Employee data protection – what’s down the road? *

European Union - March 25 2013
News on the draft bill on employee data protection has been quiet for more than two years. Apparently, the focus has been shifting to European level…

German Federal Labor Court: works council may itself decide on data protection measures to be applied on its computers *

Germany - March 20 2013
The German Federal Labor Court had to decide on a work council's demand to be provided with a personal computer with a group account for access to…

Co-authors: Katharina A. Weimer.

The privacy battle continues between Germany's ULD and Facebook *

Germany - February 20 2013
One more chapter to the never ending story of the protagonist Facebook and ULD, the data protection authority of Schleswig-Holstein, has been written…

Co-authors: Katharina A. Weimer.

ECJ allows resale of ‘used’ software licences in landmark case and extends the principle of exhaustion even to downloaded (non-physical) copies *

European Union - July 9 2012
In a landmark judgment delivered by its Grand Chamber on 3 July 2012 (Case C-128/11), the European Court of Justice has effectively declared the second-hand sale of physical copies and downloaded copies of software to be legal.

Co-authors: Alexander R. Klett.