On June 27, 2025, the Council of the European Union adopted a draft regulation laying down additional procedural rules for the enforcement of the GDPR adopted in cross-border cases. The aim is to simplify cross-border data protection procedures in accordance with Art. 60 et seq. GDPR and make them more efficient. We provide an overview.
The highest Fine was imposed on Vodafone in Germany in June 2025. Two million-euro fines were imposed in Spain and the UK for data breaches in which the attackers gained unauthorized access to data via credential stuffing. And in Ireland, the Department of Social Services was fined a comparatively high Fine punished.
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly widespread in businesses, the issue of developing and using AI systems in compliance with data protection regulations is becoming increasingly important. The Data protection conference (DSK) has published a guide on this topic.
On June 16, 2025, the Conference of Independent Federal and State Data Protection Supervisory Authorities (DSK) adopted the Model Guidelines for the Procedure on Fines (MRiDaVG). These are intended to establish a uniform nationwide procedural practice for data protection supervisory authorities when sanctioning data protection violations under the GDPR ensure.
In June 2025, the French data protection supervisory authority CNIL published guidance on the application of the "legitimate interest" (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) as the legal basis for the development of AI systems.
The Standard data protection model (SDM) is a methodical framework developed by the German data protection supervisory authorities for the systematic implementation of the requirements of the GDPR in Technical and organizational measures (TOM). It was last revised in version 3.1a. An overview of the key principles.
The automotive group is both against a Fine 4.3 million and against several warnings issued by the State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony (LfD), in some cases successfully.
The European Data Protection Board has adopted the final version of the Guidelines to Article 48 GDPR published. We provide an overview of the new Guidelines and show which obligations to act arise from this for corporate practice.
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has imposed fines totaling 520,000 euros on UmweltBank AG. The reason for this was serious violations in the Compliance-The institute's organization over the course of several years.
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