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AUSTRIA: Is legal advice by software solutions and/or AI permitted in Austria?

In its judgment 4 Ob 77/23m from 27th June 2023 the Austrian Supreme Court, among other things, ruled that the provision of recommendations for action by software solutions and/or AI to lawyers in a legal advisory or automated manner is permissible and that the ...Mehr lesen

The 8th annual conference

Successful event held in Dublin with representatives from 20 countries. ...Mehr lesen

ChaptGPT: the Italian Data Protection Authority leads the way and imposes GDPR compliance.

The Italian Data Protection Authority recently gained international attention for being the first to address the privacy risks of generative artificial intelligence, ordering the temporary restriction of the Italians’ data processing to OpenAI because of the violation of ...Mehr lesen

Czech Data Protection Office record breaking penalty for spam

The Czech Data Protection Office (Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů or ÚOOÚ, further as “CZDPA”) is the authority supervising compliance with GDPR and related agenda. One of these is the area of the spam – unwanted electronic communication (usually called as newsletters by ...Mehr lesen

Waiting for Cjeu Ruling in the Matter of “Deutsche Wohnen” (C-807/21)

Since the end of December 2021, the preliminary ruling of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) on the conditions under which an administrative fine may be imposed on a legal entity for violating the GDPR has been pending. Since then, the Austrian Data Protection ...Mehr lesen

Unveiling some salient features of Nigeria’s novel Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023.

For a period, the Nigeria Data Protection regulation (NDPR) 2019 was the reference point for data privacy and protection compliance in Nigeria. The enactment of the Nigeria Data Protection Act (“NDPA”) on June 12 2023 launched a new era in data privacy and protection ...Mehr lesen