07 Juli 2023
Competition law as a powerful tool for effective enforcement of the GDPR
It looks like a good week for data protection. On Tuesday, the Commission presented a new proposal for a Regulation on additional procedural rules for the GDPR, and a few hours later, the ECJ published its decision C-252/21 on Meta Platforms v Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office). While the Commission's proposal to improve enforcement in cross-border cases should probably be taken with a pinch of salt, the ECJ ruled on some things with remarkable clarity. The first reactions to the ruling were quite surprising; few had expected the ECJ to take such a clear stance against Meta's targeted advertising business model. It does however represent a consistent interpretation of the GDPR in the tradition and understanding of power-limiting data protection. Continue reading >>
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07 April 2023
Squaring the Circle
The Italian Data Protection Authority banned ChatGPT for violating EU data protection law. As training and operating large language models like ChatGPT requires massive amounts of (personal) data, AI's future in Europe, to an extent, hinges upon the GDPR. Continue reading >>13 Mai 2022
Die Entwicklung des informationellen Trennungsprinzips
Die Bedrohungen des internationalen Terrorismus nach 9/11 haben es intensiviert, den Datenaustausch der Sicherheitsbehörden untereinander zu optimieren. Die Gesetzgebung schien dem Credo der Prävention durch Massenüberwachung zu folgen, wodurch die Trennung als Grundregel zunehmend durchlässiger zu werden scheint. Diese Entwicklungen bieten wichtige Anhaltspunkte zum Verständnis der administrativen Sicherheitsarchitektur in Deutschland. Continue reading >>
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06 September 2021
Re-Subjecting State-Like Actors to the State
The Digital Services Act aims to limit the power of the Big Tech companies and to place more responsibility on them to control the content which is posted on their websites. Rather than providing even more power to the platforms via de facto self-regulation, the DSA should strengthen the interference opportunities of public authorities. Continue reading >>
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16 Dezember 2020
Eingriffsintensivierung durch Technik
Mit dem Beschluss zum Antiterrordateigesetz vom 11.12.2020 setzt das Bundesverfassungsgericht wichtige Leitplanken zur Datenerhebung durch die Sicherheitsbehörden. Es zeigt sich wieder einmal, dass Grundrechtsschutz nicht erst gegeben ist, wenn Gerichte darüber entscheiden, sondern bei parlamentarischen und exekutiven Entscheidungen stets mitgedacht werden muss. Continue reading >>22 März 2020