von Rainer Aigner

The fact that the ECJ overturned the EU-US Privacy Shield with its judgment has far-reaching consequences, especially for data transfer to the USA:

Affected are e.g. all apps, software programs and service providers with storage location USA or remote maintenance from USA!

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von Nadja-Maria

According to the General Data Protection Regulation, companies that are part of a group are not treated as uniformly responsible, but as independent group companies. There is therefore no group privilege. A separate justification is therefore required for each data transfer between the group companies, which must comply with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation.

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von Nadja-Maria

In another blog article we have already dealt with the basic and generally applicable conditions of the right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR. Today’s post and the accompanying video are dedicated to the right to information in a special situation – Art. 15 GDPR in employment.

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von Nadja-Maria

The General Data Protection Regulation not only lays down obligations for data processing companies, but also addresses persons affected by data processing directly and grants them extensive rights. When it comes to the right to information, there are important points to consider for companies. In this blog article and the accompanying video you will find out what you have to consider when it comes to the right to information under Art. 15 GDPR.

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von Nadja-Maria

You can now see them more and more often, the data protection information posted for customers. In order to fulfill the obligation of Art. 13 and Art. 14 GDPR, many retailers, but also medical practices, use the possibility of a notice in the business premises. In these documents, the basic data processing conditions of the respective company are then communicated to interested customers, sometimes more or less in detail.

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von Andreas

As one of the most widely used tools for website operators, extensive statistical evaluations of website usage can be carried out with Google Analytics.

For this reason, the German data protection supervisory authorities saw themselves prompted at the data protection conference on May 12, 2020 to resolve and publish new information on the use of Google Analytics.

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von Nadja-Maria

On Tuesday morning yesterday, the federal government, the Robert Koch Institute and the companies involved officially presented the federal government’s corona warning app. At the same time, they called for widespread use of the app. With the help of the Corona app, chains of infection should be made easier to understand. The general GDPR conformity of the app has already been confirmed by the managing director of TÜV Informationstechnik.

After the official presentation, many employers now face the question of whether the installation of the Corona app is permissible on employees’ private and company cell phones.

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von Ramona

Many employers have an interest in receiving a police clearance certificate from their applicants and future employees to check whether they have already had a criminal record. But is that even permissible? We will explain this fact in this article.

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On May 25, 2018, the GDPR came into force and caused a lot of dust in some companies. The excitement was great back then, but it has now subsided. Many detailed questions that were still open in 2018 have been clarified. Other problems are still waiting for a clear positioning by the supervisory authorities or a court decision. We look back on the past 2 years and highlight some highlights in data protection.

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von Ramona

With the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation on May 25, 2018 and the new Federal Data Protection Act, numerous companies had to appoint a data protection officer (DPO). The company can choose an internal or an external data protection officer. There is no general answer to whether an internal or external data protection officer is the better choice. We clarify the difference between external and internal DPOs. We’ll also name a few advantages and disadvantages that each selection can have.

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