Dr. Carlo Piltz

Expertise

• Acts as an external data protection officer
• Advises and assists clients in implementing data protection requirements and digitization projects
• Expert in the field of data privacy law (e.g. expert in Germany's new Federal Data Protection Act and the State of Berlin's new State Data Protection Act)
• Conducts seminars and workshops on the GDPR
• Represents clients in administrative and court proceedings

Career

• Studied law in Göttingen
• Worked as a research employee for the department chair, Prof. Dr. Gerald Spindler
• Wrote dissertation on the topic, "Online Social Networks: A Threat to Privacy?"
• Worked as legal counsel in the legal department of a social network operator
• Legal internship in Berlin (with stations e.g. at the European Commission in Brussels)
• Attorney at reuschlaw Legal Consultants

Current Projects (selection)

• Data privacy: speaking engagements in the public and private sector
• Data privacy/compliance: supervises and conducts a GDPR project on the status quo in data privacy law for a leading service provider in the automotive industry
• GDPR: advises international companies on the requirements of European data privacy law
• Administrative proceedings: represents a railway vehicle manufacturer against

Publications (selection)

• Article in 'Datenschutz-Berater' magazine, 10/2019, starting on p. 226: "Verwendung von Meldungen zu Datenschutzverletzungen für Bußgeldverfahren.", Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH: Frankfurt a.M.
• Article in 'IHK Magazin Wirtschaft', June 2019, beginning on p. 18: "Datenschutzgrundverordnung: Die Schonfrist ist vorbei.", Druckhaus Waiblingen Remstal-Bote GmbH: Waiblingen
• Article in 'Datenschutz-Berater', May 2019, beginning on p. 104: "Umsetzung des Auskunftsrechts bei der Videoüberwachung.", Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH: Frankfurt a.M.
• Article (co-author: Melanie Pradel) in 'Zeitschrift für Datenschutz' (ZD), April 2019: "Wie lange dauern 72 Stunden? Umgang mit der EU-weiten Fristenverordnung am Beispiel der DS-GVO.", C.H.Beck Verlag: Munich
• Article (co-author: Moritz zur Weihen) in 'Recht der Datenverarbeitung' (RDV), March 2019, beginning on p. 107: "Die Mitteilungspflicht nach Art. 19 DS-GVO.", DATAKONTEXT GmbH: Frechen

Commitments & Awards (selection)

• 2020: Monthly data protection column in 'BASIC thinking' online magazine
• 2019: Recommended by kanzleimonitor.de as: “Mehrfach genannte Anwälte” and the reuschlaw data protection team as “Mehrfach genannte Kanzleien” in the field of data protection
• 2019: recognized as "TOP Attorney 2019" and the reuschlaw data protection team recognized as "TOP Firm 2019" by Wirtschafts-Woche magazine
• 2019: Co-chair of IAPP KnowledgeNet Chapter Berlin (The International Association of Privacy Professionals)
• 2019: Editor-in-chief, 'Datenschutz-Berater'. Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH: Frankfurt a.M.
• 2020: Recognized by Best Lawyers, LLC. as one of the "Best Lawyers® Data Security and Privacy Law" in Germany
• 2020: Award in the area of "Datenschutzrecht" from the Handelsblatt "Germany’s best lawyers"

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