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While regulations shift and threats evolve, the gap between legal obligation and practical action grows wider every day. The FIRST PRIVACY experts break down demanding topics – with sharp analysis, actionable guidance, and a clear view of what actually matters for your organisation.
Sometimes even the strongest magic cannot hide a compliance misstep, as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reminded Disney that even their enchantments must follow the rules. On September 2, 2025, a settlement of $10 million was reached between Disne [...]
Recently, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed significant fines totaling in £550,000 against two companies relying on unlawful automated marketing calls, or “robo calls” (read here). Green Spark Energy Ltd was fined £250,0 [...]
On 14 February 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Administrative Measures on Compliance Audits for Personal Information Protection (the Measures), which has come into effect on 1 May 2025. The Measures mark the transition of the pers [...]
In the last three years, very high fines have been issued by the French data protection authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés or CNIL) to big companies for non-compliance in the area of cookies and tracking devices. Some [...]
AI-powered meeting assistants have rapidly become one of the most adopted categories of workplace technology. These tools join video calls to record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, promising efficiency gains and more reliable documentation. [...]
On July 24, 2025, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), through authors Dr. Jonas Ditz und Elmar Lichtmeß, published an interesting white paper “Bias in Artifical Intelligence” (currently only available in German) that provides developers, providers, and operators [...]
On 12 September 2025, the Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) became applicable in the EU member states. The Data Act creates a framework for fair access to and use of data across the EU and it is aimed at giving users more control over product-genera [...]
On 4 September 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its judgment in EDPS v Single Resolution Board (C-413/23 P). The ruling addresses a fundamental question in EU data protection law: when pseudonymised information qualifies as [...]
