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 […]
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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. […]
Bavarian DPA investigates Blood Donation Service for website tracking
The Bavarian Data Protection Authority (BayLDA) is currently scrutinising the website of the blood donation service of the Bavarian Red […]
German court decides that GDPR consent can be tied to receiving advertising
On June 27, 2019, the High Court of Frankfurt decided that a consent for data processing tied to a consent […]
German court ruling: no claims for damages for minor GDPR violations
In its recent decision of 11 June 2019, the Dresden Court of Appeals had to decide on claims for damages […]
Facebook succeeds in blocking German FCO’s order against combining user data
Facebook has succeeded in blocking the order by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office earlier this year that would have banned it […]
German court decides on the scope of GDPR right of access
The Supervisory Authority of Hesse region stated that the term “copy” in Art 15 GDPR should not be understood literally […]
Germany investigates Google speech assistance systems
Based on recordings from whistleblowers, the media recently reported that Google’s Home Speech Assistant was used to evaluate acoustic recordings […]
German schools ban Office 365 due to privacy concerns
The German state of Hesse has ruled it’s illegal for its schools to use Office 365 after years of debate […]