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Warning letters because of unencrypted contact form

7. November 2022
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Just a few weeks ago, I published an article on the subject here. Now there is apparently again a wave of warnings against websites that offer a contact form and do not encrypt the page, or at least the contact form, sufficiently.

The warnings are issued by IGD Interessengemeinschaft Datenschutz e.V. at the address “Straße der Jugend 18, 14974 Ludwigsfeld”. The association was founded only in February!

As already presented in my linked article, the issue as such, namely that a contact form must be SSL encrypted to ensure a transmission of data according to the current state of the art. You probably won’t win a pot of gold here.

Due to the nature of the matter, warning letters in the specific case, as with all warning letters, should not be paid hastily. The warning party should certainly not be contacted without an experienced colleague having assessed the warning. In the case of the ominous IGD, the question arises whether it is actively legitimized at all according to § 8 III No. 2 UWG. Whether the association, 14 days after the registration, namely a significant number of companies belong, and whether this meets other requirements, may be very doubtful here.

In other cases, however, the chances of defense will be lower, which is why it is important to ensure proper implementation, especially for online stores and similar sites.

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Marian Härtel ist Rechtsanwalt und Fachanwalt für IT-Recht mit einer über 25-jährigen Erfahrung als Unternehmer und Berater in den Bereichen Games, E-Sport, Blockchain, SaaS und Künstliche Intelligenz. Seine Beratungsschwerpunkte umfassen neben dem IT-Recht insbesondere das Urheberrecht, Medienrecht sowie Wettbewerbsrecht. Er betreut schwerpunktmäßig Start-ups, Agenturen und Influencer, die er in strategischen Fragen, komplexen Vertragsangelegenheiten sowie bei Investitionsprojekten begleitet. Dabei zeichnet sich seine Beratung durch einen interdisziplinären Ansatz aus, der juristische Expertise und langjährige unternehmerische Erfahrung miteinander verbindet. Ziel seiner Tätigkeit ist stets, Mandanten praxisorientierte Lösungen anzubieten und rechtlich fundierte Unterstützung bei der Umsetzung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle zu gewährleisten.

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