Data protection
Companies in Germany must comply with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). The protection of personal data must be organized and documented in companies in order to fulfill accountability obligations.
Questions about data protection
We support you with complex questions about data protection - whether for lead acquisition, the integration of messenger services in customer and corporate communications, or the analysis of statements in social media for marketing purposes.
Establishing a data protection organization
We organize data privacy in companies and groups of companies. ...
Data Protection Officer
Position your company well in data protection.
Data protection does not have to be unsettling, but can be guaranteed promptly and with a good external image, a fixed contact person and without a ticket system according to the DSGVO. Tell us your industry and number of employees by e-mail, contact form or phone and we will immediately provide you with an individual offer. ...
For over 20 years, we at TAPELLA Rechtsanwälte have been providing advice as a specialist law firm
on IT and media law, data protection and AI.
Our clients include sole traders, fast-growing companies, market leaders and respected private individuals from all over Germany.
We are appointed as data protection officers, ensure compliance in companies, give lectures on AI and have founded the Centre for Data Protection.
Our experience, expertise and perseverance lead to success.
For companies, we create all legal texts for company websites, draft contracts for the services offered and review contracts with service providers. ...
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. ...
Reviews from buyers, patients, guests and customers on portals as diverse as Google, Amazon, Ebay, Jameda, Tripadvisor, etc. are becoming increasingly important when deciding on an online store, a doctor, a hotel or a restaurant.
If these reviews are negative, they can be damaging to business because they discourage customers from buying, guests from booking a hotel, or patients from choosing a doctor's office. If they are untrue, insulting or obviously illegal, there is usually a right to delete them.
Right to delete untrue ratings, inadmissible expressions of opinion or obviously illegal content
It is not possible to take action against every bad review, because reviews are generally covered by freedom of opinion. ...
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. ...
The use of cookies after the TTDSG comes into force
On December 1, 2021, the TTDSG (Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act) came into force.
The TTDSG is designed to prevent unwanted access to sensitive data of Internet users that they have stored on terminal devices such as computers, tablets or cell phones.
The new law has significant consequences in the use of technologies such as cookies.
TTDSG, GDPR and EPVO
It was unclear for a long time whether and to what extent data protection regulations would apply in the area of electronic media. In particular, there was uncertainty with regard to the question of when prior consent from website visitors is required for the use of cookies. ...
On Google Maps, business owners can create a profile to become more visible to searching customers. People with Google account have the possibility to rate these companies by giving 1 to 5 stars. They can additionally justify and comment on their rating there with a so-called review.
However, if the rating and review are negative, this is bad for business because it can scare off customers who are looking for a company. In addition, negative feedback is said to have an impact on the company's ranking in Google searches. So a business owner with a bad review will have a vested interest in its deletion. A deletion claim can arise for a number of reasons:
Violation of Google policy
Google itself has established and made public guidelines for inappropriate ratings and reviews. ...
