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Global Privacy Assembly: BfDI signs agreement to regulate AI

The 47th annual conference of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) took place in Seoul in mid-September. The conference's theme was "Artificial Intelligence in our daily lives: Data and Privacy Issues."

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BfDI-Delegation GPA 2025 Seoul (refer to: Global Privacy Assembly: BfDI signs agreement to regulate AI)

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ICIC 2025

This year, the BfDI is hosting the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC). The conference will take place in Berlin from 23-25 June 2025. The theme of the conference will be ‘Access to Environmental Information in a Digital Era’.
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Germany has a federal system of data protection supervision, which consists of the data protection supervisory authorities in the federal and state (“Länder”) governments. In addition, in the area of broadcasting, press, churches and religious communities, there also exist separate supervisory bodies.
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109th Plenary Session of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

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Centre Albert Borschette, 36 rue Froissart , B-1040 Brussels

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110th Plenary Session of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

take place as a video conference.

The meeting will take place as a video conference.

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Judgment issued in fan pages case: BfDI considers further legal action

In the consolidated proceedings brought by the Federal Press Office (BPA) and Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (Meta) against the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI), the 13th Chamber of the Cologne Administrative Court held an oral hearing on the question of the legal operation of a Facebook page ("fan page") raised by the Federal Government. Today, the court partially upheld the action and annulled the 2023 decision of the BfDI. Meta's action was dismissed on three of four points.

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Fan page proceedings go into the next round 

BfDI publishes guide on the legally compliant use of social networks 

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Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider

The biography of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

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Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider lehnt am Türrahmen