Wichtigste Punkte
- Der rechtliche Begriff "Zugriff" spielt eine wichtige Rolle in zahlreichen rechtlichen Fragen.
- Traditionelle Interpretationen sind für digitale Kommunikation nur begrenzt anwendbar.
- Das Bundesgerichtshof hat klargestellt, dass der Zugriff während der normalen Geschäftszeiten als erhalten gilt.
- Es ist nicht erforderlich, dass die E-Mail tatsächlich abgerufen wird, um von einem Zugriff auszugehen.
The legal term “access” is relevant to numerous legal issues. When exactly this is the case, however, can be disputed in individual cases, because well-known interpretations such as “when a letter has entered the sphere of power” are only of limited use for digital communication.
Now the Federal Court of Justice has commented on this.
In this respect, the decision is very reminiscent of the good old “mailbox”.
If an e-mail is made available for retrieval on the recipient’s mail server during normal business hours, it is generally deemed to have been received by the recipient at that time.
The fact that the e-mail is actually retrieved and taken note of is not required for access.
The whole decision can be found here.
