Tag: Personal data

Digital transformation is one of the most discussed topics of the present day. It presents companies with new challenges and opportunities that must be seized. ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that data controllers must, in principle, disclose the identity of the recipients to whom they have disclosed ...

The Paderborn Regional Court has effectively dropped a bombshell in the Facebook "data theft" cases, not only granting an "injured party" injunctive relief, but also ...

Introduction: What is a home office and what legal framework must be observed? In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the home office is becoming ...

Just this morning I reported on the LG München decision on Focus.de, and another decision seems to have dealt the data protection death blow to ...

The ECJ, on the basis of a reference for a preliminary ruling under Art. 98 para. 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court ...

Will the European Commission's new adequacy decision finally promote transatlantic data transfers between the U.S. and the EU? On 13/12/2022, the European Commission initiated a ...

Blockchain and the GDPR - what's the connection? A blockchain is a decentralized database that allows transactions to be tracked securely and transparently. The technology ...

Introduction - definition and understanding of terms Smart contracts are a form of automated agreement that are increasingly being used in a variety of industries ...

The operator of a fan page maintained on Facebook may be required to shut down its fan page if the digital infrastructure provided by Facebook ...

On November 3, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection presented drafts for the implementation of the Digital Content Directive and the contractual ...

The General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) stipulates that personal data may in principle only be transferred to a third country if the country in question guarantees ...

In its judgment of July 16, 2020 (Case C311/18), the European Court of Justice declared the European Commission's Decision 2016/1250 on the transfer of personal ...

The Federal Ministry of Justice and for Consumer Protection (BMJV) is conducting a public consultation on the implementation of the two copyright directives (EU) 2019/790 ...

1. preliminary remark For years, there has been a debate in Germany about whether schools can use Microsoft's Office 365 software in a privacy-compliant manner. ...

Brexit is likely to keep lawyers, authorities and courts busy for a long time to come. Just recently in this article I pointed out the ...

One of my clients recently received a large data protection request regarding his personal data. Since I do advise my clients to evaluate whether privacy ...

The BGH has ruled on the question of the requirements for consent to telephone advertising and the storage of cookies on the user's end device. ...

What does data protection say about statistical tools? Are they allowed? And under what conditions? Is it enough to use anonymization options? I recently published ...

GDPR vs. Archiving Obligations In recent weeks, a new discussion has flared up around one of the numerous legal issues in the GDPR. As if ...