The new “UK Standard Contractual Clauses”
On the 4th of June 2021 the European Commission has published a new set of Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) (see our article
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The supervisory authority of Baden-Württemberg published guidelines on cookies and tracking usage
On Friday, the supervisory authority of Baden-Württemberg published a “FAQ on cookies and tracking” on its website. It is based on the
“Transfer Impact Assessment” (TIA) – New transfer mechanism to ensure adequate level of data protection in third country
On 16 July 2020, the ECJ declared the EU’s GDPR adequacy decision for the United States (the “EU-US Privacy Shield”) invalid –
CNIL: Can processors use their controllers’ data for their own purposes?
Addressing cloud service providers’ increased interest in processing their controllers’ data for their own purposes – such as for product improvements or
The Belgian data protection authority scraps the “Transparency & Consent Framework 2.0” – what happens now?
The proceedings of the Belgian data protection authority APD against the online marketing industry association IAB Europe concerning the new “Transparency &
“Schrems II” put in practice: What follows from the Austrian supervisory authority’s decision on Google Analytics?
In August 2020, in response to the European Court of Justice’s “Schrems II” decision, the data protection organisation NOYB, founded by Max
Will Germany make the “reject all” button mandatory? New guidance from the German data protection authorities on consent for tracking cookies and other technologies
Just before the end of the year, the German Data Protection Conference (Datenschutzkonferenz, DSK) seized the opportunity to publish a “Christmas present”
Compliant use of data protection officer protects against fines. This is controlled by supervisory authorites!
GDPR regulates the scope of involvement of data protection officer (DPO) Articles 38 and 39 of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides
The unauthorised disclosure of dynamic IP addresses to Google constitutes a violation of the general right of personality!
The “LG München I” (judgement of 20.1.2022, ref. 3 O 17493/20) awards a user non-material damages in the amount of €100 because
The Log4J security breach – the whole story!
One of the most dangerous security vulnerability since internet exists Log4Shell is the name of a vulnerability in the widely used Log4J logging