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Monitoring private property with surveillance cameras is a legitimate interest of the owner. In some situations, however, the interests worthy of protection outweigh [...].
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In a decision dated July 01, 2021, Case No. 525 KLs254 Js 592/20 (10/21), the Berlin Regional Court ruled that encrypted communications data from crypto phones in [...]
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In its judgment of June 29, 2021, VI ZR 52/18, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled that defamatory blog entries about a person made for the purpose of [...]
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The question of whether the use of gender asterisks in job advertisements can be discriminatory was addressed by the Schleswig-Holstein Regional Labor Court in its [...]
Learn moreFacebook: General Terms and Conditions Do Not Permit Account Suspensions and Deletion of Hate Posts
According to the rulings of the Federal Court of Justice dated July 29, 2021, III ZR 179/20 and 192/20, the currently applicable terms and conditions of Facebook are [...]
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