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Policy2026-08-13 · source-backed
The nonprofit reported Meta's management, EssilorLuxottica units including Ray-Ban, and retailers Fielmann, Apollo-Optik, Mister Spex, and MediaMarkt to Frankfurt's ZIT digital crime unit on August 12. The claim is that selling the Wayfarer smart glasses is itself a criminal offense under German telecom, digital services, and data protection law, which bans devices designed to record covertly. Regulator BNetzA has confirmed smart glasses are legal only with a clearly visible recording indicator. A hardware-level test no US privacy fight has reached.
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EssilorLuxottica partners with Meta / Shared entities / Earlier coverage
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Linked by a graph relationship (EssilorLuxottica partners with Meta); both cover August, Meta; earlier August coverage from 2026-08-07.
Linked by a graph relationship (EssilorLuxottica partners with Meta); both cover August, Meta; earlier August coverage from 2026-08-06.