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Germany: Monitoring and Auditing Obligations of Controllers with Respect to Their Processors

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In a decision on immaterial damages under Article 82 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Higher Regional Court of Dresden, Germany (case number 4 U 940/24), set out important monitoring and auditing...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Beware the Motive Behind a Data Access Request

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If you are filing a data access request and it is clear that the intention is something other than finding out whether the processing of the data was lawful, the controller can refuse your request, according to the Higher...more

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German DPAs launch audit of international data transfers after Schrems II

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According to a press release of the data protection authority (DPA) of Lower Saxony earlier this month, nine German DPAs will participate in a coordinated audit of companies in Germany regarding their transfers of personal...more

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EDPB Controller-Processor Guidelines: German State Offers FAQs

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The Data Protection Authority for the German state of Baden-Württemberg has issued FAQs on the European Data Protection Board's (EDPB) Controller-Processor Guidelines. Legal Concepts- •Contractual clauses can represent...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Making Sense of EU Cookie Law in the Wake of CJEU’s Planet49 Ruling

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The perplexing question of what U.S. companies must do to comply with EU “cookie” law became slightly more clear with the recent decision of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in Planet49 GmbH, but numerous questions still...more

Perkins Coie

Use a Third-Party Platform? You Might Be a “Data Controller”

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The European Union’s top court ruled last week that the operator of a Facebook fan page is a “joint controller,” along with Facebook, with respect to personal data collected on such pages. The decision has implications for...more

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Court Invalidates US-EU Data Transfer Safe Harbor Program

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The European Union’s highest court has, effective immediately, invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor program relied upon by many companies as the basis for lawfully transferring and processing personal information from the EU to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

More fines to come in Germany? Service provider engagements are under increased scrutiny.

Following a significant fine against the parties to an asset acquisition for illegally transferring customer information, the Bavarian Data Protection Supervisory Authority (Bavarian DPA) announced on August, 20, 2015 that it...more

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