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DSK adopts minimum requirements for the use of Google Analytics

Category: compliance , data protection Industry: automotive, machine construction, healthcare, consumer goods Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz , Johannes Zwerschke Date: 2020

The Data Protection Conference (DSK) has defined minimum requirements for the use of Google Analytics more...

Enforcement of the new ecodesign requirements in the era of COVID-19

Category: product safety Industry: consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch , Dennis Bernhardt Date: 2020

The Commission issues recommendations concerning the national enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 and Directive 2009/125/EC more...

Labor Court of Düsseldorf: EUR 5,000 in damages for defective information under the GDPR

Category: compliance , data protection Industry: automotive, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz , Johannes Zwerschke Date: 2020

A data subject sought non-material damages for late and inaccurate information, and was awarded EUR 5.000 in damages more...

Health care update: MDR moratorium, national legislation, COVID-19

Category: product liability , compliance Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2020

European lawmakers have been prevailed upon to postpone the effective date of the MDR by one year, to 26 May 2021 more...

Germany: BGH issues decision on cookie consent based on CJEU Planet49 case

Category: data protection Industry: automotive, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz Date: 2020

Dr. Carlo Piltz on the German Federal Court of Justice ('BGH') "decision on the validity of consent for placing cookies on users' end devices when more...

Out of the home and into the office: data protection and going back to work

Category: cybersecurity , data protection Industry: automotive, machine construction, consumer goods, healthcare Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz , Stefan Hessel Date: 2020

The situation with coronavirus has improved somewhat and restrictions are now being lifted. But the lifting of these restrictions is creating new more...

Rules for the distribution of products for medical needs

Category: product liability Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2020

The "SARS-CoV-2 Medicinal Products Supply Ordinance," which took effect on 22 April 2020, has so far attracted little attention. In fact, the more...

RoHS II Directive: 2 new exemptions as of 1 May

Category: product safety , product liability , compliance Industry: machine construction, consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch , Jonas Hellinger Date: 2020

New exemptions to the restrictions specified in the RoHS II Directive will take effect on 1 May 2020 for DEHP and lead. The exemptions will apply for more...

New occupational health and safety standards from the Ministry of Labor in light of coronavirus: observing requirements in data protection law

Category: compliance , data protection Industry: automotive, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz , Johannes Zwerschke Date: 2020

The newly issued occupational health and safety standards require employers to process employee data in some cases. Below, we explain what companies more...