Mareike Christine Gehrmann, Thanos Rammos, LL.M., and Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. of Taylor Wessing write: On 23 May 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne dismissed the application by the Consumer Protection Organization of North Rhine-Westphalia seeking an injunction against Meta for training AI. Following a positive decision by the Irish Data Protection Authority, a…
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GDPR is cracking: Brussels rewrites its prized privacy law
Ellen O’Regan reports: The European Union’s most iconic tech law was long thought to be untouchable. Those days are over. The EU executive on Wednesday will present its plan to amend the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR for short, to ease reporting requirements for small and cash-strapped businesses. That same evening, EU officials are negotiating the final details of…
“We would be less confidential than Google” – Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law
Chiara Castro reports: Proton confirms the company will leave Switzerland if new controversial surveillance rules pass. Switzerland is considering amending its surveillance law, with experts warning against the risk to secure encryption and online anonymity in the country. Specifically, the amendment could require all VPN services, messaging apps, and social networks to identify and retain user…
South Korea fines Temu for data protection violations
South Korea’s data protection regulator has fined Chinese ecommerce giant Temu nearly one million dollars (1.39 billion won) for illegally transferring Korean users’ personal information to China and other countries. Temu outsources and stores users’ data with companies in several countries, including China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, But the firm “failed to disclose in…