Data Protection Officer
Organising Data Protection for the Long Term and in Practice Data protection requires clear responsibilities, transparent processes and continuous support in day-to-day operations. Prof. Dr. ...
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IT and media law
IT and Media Law at a Glance Depending on the matter, IT and media law brings together, among other areas, contract law, competition law, copyright law, personality rights and the legal requirements for digital platforms. The decisive factor is therefore not merely the name of the field of law, but the specific digital project or the particular dispute. ...
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Our services in IT and media law, as external Data Protection Officers and in data protection TAPELLA Rechtsanwälte advises companies, public authorities and private individuals on legal issues relating to digitalisation. Our main areas of practice are IT and media law, acting as external Data Protection Officers and data protection law. ...
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Legal advice for digital matters TAPELLA Rechtsanwälte is a law firm specialising in data protection, AI, compliance and IT law. We advise on digital legal matters, are appointed by companies and public authorities as external data protection officers and have founded the ...
WeiterlesenFines according to DSGVO in Germany
The various provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation set out fines for data protection violations. The fines can range from up to 20 million euros or, for companies, up to four percent of global annual turnover (whichever is higher in the end). The competent supervisory authorities are responsible for assessing, prosecuting and punishing data protection violations. In particular, the Federal Data Protection Commissioner and the data protection commissioners of the German states are responsible for imposing fines. Fines 2021 - August 2023 from EUR 50,000 (Reference: Website of the respective supervisory authority) Date of the decision: 2.8. ...
WeiterlesenWarning letters because of Google Fonts
Warning letters because of Google Fonts Background Currently, many website operators are receiving warnings accusing them of violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) due to the use of Google Fonts. Google Fonts are fonts provided by Google on their servers for texts on websites. In the complaint, the lawyers claim to represent private individuals who have previously visited the website. They refer to a ruling issued at the beginning of this year by the LG München I, final ruling v. 20.01.2022 - 3 O 17493/20, according to which website visitors may be entitled to claim damages from the website operator under Art. ...
WeiterlesenData protection officers – internal or external?
Companies that are required to appoint a data protection officer (DPO) are free to choose whether to assign this task to an external or an internal data protection officer. The external data protection officer The external data protection officer is an independent contractor with whom the company concludes a service agreement. As a rule, the external data privacy officer will have several customers for whom he acts as data privacy officer. Since he is constantly dealing with data protection issues of different companies, he has a broad knowledge, knows weak points and has standard solutions for problems ready. No special regulations regarding protection against dismissal apply to the contract with the external DPO. ...
WeiterlesenA legal look at memes
Most memes are created by combining images with text, thereby creating entirely new meanings and contexts. They spread virally across the Internet and find many viewers because they have a high entertainment value due to their funny, ambiguous or even socially critical character. Memes are thus found on many social media, websites and blogs and are generally considered accepted. However, like almost everything, memes can be considered legal and may infringe rights or violate policies. The following legal categories can be used to categorize problematic memes that are not always liked by those affected, so deletion options are sought. ...
WeiterlesenThe labeling obligation of influencers
Recently, there were some decisions on prominent influencers on marketing via Insta, including the KG=OLG Berlin, LG Munich and LG Karlsruhe. The case law is currently still forming on the labeling obligation of influencers; last year, it had to be assumed that any linking and tagging of products in the posting must be considered advertising and thus labeled solely due to the assumed sales-promoting effect, otherwise there was a threat of a warning for misleading by omission. . Since the last decisions, this no longer applies; there is more differentiation and argumentation as to why a certain post is classified as advertising and then has to be labeled as advertising / advertisement. ...
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