Hamburg data protection chief finds Meta's smart glasses violate German privacy law

Hamburg's data protection commissioner Thomas Fuchs concluded, reported August 4, 2026, that secretly filming people in public with Meta's smart glasses violates German data protection law after finding the recording LED insufficiently visible in everyday use. Days later, on August 11, 2026, German digital-rights groups filed criminal complaints against Meta, EssilorLuxottica and four optical retailers under the TDDDG law previously used to ban the 'My Friend Cayla' doll, citing rules against devices disguised as everyday objects that secretly record people.