Increasingly, the courts are sentencing responsible parties to pay substantial damages in the event of data privacy violations. In the fall of 2022, a plaintiff was awarded damages by the Regional Court of Cologne [...].
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On December 16, the Bundestag passed the Whistleblower Protection Act. The Bundesrat (upper house of the German parliament) is expected to approve the law in spring 2023, and [...
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Do you as a company carry out advertising measures, competitions or bonus programs? Have the conditions of participation and the other documents for the advertising measure [...].
Learn moreConsumer protection associations have legal standing in the event of data protection violations
It had not yet been clarified by the courts whether consumer protection associations have standing to sue in the event of data protection violations on social media platforms such as Facebook, etc., and are thus entitled to [...]
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The Federal Labor Court in Erfurt ruled in a judgment dated August 25, 2022, file no. 2 AZR 225/20, that company data protection officers cannot be [...]
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Recently, the Bavarian Consumer Center found that the majority of 840 websites examined did not have a cancellation button or did not have a proper [...]
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