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Case Background: Application and Google Search A recent decision by the Federal Labor Court of Germany (BAG) has clarified the...
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Hintergrund - Sachverhalt In einer umfassenden Prüfung hat der Hamburgische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit...
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In the legal dispute Bindl vs. the European Commission (T-354/22), the plaintiff announced on his website that both he and the European...
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In a recent ruling, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart (HRC) has set an interesting precedent in the realm of data protection and...
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The question of whether data subjects can access the data processing agreement (DPA) between a Controller and a Processor frequently...
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The European and German courts kicked off February with a series of significant rulings on data protection matters. In February 2025,...
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After various ECJ decisions (e.g. January 25, 2024 - C-687/21) and the German Federal Court of Justice decision (decision of November 18,...
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Introduction Providing information under Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) presents significant technical and...
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At the end of the year, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) delivered one of the most significant rulings of 2024 on Art. 82 GDPR....
An e-commerce platform offering online subscriptions exclusively via the website of a partner company (“partner website”) must ensure...
The relation between competition and data protection laws is becoming increasingly crucial as digitalization progresses. Both national...
Mass data subject access requests (“DSARs”) for information under Article 15 of the GDPR have increasingly become a significant challenge...
In privacy litigation, particularly in mass actions related to data scraping, plaintiffs often face the challenge of proving that they...
The Digital Services Act ("DSA") entered into force six months ago and many companies are still adapting to the obligations following...
The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) recently clarified some of the requirements that the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG)...
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Mass litigation for GDPR compensation claims have become a common legal challenge for many companies in Germany in recent years. You...