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European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - February 2025

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/19/2025

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

ZD-Interview: Drei Blickwinkel auf Geldbußen wegen Datenschutzverstößen

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/22/2023

Die Verhängung von Geldbußen nach Art. 83 DS-GVO nimmt in der Praxis eine immer wichtigere Stellung ein. Deutsche und andere europäische Aufsichtsbehörden verhängen immer mehr und höhere Bußgelder wegen Datenschutzverstößen. ...more

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

White & Case LLP on 8/10/2023

Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

German Bundestag adopts IT Security Act 2.0 – update for companies

Hogan Lovells on 5/7/2021

The German Bundestag adopted the IT Security Act 2.0 (IT-Sicherheitsgesetz 2.0 – "IT-SiG 2.0") on 23 April 2021. On 7 May, the draft IT-SiG 2.0 has now also been endorsed in the Bundesrat. We have set out the latest key...more

Tesla-Fahrzeuge sind wie Elefanten - umweltfreundlich und mit einem langen Daten-Gedächtnis ausgestattet

Spirit Legal on 11/2/2020

Zusammenfassung des Gutenachtens über die Datenverarbeitung und den Datenschutz bei Tesla Fahrzeugen vom 19.10.2020 - „Tesla-Fahrzeuge sind dauernd aktive Datenschleudern mit Langzeitgedächtnis.“ (Weichert, Gutachten über...more

They might be seen as green, but Teslas are like elephants – they never forget

Spirit Legal on 11/2/2020

Summary of expert opinion on data processing and data protection in Tesla vehicles of 19 October 2020 - “Teslas continuously gush data and have a long memory” (translation of Weichert, Gutachten über Datenverarbeitung und...more

COVID-19: What Companies Need to Know About Data Privacy

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/18/2020

Effective measures to combat data risks resulting from COVID-19 include processing personal data, but companies must balance privacy rights and employee health. German data protection authorities have published initial...more

German Privacy Regulators Flooded With Google Analytics Complaints

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/31/2019

Google Analytics is in the crossfire in Germany. The data protection authorities of the German states are being flooded with complaints, approximately 200,000 in number, regarding deployment of the Google Analytics service...more

German Corporate Newsletter - March 2017

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/15/2017

For companies interested in investing in, purchasing or selling German companies, here are several recent developments related to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, M&A, Employment and Tax law that are helpful to keep in mind....more

Newsletter Corporate - February 2017

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/22/2017

M&A - Balance Sheet Guarantees: German case law has recently developed new requirements for drafting Balance Sheet Guarantees in Share Purchase Agreements. If not properly drafted, such Balance Sheet Guarantees may be...more

German DPAs Add Further Pressure to EU-US Data Transfers

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/27/2015

Yesterday, German federal and state (Länder) data protection authorities ("DPAs") issued a Position Paper following the recent Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruling that struck down the EU-US Safe Harbor...more

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