The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (“ AI ”) technologies has revolutionized industries, offering unprecedented opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and problem-solving. Moreover, as AI applications increasingly rely on vast amounts of personal data, they can easily be exploited to generate benefits by transforming such data, which contains extensive information about individuals' behaviors, preferences, and identities, into valuable assets. [i]

However, such changes should not compromise the data subject’s fundamental rights and must address privacy and compliance concerns with data protection laws. This is why many countries within the European Union (“ EU ”) have accelerated their AI implementation processes, while ensuring that the rights of data subjects are safeguarded and that the technologies remain aligned with the principles of ethical and legal responsibility.

In this context, Germany, as a leading economy within the EU, has also embraced this trend by enhancing its policies, rules, guidelines, and regulations in alignment with EU directives. The country aims to harness the benefits of AI while...