The Cologne Higher Regional Court has rejected an urgent application by the Consumer Advice Center NRW to prevent Meta Platforms Ireland Limited from using public user data for AI training, slated to begin on 27 May 2025. The Court found that (1) Meta’s planned data processing did not violate the GDPR or the DMA; (2) Meta’s AI training data use was lawful under GDPR Article 6(1)(f), being deemed as a legitimate purpose not requiring user consent due to the necessity of large datasets and Meta’s outweighing interests after implementing mitigation measures; and (3) there was no breach of DMA Article 5(2) regarding data merging, as Meta’s method does not combine data from different services for a single user. This judgment, issued in summary proceedings, is final for this expedited case.
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