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Data protection and future mobility

Category: future law , data protection Industry: automotive Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz Date: 2019

The Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of the State of Baden-Württemberg has expressed his views about the increasingly more...

How long is 72 hours?

Category: data protection Industry: consumer goods, healthcare, automotive Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz Date: 2019

EU-wide rules for adherence to periods based on the example of the GDP. In their article in "Zeitschrift für Datenschutz", Dr. Carlo Piltz and Melanie more...

RAPEX guidelines for B2B as well

Category: product safety , compliance Industry: consumer goods, machine construction, automotive Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2019

The Rapid Exchange of Information (RAPEX) system is a European early warning system for hazardous and potentially hazardous consumer products. The more...

Design defect

Category: product liability Industry: automotive, consumer goods, machine construction Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2019

The design defect as a defined case in which liability is to be excluded under product liability la. Article by Philipp Reusch and Saskia Wittbodt more...

Facebook custom audience only with consent

Category: future law , data protection Industry: automotive, healthcare, cosmetics Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz Date: 2019

Facebook offers business users the custom audience function, by means of which potential customer groups in the social network can be targeted more...

Update on the emissions scandal

Category: compliance , insurance law , recall management Industry: automotive Author: Daniel Wuhrmann Date: 2019

BGH confirms defect. In its judgement of 8 January 2019, published only recently, and after a large number of other rulings in lower courts, the more...

Brexit: contractual obligations and risks following unregulated departure?

Category: contract law Industry: machine construction, consumer goods, automotive Author: Daniel Wuhrmann Date: 2019

What impacts will a 'hard Brexit' have on existing contracts, and what rights will suppliers have with regard to supply obligations, price adjustments more...

The data protection dilemma

Category: data protection , cybersecurity Industry: automotive, consumer goods, railway Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz Date: 2019

Because of the uncertain way in which it is worded, accountability in accordance with the GDPR may have paradoxical consequences for controllers – an more...

Updates 2019: VDA volumes

Category: product safety , product liability , contract law Industry: automotive Author: Daniel Wuhrmann Date: 2019

VDA volumes on document management and FMEA. The new VDA regulations on the documentation of information and FMEA are posing some challenges for the more...