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Germany launches national cyber defense center
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- Germany
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- July 7 2011
On June 16, 2011, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior officially opened a National Cyber Defense Center as part of the comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that was adopted by the German federal government on February 23, 2011
German DPAs publish comprehensive FAQs on statutory data breach notification requirement
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- Germany
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- May 31 2011
The German Data Protection Authorities of Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia have issued a paper containing Frequently Asked Questions about the German statutory data breach notification requirement that went into effect on September 1, 2009
German Federal Office for Information Security issues final framework paper on information security for cloud computing
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- Germany
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- May 16 2011
On May 10, 2011, the German Federal Office for Information Security, (the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationtechnik or "BSI") released the final framework paper on information security issues related to cloud computing
German government adopts security breach notification requirement in Telecommunications Act
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- Germany
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- March 2 2011
On March 2, 2011, the German Federal government adopted a draft law revising certain sector-specific data protection provisions in the German Telecommunications Act
German government budgets 10 million EUR to set up data protection foundation - federal DPA issues concept paper
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- Germany
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- February 11 2011
On February 8, 2011, the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information issued a concept paper setting forth concrete suggestions for the creation of a Data Protection Foundation (the "Foundation"
German federal DPA approves binding corporate rules of Deutsche Post DHL
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- Germany
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- February 3 2011
On February 3, 2011, the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information issued a press release announcing that it has approved the privacy policy formulated by Deutsche Post DHL
German DPA states that companies' website privacy practices violate data protection law
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- Germany
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- January 24 2011
On January 24, 2011, the data protection authority of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate issued a press release regarding significant breaches of data protection law by companies that maintain websites and create user profiles
German DPAs set minimum qualification and independence requirements for company data protection officers
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- Germany
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- December 17 2010
On November 25, 2010, the German data protection authorities responsible for the private sector (also known as the "Düsseldorfer Kreis") issued a resolution on the minimum requirements for the qualifications and independence of company data protection officers ("DPOs"
German Ministry issues draft law regarding data protection on the internet
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- Germany
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- December 6 2010
On December 1, 2010, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (the "BMI") issued a paper entitled "Data Protection on the Internet," which contains a draft law to protect against particularly serious violations of privacy rights online
German government moves on draft law regarding employee data protection
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- Germany
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- October 4 2010
On August 25, 2010, the German government approved a draft law concerning special rules for employee data protection, originally proposed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior
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