By Sara Brandstätter ( October 1, 2026, 13:04 GMT | Insight) -- The sharp rise in the number of privacy complaints, fueled by those drafted using AI, is putting increasing pressure on German regulators’ capacity, the chair of the body that groups the country's 18 federal and state data protection supervisory authorities has told MLex. Tobias Keber, who is also the privacy chief for the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, said regulators are discussing ways to handle the workload, but there's no silver bullet yet. The sharp rise in the number of privacy complaints, fueled by those drafted using AI, is putting increasing pressure on German regulators’ capacity, the chair of the body that represents the country's 18 federal and state data protection supervisory authorities has told MLex....
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