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    31.10.2025

    Privacy Ticker October 2025

    The October 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:

    Case Law

    • Regional Labor Court of Hamm: EUR 15,000 in Damages for Video Surveillance at the Workplace
    • Administrative Court of Düsseldorf: GDPR Information Requests Do Not Have to Be Fulfilled Within One Month
    • Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart: Free Service Even When “Paying with Data”
    • Regional Court of Munich I: No GDPR Damages Against Facebook for US Data Transfers

    Regulatory Investigations and Enforcement Actions

    • Hamburg: Fine of EUR 492,000 Imposed on Financial Company for Automated Credit Card Decision
    • Netherlands: EUR 2.7 Million Fine Imposed on Credit Agency for Unlawful Data Processing
    • Spain: Fine of EUR 1.5 Million for Data Breach

    Opinions

    • German Data Protection Conference Calls on Federal Government to Reject Chat Monitoring
    • EDPB: Opinions on UK Adequacy Decisions
    • German Data Protection Conference: Third-Country Transfers in Scientific Research for Medical Purposes

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

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    Dusseldorf
    Christian Frederik Döpke
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    Frankfurt/Main
    Fabian Eckstein
    Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. (Melit.)
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    Frankfurt/Main
    Mirjam Kaiser
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    Frankfurt/Main
    Susanne Klein
    Rechtsanwältin, LL.M., Licensed Specialist for Information Technology Law, external data protection officer (certified by TÜV Nord)
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    Frankfurt/Main
    Jason Komninos
    Rechtsanwalt, LL.M., Licensed Specialist for Information Technology Law
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    Lennart Kriebel
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    Frankfurt/Main
    Dr Andreas Lober
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    Munich
    Katharina Mayerbacher
    Rechtsanwältin, Licensed Specialist for Information Technology Law, external data protection officer (certified by TÜV Rheinland)
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    Munich
    Dr Birgit Münchbach
    Rechtsanwältin, Licensed Specialist for International Commercial Law, Commercial and Corporate Law and Information Technology Law
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    Mathias Zimmer-Goertz
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