2026

    Privacy Ticker February 2026

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

    Topics in this issue are:

    Changes in Legislation

    • Act for Critical Infrastructure Protection Passed

    Case law

    • Federal Court of Justice on the Performance of a Contract as a Legal Basis
    • Regional Court Frankenthal: Tesla Video Admitted ad Evidence Despite Possible Data Protection Violation
    • Administrative Court of Düsseldorf: Redaction of Third-Party Data Permitted in the Case of Right to Information

    Regulatory investigations and enforcement actions

    • Adequacy Decision for Brazil
    • France: EUR 5 Million Fine Agsinst State Employment Agency
    • France: EUR 3.5 Million Fine for Data Transfer to Social Network

    Opinions

    • EDPB and EDPS: Joint Opinion on the Digital Omnibus
    • EDPB: Results of the Audit Action on the Right to Erasure Published
    • Google Recaptcha Moves to Order Processing

    The Privacy Ticker is available under this link or in the download area below.

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