Small business in Germany hit with €5,000 GDPR fine
A small business in Germany has been issued with a €5,000 fine for inadequate data processing standards, after misplacing one […]
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Germany may ban Facebook from third-party data sharing
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office intends to ban Facebook from collecting user data from third parties. This will also prohibit data […]
Should cyber officials be required to tell victims of cyber crimes they’ve been hacked?
Since early December Germany’s Federal Office for IT Safety (BSI for its German initials) had been tracking a cyber attack […]
Germany: First court decision on claims for immaterial damages under GDPR
The Local Court ( Amtsgericht ) Diez (in a final decision dated 7 November 18, case number 8 C 130/18) […]
Germany’s first fine under the GDPR offers enforcement insights
On Nov. 21 , the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Wuerttemberg (LfDI) imposed the first fine under […]
First German data protection authority issues GDPR fine
The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Wuerttemberg (LfDI) was the first German data protection authority to […]
BayLDA Publishes Review on Audits
On November 7, 2018, the Data Protection Authority of Bavaria for the Private Sector (the “BayLDA”) issued a press release […]
German Lawyer Sanctioned Due to Incomplete GDPR Policy
An interim injunction has been issued by Würzburg Regional Court against a lawyer who displayed an unfinished Privacy Policy on […]
Germany has little progress in implementation of GDPR
Four months have passed since implementation deadline for the EU’s basic regulation on data protection. Only one quarter of companies […]
German government pushing courts to submit data retention cases to CJEU
The German government is urging judges at the German Constitutional Court to submit a series of constitutional complaints filed against […]
German data protection authorities establish new rules for whistleblowing hotlines
In light of the GDPR, the German data protection authorities (German DPAs) have issued new guidance regarding the implementation of […]
ICANN loses injunction bid in dispute over WHOIS data in Germany
A German appeal’s court has rejected a bid from the internet’s global domain name organisation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned […]