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Labor Court of Iserlohn: data breaches may lead to dissolution of the works council

Category: cybersecurity , data protection Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare, railway Author: Stefan Hessel Date: 2020

By Order of 14 January 2020 (Case. 2 BV 5/19), the Labor Court of Iserlohn ruled that violations of the GDPR could lead to dissolution of the works more...

Road map for the revision of Directive 2001/95/EC

Category: product safety Industry: machine construction, consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2020

The EU Commission publishes its road map for revision of the Directive on general product safety more...

The Liechtenstein Data Protection Authority describes the course of a data protection audit

Category: cybersecurity , data protection Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare, railway Author: Stefan Hessel Date: 2020

Controllers and processors typically have an interest in avoiding data protection audits, or at least ensuring that they go as smoothly as possible. more...

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

Category: data protection Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare 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: mobility, machine construction, consumer goods, healthcare Author: 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...

Legality of data protection inspections of at-home workstations

Category: cybersecurity , data protection Industry: mobility, healthcare, machine construction, consumer goods Author: Stefan Hessel Date: 2020

Many companies are currently arranging for their employees to work from home. The associated requirements in data protection law have been lowered in more...

reuschlaw White Paper: Data Protection for Working from Home and Using New Software

Category: cybersecurity , data protection Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare, railway Author: Stefan Hessel Date: 2020

As a result of the coronavirus crisis, which has been continuing for a few weeks now, many companies are giving their employees the option of working more...

Coronavirus: update on court rulings of relevance for businesses

Industry: mobility, machine construction, healthcare, consumer goods, railway Author: Stefan Hessel Date: 2020

All Federal States have issued general orders or ordinances in recent weeks in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which have included more...

Berlin data protection authority: Position paper and a checklist on the issue of data protection in connection with video conferencing

Category: cybersecurity , data protection Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare, railway Author: Stefan Hessel Date: 2020

In providing information about data protection during the coronavirus pandemic, the Berlin data protection authority has issued a position paper and a more...