Datenschutz-Puls 01/09/26
SMARTDATA Podcast by legal data

Datenschutz-Puls · 1 September 2026

Datenschutz-Puls 01/09/26

What it is about

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) hears a case on the scope of the text and data mining exception for AI training data, the Düsseldorf Administrative Court finds that double opt-in logs are not sufficient proof, plus fines from France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Norway.

In this episode

  • Federal Court of Justice (BGH): a photo in an AI dataset, where does the freedom to train end?
  • Düsseldorf Administrative Court: no confirmation email, no proof of double opt-in
  • Munich Regional Court I: publisher sues OpenAI over the NEINhorn
  • CNIL and Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens: Uber sanctioned again
  • ICO: fine against Elderly Aids Ltd after 758,000 calls without consent
  • Datatilsynet Norway: sanction for obstructing the supervisory authority
  • Bundestag: statement on the draft amendment to the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG)
  • BfDI: call for central cookie managers
  • BSI: social bots barely detectable, reminder of transparency obligations

In 20 minutes you will know where you stand.

We clarify where action is needed on data protection, AI and information security - and what you should do next.