Privacy Ticker May 2025

The May 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

• Higher Regional Court of Cologne: Meta May Use Data from Facebook and Instragram for AI-Training
• Belgian Market Court: TC-Framework Violates GDPR
• Administrative Court of Hannover: Cookie Banner must Provide “Reject All” Button
• Higher Labour Court of Hesse: Forwarding of Employee Data to Private E-Mail Account Leads to Exclusion from Works Council
• Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg: No Rights to Access S-Bahn Video Recordings
• Federal Labour Court: Employee Receives Compensation from Employer for Loss of Control
• Regional Court of Berlin: Google Account Registration Violated GDPR

Regulatory Investigations and Enforcement Actions

• Ireland: Fine of EUR 530 Million Against TikTok for Transferring Data to China
• Italy: Fine of EUR 5 Million for Data Protection Violations at AI-Chatbot Replika
• Italy: Fine of EUR 3 Million Against Energy Supplier for Aggressive Telemarketing
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Opinions

• Data Protection Authority Hamburg Publishes Paper on the Data Act
• Berlin Group: Working Paper on Neurotechnologies

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