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)
The German appeal court, refusing an injunction on a summary review, accepted economic interests as legitimate for AI training. It is an interim decision on public posts of adult users and not a ruling on licensing private business records.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“Als berechtigte Interessen kommen neben rechtlichen und ideellen insbesondere auch wirtschaftliche Belange in Betracht (EuGH, Urteil vom 4. Oktober 2024 - C-621/22 -, juris, Rn. 47; Hüger, ZfdR 2024, 263, 272).”
Where it was read
Also read from the same source
- 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)
- 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)
Figures it counts in
It is shown on its own, not counted into a figure.
Cited in this guide