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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently delivered its judgment in the CeramTec case (C-17/24).

AI is currently attracting a lot of attention, and not only for the stunning pace at which we have embraced AI for writing office speeches, shopping lists or mathematical formulas, or for creating illustrations or improving the visuals of slide shows. Lawyers have also started paying attention to AI, with analyses of copyright infringements in input and output, anti-competitive concerted behavior (such as price fixing) or violations of personality and privacy rights with deep fakes imitating celebrities’ images or voices.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing how businesses, consumers, and public infrastructure interact by connecting everyday electronic devices to the Internet and to one another. This phenomenon is no longer restricted to a business context, as more and more people see the advantages of IoT products for their own personal use.

How can you collect and use big data without running into trouble? The collection and commercial use of data is no longer merely a GDPR issue. It also raises questions in terms of competition law rules.