Living Regulation Update Center

Establishes strict liability for high-risk AI systems and reverses burden of proof for causation in damages claims.

Reaffirms restrictive covenants must satisfy a legitimate proprietary interest test; 12-month cap treated as presumptive maximum.

Threshold for mandatory Scope 3 disclosures lowered from 500 to 250 employees; audited assurance required from FY2027.

Bulk retention of connection data without concrete cause violates Art. 10 GG; targeted retention remains permissible.

Repealed and superseded by PSD3 implementation. Firms operating under PSD1 authorisations must transition by year-end.

Purposeful availment must be traced to the forum state; stream-of-commerce theory further curtailed.

Revised three-step balancing test; expanded illustrative examples for direct marketing and fraud prevention.