Germany

July 11, 2017

Germany is first EU Country to enact new Data Protection Act to align with the GDPR

On 5 July 2017, almost a year before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be applied, the new German […]

June 29, 2017

A German law requiring internet service providers to store data on internet and telephone usage for up to 10 weeks […]

June 25, 2017

A law due to come into force in days in Germany on storing internet usage data breaks EU regulations, a […]

June 25, 2017

On June 20, 2017, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure issued a report on the ethics of […]

June 22, 2017

A data protection watchdog in Germany has asked 150 businesses to complete a “fictitious audit report” to detail how prepared […]

June 22, 2017

Germany will start testing facial recognition software at a Berlin train station this summer which could help police identify and […]

May 25, 2017

On May 24, 2017, the Bavarian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) published a questionnaire to help companies assess their level of […]

May 22, 2017

18 May 2017 The Federal Council (‘Bundesrat’) adopted, on 12 May 2017, a draft bill for a new Federal Data […]

May 19, 2017

Cybersecurity takes priority over a person’s data protection rights in some cases, the Federal Court has ruled. This specifically refers […]

April 27, 2017

Facebook has lost its bid to collect the personal data of WhatsApp users in Germany — for now. In August […]

April 25, 2017

On April 13, 2017, the North Rhine-Westphalia State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information published an English translation […]

April 25, 2017

The German Federal and State Commissioners (‘the Commissioners’) released, on 14 April 2017, a Standard Data Protection Model (‘SDP Model’), […]