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    27.02.2024

    Privacy Ticker February 2024


    The February 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

     

    • ECJ: No Compensation for Non-Material Damage if Risk of Data is Only Hypothetical
    • Higher Regional Court of Hamburg: Evaluation Portal Kununu must Disclose Evaluators' Identities
    • Labour Court of Hamburg: Use of ChatGPT in Company not Subject to Co-Determination
    • Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg: Employee's Request for GDPR Information Permissible Even for Extraneous Purposes
    • Higher Regional Court of Hamburg: Eur 4,000 in Damages for Unjustified Reports to Credit Rating Agency Schufa

     

    REGULATORY INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

     

    • Bank Fined EUR 5 Million for Sendung Receipt to Wrong Person

     

    OPINIONS

     

    • Bavarian Data Protection Authority Publishes Checklist Use of AI
    • Guidelines by German Data Protection Conference on Questionnaires for Prospective Tenants

     

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

     

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