Navigating through the clouds *

European Union - November 15 2012
There are many reasons why companies decide to move certain portions of their data and software applications from on-site environments to the data centres of a software provider and use the corresponding cloud services.

Co-authors: Michael Schmidl.

The grace period for the use of personal data for advertising purposes expires on August 31, 2012 *

Germany - August 13 2012
In 2009, the German Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA) underwent a comprehensive reform.

Co-authors: Holger Lutz.

Legislation to improve protection against "cost traps" *

Germany - May 17 2012
On 2 March 2012, the German Parliament passed legislation aimed at protecting consumers from so-called "cost traps" during online transactions.

Co-authors: Holger Lutz.