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    31.07.2026

    Privacy Ticker July 2026

    The July 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: GDPR Damages for Misdirected Xing Massage
    • Saxon Higher Administrative Court: Video Hearing from an Unsafe Third Country may be Refused
    • Siegburg Labour Court: EUR 1,000 Damages fpr Disclosing a Diagnosis in a WhatsApp Group
    • Arnberg Local Court: Initial Access Request may be Abusive
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    Regulatory investigations and enforcement actions

    • Italy: Fines Totalling EUR 7.72 Million for Intransparent Credit Scoring
    • Italy: EUR 2 Million Fine Against Data Broker Lusha

    Opinions

    • EDPB: Guidelines on Anonymisation
    • EDPB: Guidelines on Web Scraping for Generative AI

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

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    Christian Frederik Döpke
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    Fabian Eckstein
    Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. (Melit.)
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    Mirjam Kaiser
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    Susanne Klein
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    Jason Komninos
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    Katharina Mayerbacher
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    Dr Birgit Münchbach
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    Jan-Dierk Schaal
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