Facebook’s Tiny Privacy Fine Is a ‘Warning,’ Watchdog Says
Facebook Inc.’s German unit was handed a fine of 51,000 euros for failing to properly nominate a data protection officer […]
Germany
German Federal Supervisory Authority Launches Public Consultation on Anonymization
On February 10, 2020, Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) launched its first public consultation procedure. […]
German court sides with consumer groups against Facebook data collection
Facebook has suffered a blow against its data collection practices in Europe, with a German court ruling some of the […]
€114 Million in Fines Imposed by EU Authorities Under GDPR
New findings from DLA Piper show that 160,000 data breach notifications reported across 28 European Union Member States and data […]
German Constitutional Court to hold hearing on surveillance powers of the “German NSA”, the BND
The Federal Constitutional Court will hold a hearing on the BND Act on January 14th and 15th, 2020. Plaintiffs expect […]
German Supervisory Authorities Propose Changes to the GDPR
On December 2, 2019, the German Supervisory Authorities issued a report evaluating the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) […]
German Constitutional Court Reshapes “Right to be Forgotten” and Expands Its Oversight of Human Rights Violations
In two recent landmark decisions issued on November 6, 2019, the German Constitutional Court presented its unique perspective on the […]
German Privacy Regulators Flooded with Google Analytics Complaints
The data protection authorities of the German states are being flooded with complaints, approximately 200,000 in number, regarding deployment of […]
Germany approves “numerous adaptations to German data protection regulations”
The Federal Council (‘Bundesrat’) announced, on 20 September 2019, that it had approved several amendments to the draft law on […]
German publishers wrestle with Firefox’s latest anti-tracking changes
German publishers have been hit hard by Mozilla Firefox’s latest anti-tracking update, which blocks third-party cookies by default. Publishers have […]
Police in North Rhine-Westphalia can no longer publish photos of protests
The judge says it could discourage protesters from joining in and thus infringe on the fundamental right to assembly. The […]
New Calculation Model for Data Protection Fines in Germany
In June, the conference of the German Data Protection Authorities (Datenschutzkonferenz) approved a concept for the calculation of GDPR fines. […]