Law & Regulation
The Fine on Paper Is Not the Final Fine
A Berlin court cut a record 14.5 million euro GDPR fine to 900,000. What that says about how penalties are set, and about the first EU AI Act fines.
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Law & Regulation
Now You Must Prove Your Records Are Real
Deepfakes let anyone dismiss real video, audio, and documents as fake, and let fabrications pass as genuine. Here is how owners keep their records provable.
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The EU Is Rewriting the GDPR
The EU Digital Omnibus proposes the first major GDPR reform since 2018. It is a proposal, not law. Here is what owners should track and why not to act yet.
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Germany Now Has a Named AI Regulator
Germany has named the Bundesnetzagentur as its central AI market surveillance authority under the new KI-MIG law. Here is who enforces and what owners prepare.
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The Data Act Opens Your Products
The EU Data Act gives users a right to the data your connected products generate, with sharing on fair terms. Here are the dates and what owners should do now.
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Your AI Content May Belong to No One
German courts now hold that AI output produced by prompts alone is not protected by copyright. For owners, that means a competitor can copy it freely.
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From 2 August, AI Content and Chatbots Must Disclose the Machine
The EU delayed most of the AI Act in June 2026, but not Article 50. From 2 August 2026 your chatbots, AI content, and synthetic media must disclose the machine behind them.
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AI Opacity Now Counts Against You
From December 2026, EU law treats your software and AI as products under strict liability, and complexity no longer shields you. The court can presume the defect.
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The Works Council Can Veto Your AI
In Germany, almost any workplace AI now triggers works-council co-determination. Deploy without it and you risk an injunction, a forced rollback, and inadmissible evidence.
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Disney and Paramount Are Suing ByteDance Over AI Video
Disney and Paramount are going after ByteDance's Seedance over AI video that reproduces their characters. Why any company using generative AI now carries IP-infringement risk.
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Carriers Are Writing Generative-AI Exclusions Into Your Cover
Major carriers are adding generative-AI exclusions to general liability, D&O, and E&O cover. The risk you adopted may no longer be insured. What boards should check now.
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The Operator Brief
One considered note on infrastructure, governance, and measurement, most mornings. No theory.