Brexit & data protection
New Brexit decision: The European Union and Great Britain recently agreed to postpone Brexit until at least 12 April. It is still
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Fines under the GDPR – current status
The feared penalty wave after the GDPR came into force in May 2018 seemed not to occur. But now the grace period
Bavarian data protection authority identifies deficits on website tracking
The German Data Protection Conference (Datenschutzkonferenz DSK) has always had the opinion that consent for website tracking is required. In April 2018
Brexit: high data protection effort expected
The question of how Great Britain will leave the EU on 29 March remains exciting till the very last moment. The probability
Movement profiles – precise location as collection of sensitive data
The storage of detailed positioning data carries the risk of processing sensitive personal data in accordance with Art. 9 GDPR. The use
Data breach reporting obligations of the processor
In the event of a data breach, the controller has to evaluate the potential risk for the data subjects involved as well
Penalty fines under the GDPR
So far, few fines have been imposed throughout Europe after the GDPR came into force. Just in the last few weeks we
Brexit: News on data privacy
As the British Parliament’s vote on Brexit last Tuesday has been postponed, it remains unclear whether there will be a hard or
Entering the next stage in GDPR compliance in Germany
Following the first GDPR fines issued in Austria and Portugal (and Britain’s ICO to follow soon), a German data protection authority has now issued
Current inspections by data protection authorities in Bavaria
After the many speculations about the inspections of the GDPR implementation, the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA) has started