Help, my processor doesn’t want to sign a contract!
Even almost five years after the GDPR came into force, the following situation still occurs in some cases: service providers […]
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How long is short enough? New information on the duration of consent once granted
To retain new customers or sell additional products to existing customers, companies often use email newsletters to regularly inform their
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TikTok banned from work phones!
For security reasons, more and more states and institutions are taking measures to prevent the use of the Chinese short
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The EKD Data Protection Officer: Data protection controls at the employee representation
Section 79a of the Works Constitution Act (BetrVG) clarifies that the employer is responsible for data processing by the works
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The data protection perspective of the registration information
Most recently, still wrapped up in a cheerful Christmas story, our blog in December 2022 focused on data protection in registration
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Election advertising and data protection
Several important elections are coming up in Germany again this year. While Bremen will hold its state elections on May
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ChatGPT temporarily banned by the Italian Garante
Following a data breach reported on March 20th by OpenAI, the US company that develops and manages the ChapGPT platform, the
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“Yes, but…” – The European Data Protection Board on Privacy Shield 2.0
After the EU Commission published a draft adequacy decision on data transfer to the USA, also called the “EU-US Data
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Taking fingerprints by the police to unlock a smartphone is covered by Section 81b Paragraph 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
This is how one can summarize the recent decision of the Ravensburg Regional Court (LG Ravensburg, decision of February 14,
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ECJ on the applicability of national employee data protection law
In its judgment of March 30, 2023 (Case C-34/21), the ECJ addressed data processing in the employment context . Specifically, the question was
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SCHUFA under scrutiny by the ECJ – Update
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is currently dealing with the credit reporting agency SCHUFA Holding AG (hereinafter: SCHUFA). The
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Credit scoring in Austria: Questionable data from the credit agency CRIF
Following several complaints, Austria’s highest data protection authority (DSB) recently issued a decision against the credit agency CRIF GmbH (hereinafter: