Germany: Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information inquiry on data protection-compliant handling of personal data in large language models

Progress

Current status
processing consultation
10 Aug 2025 processing consultation
10 Jul 2025 in consultation

Scope

Implementers
Germany
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

10 Aug 2025
processing consultation

Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information closes consultation on data protection-compliant handling of personal data in large language models

On 10 August 2025, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) closes the consultation on data protection-compliant handling of personal data in large language models (LLMs). The consultation applies to stakeholder…

Source
Event type inquiry
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
10 Jul 2025
in consultation

Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information opened consultation on data protection-compliant handling of personal data in large language models

On 10 July 2025, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) opened a consultation on data protection-compliant handling of personal data in large language models (LLMs), until 10 August 2025. The consultation appl…

Source
Event type inquiry
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority