Data Protection Privacy and Security

EU AI Act: Final Guidelines on Transparency Obligations Under Article 50

Jul 28 2026

On 20 July 2026, the European Commission published its final Guidelines on the transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act. Although non-binding, the Guidelines provide important practical clarification ahead of the application of these obligations. Article 50 is not limited to high-risk AI systems and may apply to a broad range of AI solutions, including chatbots, generative AI tools, emotion recognition systems, biometric categorization tools, and deepfake technologies.

Publication Alert: Encrypted Messaging in the Crosshairs: Compliance, Legal Risks, and Global Perspectives

Jul 03 2025

By: Corey Bieber and Guillermo Christensen

K&L Gates partners Corey Bieber and Guillermo Christensen have published an article in Volume 2 of the June 2025 edition of CPI Antitrust Chronicle.

Privacy Awareness Week 2025

Jun 23 2025

By: Cameron Abbott, Rob Pulham, Stephanie Mayhew and Emre Cakmakcioglu

In Australia, last week was the 2025 Privacy Awareness Week (PAW), with this year’s theme ‘Privacy – it’s everyone’s business’. Among other things in PAW, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) produced a Privacy Foundations self-assessment tool, which provides a privacy maturity score on the basis of tenets such as Accountability, Transparency, Collection and Data breach management. The tool, and PAW more broadly emphasise that privacy is not just about compliance, but good business and building trust. NSW, Vic and QLD state governments have each run parallel PAW events.

Higher Regional Court of Hamm (Germany): Claims for Moral Damages Under Art. 82 GDPR are Assignable – German Class Actions Coming?

Oct 04 2024

By Dr. Thomas Nietsch and Andreas Müller

On July 24, 2024, the OLG Hamm ruled that claims for moral damages under Art. 82 GDPR are generally assignable (case number: 11 U 69/23).

Decision by German Higher Regional Court Koblenz: Consent for Publication of Interview not Revocable

Aug 30 2024

By: Dr. Thomas Nietsch and Andreas Müller

On 31 July 2024 the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz (Oberlandesgericht Koblenz) has rejected an appeal to a verdict of the Regional Court of Koblenz (Landgericht Koblenz) for deletion of an interview published on YouTube, due to lacking a prospect of success (case number 4 U 238/23).

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