OLG Koln, 15 UKl 2/25 (23 May 2025): Article 6(4) is not a lawful basis by itself (Oberlandesgericht Koln, Urteil vom 23.05.2025, 15 UKl 2/25, para 54)
The German court says Article 6(4) gives no permission of its own, which agrees with the CNIL and differs from a literal reading of recital 50. A German holder should name a real lawful basis for the licence and not rest on compatibility alone.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“Art. 6 Abs. 4 DSGVO bietet richtigerweise zudem bereits keinen eigenen Erlaubnistatbestand”
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- OLG Koln, 15 UKl 2/25 (23 May 2025): economic interests can be legitimate interests for AI training (Oberlandesgericht Koln, Urteil vom 23.05.2025, 15 UKl 2/25 (ECLI:DE:OLGK:2025:0523.15UKL2.25.00), para 59)
- OLG Koln, 15 UKl 2/25 (23 May 2025): people expect AI training only from the date it was announced (Oberlandesgericht Koln, Urteil vom 23.05.2025, 15 UKl 2/25, paras 94-95)
- OLG Koln, 15 UKl 2/25 (23 May 2025): de-identification lowers the risk even where it is not anonymisation (Oberlandesgericht Koln, Urteil vom 23.05.2025, 15 UKl 2/25, para 82)
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