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The Civil Court of Cassation, a chamber of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, considered an application to protect the right to use a name by removing all relevant references from the credits and individual scenes in Chernobyl, an acclaimed 2019 television mini-series that revolves around the 1986 nuclear plant disaster and the dramatic cleanup that followed. The lawsuit also included claims for compensation for moral harm, such as emotional distress. The title of the series and the names of the people involved were redacted from the judgment, which meets the requirements of procedural provisions...

At its meeting on 13 November 2025, the national media regulator of Moldova, the Audiovisual Council (CA), decided to impose a fine of 5 000 Moldavan leu (about €250) on the national public TV station Moldova-1, for violating the rights of minors. Violations were found, following investigation of the complaint by a private citizen, in the story broadcast as part of the 9 p.m. news bulletin Mesager (Messenger), on 19 September 2025. The story reported on the lack of teachers at kindergartens in Chisinau. Violations were confirmed in video sequences filmed inside a particular kindergarten...

On 1 October 2025, the Italian Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (Data Protection Authority - the Authority) adopted an urgent order against the company AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Ltd., based in the British Virgin Islands, declaring unlawful the processing of personal data that the company carried out through its website ClothOff and immediately limiting the processing of personal data for Italian users. ClothOff offers a generative AI service that allows users to digitally remove clothing from photos depicting people: users upload images of people and receive their fake nude...

The Data (Use and Access) Act (“the Act”) received Royal Assent in the United Kingdom Parliament on 19 June 2025. The Data (Use and Access) Bill was described when introduced to the House of Lords (IRIS 2025-1:1/13). The provisions of the Act will come into force automatically by virtue of section 142 of the Act. This includes any regulation-making powers in the Act, including those in Part 1 allowing for the future development of smart data schemes. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No.1) Regulations 2025 (The Regulations) came into effect on the 21^st July...

On 16 June 2025, the District Court of Central Netherlands issued a preliminary relief ruling, holding that the Dutch public broadcaster AVROTROS does not have to grant the Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media) access to two confidential research reports concerning workplace safety. The request for preliminary relief was brought by AVROTROS following the Media Authority’s request to inspect the reports regarding social safety and governance within the organisation drawn up by external parties in 2023. These reports formed the basis for AVROTROS’s action plan, which...