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The topic of the whistleblower system has gained in importance with the entry into force of the EU Whistleblower Directive in December 2019. By mid-December 2021, the EU Whistleblower Directive is to be transposed into national law. This will not be the case in Germany, as the previous government was unable to reach a consensus.  In the coalition agreement of November 24, 2021 (page 111), the new government specified a legally secure and practicable implementation of the requirements of the EU Whistleblower Directive.

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After a long struggle to find the right way to deal with the exploding infection figures, the Bundesrat (upper house of the German parliament) approved the law to amend the Infection Protection Act and other laws on the occasion of the repeal of the determination of the epidemic situation of national significance on 19.11.2021. This means that the draft law, which was already passed by the Bundestag on Nov. 18, 2021, can enter into force promptly.

In addition to far-reaching restrictions in public life, the focus will again be on occupational infection control.

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The Luxembourg data protection authority has imposed a GDPR fine in several cases on companies that fail to meet its standards for the position of data protection officers (DPOs) and is tightening its requirements for DPOs in the process. German authorities could follow these requirements.

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Recently, the Corona traffic light has been on red throughout Bavaria, bringing with it stricter regulations for infection control. The regulations applicable to each stage were not adjusted again to the worsening infection situation in the Free State until 05.11.2021 with the Ordinance Amending the Fourteenth Bavarian Infection Control Measures Ordinance.

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One of the special challenges of a data protection officer is to be allowed to deal with what at first glance appear to be non-technical issues directly from practice. The Implementing Regulation EU 2021/392 on the monitoring and reporting of data on CO2 emissions from passenger cars and light commercial vehicles certainly falls into this area.

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The European Union is striving to reduce traffic-related CO2 emissions. Accordingly, it has issued limit values & a new EU implementing regulation for permissible CO2 emissions for vehicles – the EU 2021/392 implementing regulation.

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As the cabinet in Munich announced on Oct. 12, 2021, the obligation to collect contact data will be eliminated in many areas in Bavaria as of Oct. 15, 2021.

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Our last video article covered the topic of “The role of the data protection officer in the company”. Now, of course, the same question arises for the data protection coordinator. In this video contribution, we will illustrate to you what a data protection coordinator actually is, what his areas of responsibility are and how he is related to the data protection officer.

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The job and especially the role of a data protection officer combined with the tasks behind it are an important part of a company. But how does a company come to appoint a data protection officer?

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The Belgian Council of State ruled on August 19, 2021 (case number 251.378) that encryption of data during data export can be an appropriate measure to ensure an adequate level of data protection. Golem.de reported on this on Sept. 17, 2021, and gdprhub.eu also dealt with it. The Belgian ruling now confirms the view of many data protection experts that encryption can be used under certain conditions to export data to insecure third countries in compliance with the law. This question had been hotly debated since the ECJ’s Schrems II ruling.

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