In a judgment pronounced on august 23, 2018, the III Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice upheld the decisions of the lower instances by which a [...]
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On 25.05.2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) came into force across Europe. Since the entry into force of the GDPR, there has been a dispute about whether the [...]
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Judgment of the German Federal Court of Justice of July 26, 2018 - I ZR 64/17 - Dead Island The German Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, inter alia, for copyright [...]
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We are asked time and time again in the course of consulting whether a website must have SSL/TSL encryption if this website is accessed via [...]
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There is currently a controversial debate as to whether violations of data protection law can be subject to a warning under competition law. It remains to be seen whether violations of the [...]
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At the invitation of the Freiwilligenagentur im Holschentor (Volunteer Agency at the Holschentor), our societal member Michael Ullrich gave a presentation to 60 association representatives on May 29, 2018 [...]
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